Prostate Cancer Foundation honors four

The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Santa Monica, Calif. has awarded $6.1 million to 63 research investigators, including four from U-M, through its 2006 Competitive Awards Program. They are Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan, the S. P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology and professor of urology at the Comprehensive Cancer Center; Robert Loberg, research assistant professor of urology and of internal medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology; Russell Taichman, a professor in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine in the School of Dentistry; and Shaomeng Wang, co-director of the Molecular Therapeutics Program at the Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Digital Library Production Service grows to 10 million records

The University Library’s OAIster’s online repository of electronic scholarly archives allows access to digital resources from more than 700 libraries, archives and repositories.With no subject parameters to limit its scope, collections of books, journals, dissertations, audio files, films and images from areas of study as various as paleontology, fantasy and horror fiction, plate tectonics, and early 20th century French fashion may be explored. For more information visit www.oaister.org, or contact Kat Hagedorn at khage@umich.edu.

Cancer Center seeks volunteers

The Comprehensive Cancer Center Patient Education Resource Center is seeking volunteers to help patients and families obtain information on cancer. Volunteers should have strong English communication skills and proficiency in using a Web browser, e-mail and Microsoft Word. Volunteers are asked to complete one 4-hour shift per week between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. For more information call Ruti Volk at 936-9947.

Voices of the Staff seeks volunteers

Volunteers are needed to join six network groups to continue the dialog between administration and staff begun in February 2005, when the first Voices of the Staff network was formed. Voices provides a formal means for staff members to share their ideas with University executives on campus community issues and serves as a sounding board for leadership about issues affecting staff. University staff members with at least one year of service can volunteer to serve on the group of their choice by completing an application. Voices members meet for 90 minutes each month. For more information and to download the application form, visit www.voices.umich.edu. Applications must be received by March 30.

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