The four faculty members received the Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security for their article "Preference Parameters and Behavioral Heterogeneity: An Experimental Approach in the Health and Retirement Study."
The article, published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics last May, discusses a new way to measure how much money people will save and in which assets they will invest over their lifetime.
The University has received the Truman Foundation's Honor Institution Award to recognize the University's continual success in garnering Truman scholarships.
Eighteen University students have received the scholarships over the Truman program's 21 years.
Every year, 80 college juniors across the United States are chosen to receive a $30,000 scholarship from the Truman Scholarship Program.
Students selected must demonstrate a strong record of community service and must have chosen a career in government or some other public sector job.
The Winter Leadership Institute, sponsored by the University's Labor Studies Center, will be held Friday and Saturday at the Ypsilanti Marriott.
The conference will address joint labor-management processes, the role of unions in work-place change and union strategies in global competition.
Speakers at the conference will include Ernest Lofton of the UAW International Ford Department, Bob Baugh of the AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute and Greg Huszczo of Eastern Michigan University.
Grants for up to $52,000 were awarded to three University professors who will study obesity, diabetes, weight gain and other health concerns during pregnancy.
Studies may evaluate an HIV/AIDS intervention program designed to reduce risk behavior of drug-dependent African American women who are at high risk for the disease.
The pieces include drawings, paintings, ceramics and prints, all depicting forms inspired by nature.
The free exhibit, located at the Slusser Gallery in the Art and Architecture Building on North Campus, will run through Jan. 28.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Lee Palmer.
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