May 18, 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.
May 18, 2009
Awards Dr. James Ferrara, director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center‘s Blood and Marrow Transplant Program and professor in the departments of pediatrics and internal medicine at the Medical School, recently received an honorary Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Regensburg in Germany, for his work toward establishing one of the few competence centers…
May 18, 2009
From the Record Update The university on Tuesday ended its suspension of university-sponsored travel to Mexico that was put in place April 28 during the height of the outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico. President Mary Sue Coleman rescinded the travel suspension after consulting with the university’s executive officers and Dr. Robert Winfield, chief…
May 18, 2009
The Ann Arbor Public Schools Annual Spring Exhibition in the School of Art & Design Slusser Gallery features student work from all of the high schools, middle schools and five elementary schools, selected by the student artist’s teachers. The artists and their works are: Top, Sara Kirby, Community High School, 11th grade, “Untitled,” teacher Steve…
May 18, 2009
Geneticist and expert in computational biology Aravinda Chakravarti will speak at the ninth annual James V. Neel Lecture at 3 p.m. May 20 in the Biomedical Science Research Building auditorium. He is director for the Center for Complex Disease Genomics and a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School…
May 18, 2009
Classical Clarinet and Piano by Donald Grant and Dr. Gregory Sulik on May 21, and Jazz Standards by Susan Chastain and James Dapogny on May 28, are free performances presented this spring from 12:10-1 p.m. at the University Hospital Main Lobby. (Photo courtesy Gifts Of Art) An accomplished clarinetist and doctor of musical arts, Grant…
May 18, 2009
Thefts of laptops left unattended in buildings increased in recent weeks. From March 18 to April 14 in Hatcher Graduate Library, 11 unattended laptop computers were reported stolen. This compares with five thefts over the previous 11 months. Unattended belongings continue to pose a problem across campus. Laptops and backpacks left on library tables, gym…
May 18, 2009
Sgt. Gary Hicks and Officer John-Mark Branch of the Department of Public Safety will join more than 12,000 athletes from police and fire agencies around the world to compete at the 2009 World Police and Fire Games. The event, to be held in early August in British Columbia, Canada, will feature competitions in more than…
May 18, 2009
A $523,282 seed grant from Michigan’s University Research Corridor has already helped generate a U.S. Energy Department recommendation for $12.5 million in additional federal support. The URC, an alliance of Michigan State University, U-M and Wayne State University, was founded to leverage the power of Michigan’s research universities to transform the state’s economy. Last May,…
May 18, 2009
The International Institute has announced the names of 41 U-M students who received nearly $170,000 in funding to participate in an internship abroad or conduct research overseas through the Individual Fellowship Program. “Students today have fewer financial resources for overseas study making it more important than ever for universities to provide funding for internships and…
