September 28, 2009
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Sept. 17 meeting. Final approval for Intercollegiate Soccer Stadium The regents authorized issuing the Intercollegiate Soccer Stadium project for bids and awarding construction contracts provided the bids are within budget. The project will provide seating and amenities for 1,800 spectators of men’s and…
September 28, 2009
Police Beat is a monthly feature. The next publication will be October 12.
September 28, 2009
The Record accepts obituaries from University departments, family members and funeral homes acting on behalf of the family. All obituaries must be for active or retired faculty and staff members.
September 28, 2009
Elected Associate Professor Letha Chadiha, School of Social Work, is chair-elect of the Social Research, Policy and Practice Section of the Gerontological Society of America. The section encompasses practitioners and researchers seeking to enhance such services as community-based and residential long-term care, assisted living, housing, care giving, nutrition, transportation and more. She will take office…
September 28, 2009
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Founding Director Emeritus Richard West Jr. will give the 11th annual William R. Farrand Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The lecture, “National Museum of the American Indian: Reflections on American History and 21st-Century Museology,” is part of the free Wednesday Night Museums Lecture Series at the U-M Museum…
September 28, 2009
In performances at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, pianist Bill Charlap leads his trio though interpretations of the Great American Songbook with jazz reworkings of “America” from West Side Story and more. Sponsored by the University Musical Society, 764-2538. (Photo by Carol Friedman)
September 28, 2009
The University Unions-sponsored Emil Weddige Art Exhibition and Sale happens from 5-9 p.m. Sept. 30 and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 1-2 in the Michigan League Vandenberg Room. For more information call 764-0446. (Photo courtesy University Unions)
September 28, 2009
The Center for Japanese Studies Fall Film Series: Conflict and Compassion in Post-War Japanese Film presents “Late Spring” (1949), directed by Yasujiro Ozu, from 7-9 p.m. Oct. 2, Lorch Hall, Askwith Auditorium. (Photo courtesy Janus Films)
September 28, 2009
Immune therapies have been explored as a way to treat cancer after it develops. But a new study from the Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests that genetic risk of prostate cancer can be reduced by rescuing critical immune system cells. The study was done in mice and would need further validation and extensive testing in the…
September 28, 2009
As bad as it’s been for the Detroit area economy the past several years, 2009 will end up as the worst year ever for job losses, U-M economists say. But the tide will begin to turn a year from now — albeit slowly. In their Economic Outlook for the Wayne-Oakland-Macomb Region, George Fulton and Donald…
