Detroit maker space planned with U-M help
The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. has launched a campaign through the Michigan-based crowdfunding platform Patronicity. It will help transform a vacant 3,200-square-foot building on the Detroit Community Schools campus into the Brightmoor Maker Space. There, youth and adults can build creative making skills and incubate business ideas. The Stamps School’s partnership with the MEDC follows the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s two-year $100,000 matching grant award for the project, part of the Knight Arts Challenge program in Detroit. If the Patronicity crowdfunding goal of $25,000 is met by July 10, the match from the MEDC’s Public Spaces Community Places program would activate an initial $50,000 Knight Arts Challenge Grant. It would fund Brightmoor’s first year of active programming.
Ghana library named for U-M chair for devotion to curbing maternal deaths
The dismal maternal mortality ratio in Ghana led Dr. Timothy R.B. Johnson, University of Michigan chair of obstetrics and gynecology, to lead outreach efforts during a 25-year collaboration. It led to training more than 140 obstetricians in Ghana. To honor Johnson, a the Family Health Medical School established due to Johnson’s mentorship has named its library after him. The library, at the first private medical school in the sub-region, is now called the Tim Johnson Library Complex.
U-M receives $4 million for education research training
The University of Michigan has received a $4 million federal grant to establish a predoctoral research training program in education sciences. The grant from the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences unites the School of Education, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Department of Economics to train doctoral students in conducting research to the institute’s standards. Fellowships range from three to four years. Fellows will receive an annual $30,000 stipend plus full tuition and fringe benefits. Organizers anticipate drawing students initially from education, public policy and economics studies.
Temporary traffic controls in effect near campus
Several streets near U-M facilities will see traffic limitations for the next few weeks due to construction projects. Temporary traffic controls will be in effect through June 24, weather permitting, on North Division Street between Catherine Street and East Kingsley Street to connect a new water main, remove curb and gutter, and rebuild storm sewers. Drivers are encouraged to avoid the area as delays are likely. Temporary traffic controls also are planned through July 11 on South State Street from I-94 to Eisenhower Parkway, and on Eisenhower Parkway from South State Street to Boardwalk Drive for sidewalk ramp replacement and road repaving. During milling and paving, traffic will be delayed at the South State Street-Eisenhower Parkway intersection and at cross streets.
Regents meeting set for July 16
The Board of Regents will have its monthly meeting at 3:30 p.m. July 16 in the Anderson Room, Michigan Union. To offer public comment at the meeting, sign up in advance at regents.umich.edu/meetings/publform.html. Public comments on agenda items will be taken prior to their consideration. Comments on nonagenda items will follow the regular business agenda. People with disabilities who need assistance should contact the Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the University in advance at 734-763-8194. For more about regents meetings, go to regents.umich.edu.
