August 17, 2009
U-M scientists and engineers have been awarded 159 federal stimulus-package research grants to date, totaling $61.1 million. The funding includes 113 National Institutes of Health stimulus awards, more than any other U.S. university or college. Stimulus funds from the NIH, the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy will support a variety of…
August 17, 2009
Open Enrollment is the annual opportunity for faculty and staff to review their benefit choices and make sure they continue to meet individual needs. Employees can change their benefit elections for 2010 during the Oct. 26-Nov. 6 enrollment period with the changes taking effect Jan. 1, 2010. Resources • Plan information and the rate calculator…
July 27, 2009
Dana Thomas, the student affairs project manager in the Office of Public Health Practice, has a complaint about her job: “There’s just not enough time in the work day!” (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) Among other things, Thomas is involved in coordinating and managing trips through the Public Health Action Support Team (PHAST),…
July 27, 2009
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its July 16 meeting. Lab renovations at C. C. Little planned Renovations at the Clarence Cook Little Science Building will create updated laboratory and office spaces to support the research of new faculty in the Department of Geology. The $1.2 million project is being…
July 27, 2009
Police Beat is a monthly feature. The next publication will be August 17.
July 27, 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.
July 27, 2009
Awards Dr. Theodore Lawrence has been selected to receive the 2009 Gold Medal from the American Society for Radiation Oncology for outstanding contributions to the field, including research, clinical care, teaching and service. His research interests include new treatments for liver and pancreas cancer and brain tumors. U-M Geriatrics Center Director Dr. Jeffrey Halter was…
July 27, 2009
“Kumquats” by Lisa Monahan is among pieces presented in the School of Art & Design’s Third Annual Alumni Show, through Aug. 7 in the Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, 2000 Bonisteel, North Campus, and Work•Ann Arbor, 306 S. State. (Photo by Lisa Monahan)
July 27, 2009
The 2006 film “Honey and Clover,” directed by Masahiro Takada, 7-9 p.m., July 31 atLorch Hall, Askwith Auditorium, is adapted from a best-selling graphic novel. It tells the story of four college art students and a tangle of unrequited love. (Photo © 2006 Viz Pictures, Inc.)
