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Fennel Citrus Chicken Salad
The Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center is in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, part of the University's College of Health and Human Sciences.
Communication in the Presence of Noise
A method is developed for representing any communication system geometrically. Messages and the corresponding signals are points in two "function spaces," and the modulation process is a mapping of one space into the other. Using this representation, a number of results in communication theory are deduced concerning expansion and compression of bandwidth and the threshold effect. (Claude Shannon, University of Michigan, "Father of the Information Age")
Standards Curricula Program
Every year the National Institute of Standards and Technology issues grants to academic programs that introduce students to the necessary reciprocity of innovation and standardization in growing the U.S. economy. The University of Michigan is a past recipient of one such grant. We should see application specifics for the 2026 grant cycle fairly soon. We will post updates here.
Quadrivium: Autumn
Educational settlements are where people come to feel at home in beautiful surroundings. The catalog that informs the safety and sustainability of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day. Titles are unstable, time-sensitive, copyright protected and land (sometimes invisibly) in public law. We explore the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Daily colloquia topics appear on our CALENDAR. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
2025-2026 Student Paper Competition
ANSI's Annual Student Paper Competition was paused last year; but now resumed with the topic ""Imagine a World Without Standards or Rules—What Would Happen?". Word limit ~2000. Receivable before June 5, 2026. Cash prizes are non-trivial and can involve a travel stipend attend ANSI's Annual Conference to receive the prize. Additional details -- including the papers to previous winning papers -- are linked herein.
I-Code Group B Committee Action Hearings
Link to webcast of the continuation of Committee Action Hearings happening now in Cleveland -- Group B #2 -- likely finishing work by the 30th. We have two proposals on the agenda.
Current Issues and Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026). We have one electrical proposal on the agenda of the International Code Council's Committee Action Hearings in Cleveland October 22-30. We begin coverage of satellite-based internet service to community colleges.
ICYMI: The University of Michigan Welcomes ANSI
A look back at the 2014 presentation by S. Joe Bhatia, CEO of ANSI, given at the University of Michigan during which he explains how expanded involvement of US academia can secure the claim of "leadership". Best practice literature accredited by ANSI standards developers affect 80 percent of global trade but US academia involvement in the discovery and promulgation processes remains sparse compared with other nations.