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May 4, 2009
In 1963, Elizabeth James heard the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak at Detroit’s Walk to Freedom. Three years old at the time, the third-generation storyteller and Detroit native still recalls the energy of the crowd and says this memory inspires her to use words to encourage others. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services)…
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May 4, 2009
Police Beat is a monthly feature. The next publication will be May 18.
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May 4, 2009
Helen Mataya Graves Helen Mataya Graves, associate professor emerita at UM-Dearborn who launched hundreds of students into careers in public service as director of the campus’s political internship program, died April 21 at her home in Rhode Island. She was 84. (Photo courtesy Graves Family) raves worked with more than 1,700 student interns while on…
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May 4, 2009
Award Katherine Gallagher, a doctoral candidate in political science, is one of seven 2009 Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellows in Women’s Studies nationwide, selected earlier this month in a competition conducted by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Gallagher’s dissertation was on “Understanding Differences in the Electoral Success of Women State Legislature Candidates Across Racial Groups…
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May 4, 2009
Within weeks the university will take ownership of a 174-acre research campus that will provide a springboard for new discoveries, job creation and educational opportunity — and offer a wise investment for U-M’s future. U-M’s purchase of the former Pfizer pharmaceutical research facility adjacent to North Campus will be completed June 16, Timothy Slottow, executive…
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May 4, 2009
Record Update First U-M continued its ban on university-sponsored travel to Mexico this week, following guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even though state and federal health officials said the outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1) was not as bad as first thought, the CDC still is recommending against unnecessary travel to…
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May 4, 2009
General Motors and U-M have announced the formation of the GM/U-M Institute of Automotive Research and Education, with a strategic focus on reinventing the automobile and developing the next generation of high-efficiency vehicles powered by diverse energy sources. Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman for global product development, announces the formation of the GM/U-M Institute of…
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May 4, 2009
A Group Pottery Show by the non-profit Village Potter’s Guild, founded in Plymouth in 1995, is presented through June 15 in the Taubman Center, South Lobby, Floor 1, by the U-M Health System Gifts of Art. (Photo by Jerry Thompson)
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May 4, 2009
As the winter semester comes to a close, signs of spring have been blooming across the U-M Central Campus. From colorful flowers reaching for the sun to students enjoying the warm rays and longer days, all signs indicate summer is not far off. Above left, students Christine Renke, left, and Marissa Fellows share a laugh…
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May 4, 2009
A Selection from Maurice M. Loewy and M. Pierre Puiseux’s Atlas “Photographique de la Lune,” circa 1900, is an exhibit of six vintage photos of the moon in the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Hatcher Lobby. The photos are from a set of 82 published photogravures. These plates are from the first atlas of the moon…
