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April 20, 2009
Unemployed workers have a new tool to help them find the resources they need to get through difficult times. Created in a partnership between the United Way for Southeastern Michigan and the School of Information, Neighbors4Neighbors is an interactive online program that uses social computing technology to connect unemployed workers with each other. People who…
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April 20, 2009
Two faculty members have been named 2009 Carnegie Scholars by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, an honor that recognizes “compelling ideas and a commitment to enriching the quality of the public dialogue on Islam.” Mark Tessler, director of the International Institute and vice provost for international affairs, and Hussein Anwar Fancy, junior fellow of…
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April 20, 2009
UM-Flint Chancellor Ruth Person, right, signals her enthusiasm for the task ahead after speaking at her inauguration Friday as the seventh leader of the Flint campus (Photo by Alisha Smith, UM-Flint). Also speaking at the inauguration was President Mary Sue Coleman, left (Photo by Mel Serow, UM-Flint). Person, a U-M alumna, became chancellor in late…
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April 20, 2009
Gov. Jennifer Granholm discussed “The Politics of Education” at UM-Dearborn’s Fairlane Center on Thursday. At left is moderator Bankole Thompson, senior editor of the Michigan Chronicle. (Photo by Laura Freeman, UM-Dearborn)
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April 20, 2009
With the approval Thursday by the Board of Regents, Couzens Hall will be the next residence hall to undergo major renovation as part of the Residential Life Initiatives (RLI). Like the renovations of Mosher-Jordan Hall, which reopened last fall, and Stockwell Hall, to reopen this August, the Couzens project will preserve the building’s traditional design…
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April 20, 2009
Planning a university budget in times of economic stress is a daunting task rife with uncertainty. U-M officials are reaching out to the campus community to shed light on the process. In meetings last week with student and faculty groups, President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Teresa Sullivan offered their outlook for the 2009-10 fiscal…
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April 20, 2009
Through months of recession, the U.S. economy gained jobs requiring a higher education while shedding millions of low-education jobs, according to the second annual report on the state’s transition to a knowledge-based economy by Michigan Future Inc. and a U-M economist. In the first 13 months of the current recession that began in December 2007,…
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April 13, 2009
When Bruce Glazier’s wife spotted the job opening for facilities manager of the new U-M Museum of Art, she knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime. (Photo by Martin Vloet, U-M Photo Services) “My wife loves the museum, so she told me that it would be the best job in the world,” Glazier…
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April 13, 2009
March 2009 crime map > Police still seek ID in arson case The Department of Public Safety (DPS) continues to seek information and identification of a person of interest in connection with an arson March 26 at West Quadrangle residence hall. A video clip showing the young man entering the building has been posted on…
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April 13, 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.
