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Michigan League, Union named top picks for weddings

The Michigan League and the Michigan Union have been selected as winners in The Knot’s 2017 Best of Weddings list. The list represents the highest-rated wedding vendors across all regions and planning categories as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot. The award is featured in a special section in The Knot Michigan magazine and online at theknot.com. This marks the first time that both campus venues were awarded this honor in the same year. To determine the winners in its Best of Weddings list, The Knot assessed more than one million reviews across various vendor categories, including venues, musicians, florists, photographers and more. For more information on weddings at U-M, visit tinyurl.com/gnv67me.

Mott Foundation makes $11 million investment at UM-Flint

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is investing $11 million to support the University of Michigan-Flint’s continued growth of science, technology, engineering and math studies, add faculty support, create more research opportunities and develop additional strategies to recruit and retain students. The largest portion of the grant will provide $7.5 million in matching funds for the construction of a 65,000-square-foot addition and a third wing of the Murchie Science Building. The $39 million project requires a private match to the state of Michigan’s $29.25 million planned capital outlay appropriation. The project will include the addition of instructional and research laboratories and interactive classrooms. The foundation’s $11 million grant also includes funding to support senior faculty members in mechanical engineering and biology.

Scholarship created in memory of U-M professor Glenn Knoll

Gladys Hetzner Knoll recently has endowed the Glenn Knoll Scholarship Fund in memory of her husband, U-M Professor Glenn Knoll. The fund will support undergraduate students with financial need enrolled in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences. It qualifies for a match from the university’s Bicentennial Opportunity Matching Initiative. Glenn Knoll was a teacher and researcher at the College of Engineering from 1963 until his retirement in 2001. From 1979-90, he served as the chair of the Department of Nuclear Engineering. During his tenure as chair, the department matured in both size and prestige. His contributions to the field of nuclear engineering are widely recognized, such as his textbook, “Radiation Detection and Measurement.”

Institute of Continuing Legal Education names executive director

David R. Watson, former executive director of the New York State Bar Association, has been named the executive director of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Watson will oversee operations, help implement strategic objectives and be responsible for financial management, administrative policies and representing the institute. As head of the New York State Bar Association, Watson oversaw 125 employees and a $25 million budget. He worked at Lexis-Nexis for 10 years, where he eventually became the senior director of production support. Watson was the executive director of the Commercial Law League of America, DRI and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. He was a solo practitioner in Ohio for almost a decade as well as a financial adviser for Edward Jones Investments.

U-M joins manufacturing institute to improve chemical industry efficiency

The university is joining the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in a manufacturing institute dedicated to improving the efficiency of the chemical industry. The institute — dubbed the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment Manufacturing Institute — is charged with reducing the energy required and the waste generated in making chemical products. The institute will bring together 75 companies, 34 academic institutions, seven national laboratories, two other government laboratories and seven non-governmental organizations. The U.S. Department of Energy will provide $70 million, with contributions from the partners bringing the total available funds to more than $140 million. Funding for U-M projects could total nearly $13 million, with $6.3 million from the department and matching funds from the university.

— Compiled by Safiya Merchant, The University Record

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