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October 19, 2009
U-M is among the nation’s leaders in creating startup ventures based on university technology. To build on that success, technology transfer officials have created the Michigan Venture Center, a one-stop hub for entrepreneurs, investors and faculty inventors. The center will help faculty inventors create business plans, assess a technology’s commercialization potential, deal with intellectual property…
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October 19, 2009
Vice President for Research Stephen Forrest has announced formation of a new advisory committee on culturally unidentifiable human remains (CUHR). The group will advise Forrest on issues related to requests U-M receives from Native American tribes for the transfer of CUHR and funerary objects from the Museum of Anthropology. He made the announcement at the…
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October 19, 2009
At its meeting Thursday, the Board of Regents formally approved the university’s program to detect and mitigate risks associated with identity theft for covered accounts, in compliance with Federal Trade Commission regulations commonly known as the “red flag rules.” In general, covered accounts are loans or other instances where a person obtains money, goods or…
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October 19, 2009
The Investment Office, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, has a lot to celebrate. Despite a negative 23 percent return on investment in Fiscal Year 2009, the university’s 10-year annual investment return through FY 2009 was 9 percent. The S&P 500, in contrast, lost on average 2.2 percent per year for the same period,…
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October 19, 2009
Get additional information go to the U-M flu Web site > University health officials are planning to quickly dispense the H1N1 flu vaccine to students, health care workers and others in federally designated priority groups as soon as the much-anticipated vaccine is delivered in sufficient quantities. “Our goal is to get the vaccine to everyone…
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October 19, 2009
Breakdowns by gender and race:Freshmen >Total enrollment > Enrollment on the U-M Ann Arbor campus is at an all-time high in Fall 2009 with 41,674 students, according to the Office of the Registrar. The number of graduate/professional students increased by 2.9 percent. Undergraduates increased by 0.8 percent. The total enrollment of all students includes a…
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October 19, 2009
Cathy Cwiek, right, manager of The Henry Ford’s historic foodways and domestic life programs, gives a tour of Greenfield Village’s working gardens and sustainable food projects to students in UM-Dearborn’s “Fast Food Nation” first year seminar course, which encourages students to engage critically with the world of food from farm to mouth. (Photo by Jennifer…
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October 19, 2009
Recreational Sports at U-M has moved into the Division of Student Affairs, where U-M leaders believe it will fit well with other services provided to students. The announcement was made earlier this month to Rec Sports staff by Provost Teresa Sullivan and Vice President for Student Affairs E. Royster Harper, who both say the reporting…
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October 19, 2009
Actor, playwright, songwriter and Michigan native Jeff Daniels will receive an honorary degree and will deliver the address at Winter Commencement. Also receiving honorary degrees at the 2 p.m. Dec. 20 ceremony in Crisler Arena are: • Helen Thomas, journalist and Detroit native, who has served the White House press corps during 10 presidencies. •…
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October 12, 2009
Katy Mattingly isn’t afraid to walk alone at night. The executive secretary in the Division of Student Affairs is a self-defense instructor in her free time, and she knows that, if necessary, she could stop any attacker in his or her tracks. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) Mattingly wasn’t always planning to teach…
