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July 22, 2013
Added benefits coverage in 2014; co-pays increase
More U-M employees will receive greater university contributions toward health care next year, and their disability coverage will get a boost, according to University Human Resources, but co-pay increases also are needed.
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July 22, 2013
Regents appoint advisory committee to assist with presidential search
The Board of Regents has appointed an advisory committee to assist with the search for the next president of the university. Regent Laurence B. Deitch, speaking on behalf of all of his colleagues, made the announcement at the start of the July 18 meeting on the Ann Arbor campus.
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July 22, 2013
Michigan agrees to extend Beilein’s contract through 2018-19
U-M Director of Athletics Dave Brandon announced July 17 a contract extension that will keep John Beilein as the men’s basketball coach through the 2018-19 season. Beilein led the Wolverines to the national championship game this spring and to four NCAA Tournament appearances in the past five years.
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July 22, 2013
Ross professor, course encourage students to be world changers
Ask Michael Gordon what he’s trying to accomplish by exposing undergraduates to an up-and-coming focus in business curriculum called social entrepreneurship and the answer probably will go something like this: “Each of us has the opportunity and potential to nudge the planet in the direction we want to see it move,” Gordon writes in his blog, profmichaelgordon.com.
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July 22, 2013
Coleman to recognize Detroit interns at event
Mariama Nagbe started an empowerment dance program for at-risk youth in Detroit’s Delray neighborhood. She is among 200 U-M Detroit interns who have accepted President Mary Sue Coleman’s invitation to a 5:30-7:30 p.m. reception Tuesday, at the m@dison building, 1555 Broadway St., off of Grand Circus Park in Detroit. The purpose is to recognize the work of U-M interns in Detroit.
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July 22, 2013
Regents name nine Distinguished University Professors
Nine faculty members have received one of the university’s top honors as Distinguished University Professors.
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July 22, 2013
Regents approve clearer, simpler guidelines for granting in-state tuition
The Board of Regents voted 6-2 Thursday to approve changes in the guidelines for how students can qualify for in-state tuition. The changes take effect in January 2014.
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July 22, 2013
Old school: U-M in History
1886 team
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July 8, 2013
Accolades
Neal Krause, Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor of Public Health, associate chair of Health Behavior and Health Education, and senior research scientist, Institute of Gerontology, is the 2013 recipient of the Gerontological Society of America’s Distinguished Career Contribution Award. Krause’s work focuses on stress and the resources people use, such as social relationships and religion,… -
July 8, 2013
Scholarship & Creative Work
Has motorization in the US reached its peak? Fewer light vehicles are on America’s roads today than five years ago, thanks possibly to increases in telecommuting and public transportation, a U-M researcher says. Michael Sivak, a research professor at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, studied recent trends in the numbers of registered cars, pickup…
