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ALA committee recommends ‘LGBT Youth in America’s Schools’

by Phillip Witteveen February 6, 2013

The best and brightest of 2013′s books of “commendable literary quality and significant authentic LGBT content” have been collected by the American Library Association for readers and librarians alike. The 2013 Over the Rainbow List is a compilation of 84 titles that includes Jason Ciancotto and Sean Cahill’s LGBT Youth in America’s Schools. Ciancotto and Cahill present a review of public policy affecting LGBT students, with research and a retellling of personal accounts of discrimination. The book has received numerous favorable reviews and commendations, and the authors have made their case for safe and inclusive schools in several op-eds and interviews. [...]

‘Are We There Yet?’ author Alison Byerly appointed president of Lafayette College

by Shaun Manning January 17, 2013

Lafayette College announced Wednesday that Press author Alison Byerly has been appointed as the school’s 17th president. Her book Are We There Yet? Virtual Travel and Victorian Realism was published just this month. Dr. Byerly has previously served as the provost of Middlebury College and is a Visiting Scholar at MIT. Congratulations to Dr. Byerly on her new post!

New Year, new look for the University of Michigan Press website!

by Shaun Manning January 9, 2013

If you’ve been shopping our site through the holiday season and into the new year, you may have noticed a few changes. We recently completed a relaunch of the University of Michigan Press website, with a new design, improved features, and additional search and browsing options that will help you find just the book you’re looking for. In the coming weeks and months, we’ll be rolling out even more features and improvements to the site. Let us know what you think and if there’s anything you’d like to see on the Press web site! Leave us a comment or find [...]

Celebrate Michigan Wildlife this Holiday Season

by Brianne Johnson December 10, 2012

This holiday season, embrace the great outdoors without sacrificing your toes to the cold. How? It’s simple: celebrate Michigan wildlife with the Press’s The Lone Wolverine and The Kirtland’s Warbler. As part of the UMP Holiday Sale, these books (and more!) will be available through Dec. 31, 2012 for 40% off!

‘Cult of Statistical Significance’ quoted on Slate; elsewhere, the authors continue the discussion

by Shaun Manning October 5, 2012

In an article entitled “The Internet Blowhard’s Favorite Phrase” (also published as “Stop Saying That Correlation Does Not Imply Causation”), Slate writer Daniel Engber ponders how “a stats-class admonition become so misused and so widespread” as “the statistical cliché that closes threads and ends debates.” “No, correlation does not imply causation, but it sure as hell provides a hint,” Engber said. Citing a recent study linking internet usage to depression–which, predictably, elicited the correlation/causation response online–Engber explained that that the lack of a definitive cause-effect relationship does not make the observation meaningless. “Does email make a man depressed? Does sadness make [...]

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