A memorial service is planned Nov. 13 for Thomas Mellanby Dunn, professor emeritus of chemistry, who died Nov. 6, 2020, at the Summit Hills Nursing Home in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

A $25 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation, founded by software entrepreneur Larry Leinweber, will help fund the Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building.

U-M’s endowment contributed $404 million for operations last fiscal year, with the funding supporting a wide range of university functions, including student scholarships, faculty, research, libraries, infrastructure and clinical care.

Debra F. Weinstein of the Mass General Brigham health care system has been appointed executive vice dean for academic affairs at the Medical School and chief academic officer for Michigan Medicine.

A new study from researchers at the School of Public Health and Rogel Cancer Center will describe and quantify the impact of known and suspected environmental exposures on cancer risk.

A new research initiative from the Office of the Vice President for Research will integrate social and technical sciences from across U-M to address societal challenges that intersect equity, health, infrastructure and sustainability.

Lori Isom, chair of the Medical School’s Department of Pharmacology, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors for a clinician and scientist.

Hill Street will be closed from Washtenaw Avenue to Oxford Road through Oct. 22, and intersections of Division at Ann and Catherine streets will be closed to thru traffic Oct. 20-Nov. 10.