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Where Cultural Traditions Meet Cutting-Edge Care

By Guest PostFebruary 9, 2013Culture, General, Healthamerican indian communities, band, band of ottawa, chippewa indians, college, core curriculum, cultural traditions, cutting edge care, emily proctor, flint, grand rapids, grand traverse, human medicine, little traverse bay, lynn swan, marquette, medical research, michigan state university, msu extension, northern michigan, odawa indians, pharmacists, relationship, social workers, traverse city, tribal community, tribal elders, tribal liaison, tribal police, tribe

American Indian communities in northern Michigan are improving health care for tribal elders with help from a Michigan State University program that blends their cultural traditions with the latest medical research.

It’s part of the Geriatric Education Center of Michigan, a federally funded, MSU-led consortium of universities, hospitals and government agencies established in 1987 to train health professionals and others to deliver better care to older adults, particularly in underserved communities. (more…)

A Century of Bird Study in Northern Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— This year marks a full century that instructors at the University of Michigan Biological Station on Douglas Lake near Pellston have been teaching students about northern Michigan’s birds. The station was established in 1909, and two years later a course titled “The Natural History of Birds” first appeared in the summer bulletin. (more…)

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Where Cultural Traditions Meet Cutting-Edge Care

A Century of Bird Study in Northern Michigan