Over the past year or so, a friend of mine in Ann Arbor has had to spend quite a bit of time in the emergency room with her son due to various physical and mental issues he’s had to deal with, and the experience has given her some insight into how differently we treat children […]
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We can do better for our children suffering from mental illness
Posted in Ann Arbor, Health, Uncategorized Also tagged depression, emergency room, ER, health care, health care reform, mental health, mental illness, Mott Children’s Hospital, pediatric emergency, psychiatric emergency, stigma, suicidal ideation, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Hospital 16 Comments
Awesome U-M undergrads launch startup to teach American history through the stories of inspirational women
The Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation a few days ago awarded a $1,000 grant to Virginia Lozano, an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, who, along with her twin sister Beatriz, created an education technology company called Leesta in order to “inspire 8-11 year olds by teaching American History through the stories of women.” After bestowing […]
Posted in A2Awesome, Awesome Foundation, Education, History Also tagged A People's History of the United States, advertising, American Studies, animation, art school, awesome women, Beatriz Lozano, Bessie Coleman, BrainPop, Charles H. Wright African American Museum, Coco Chanel, Dolores Huerta, education reform, entrepreneurship, gamification, Grace Lee Boggs, Howard Zinn, hugging machine, Leesta, Mike Huckabee, misunderstanding American history, Paula Friedrich, rewriting history, software, Stamps School of Art and Design, Stephanie O’ Neil, strong women, Temple Grandin, University of Michigan, Virginia Lozano, women who kick ass, Zinn Education Project 6 Comments
Temple Grandin to speak in Ann Arbor on September 9
It’s just been announced that noted animal scientist and advocate for the autistic, Temple Grandin – a woman recently immortalized on film by Claire Danes, and honored as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people – will be coming to speak at U-M as part of the School of Art & Design’s Penny W. […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Other, Science Also tagged calming, cattle, Claire Danes, cows, grazing, hug machine, humane slaughter of cattle, hypersensitive, livestock, meat, meat packing, Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitor Series, School of Art & Design, slaughter house design, stress reduction, Temple Grandin, The Woman Who Thinks Like A Cow, Thinking in Pictures, University of Michigan 12 Comments