March 30, 2009
Frederick Haddock Frederick Haddock, an astronomy professor and former director of the Radio Astronomy Observatory, died Feb. 20 at his home in Ann Arbor of lung cancer. He was 89. (Photo courtesy Haddock Family) Haddock was born in Independence, Mo., in 1919. He spent his childhood and teen years in Tulsa, Okla. He studied physics…
March 30, 2009
Awards Tresa Pollock, the L. H. and F. E. Van Vlack Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and professor of materials science and engineering, College of Engineering, has received the highest honor of the honorary class of fellow given for outstanding accomplishments by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. A fellow is recognized as an…
March 30, 2009
Cancer, diabetes, strep infections and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s are the first targets of a novel program to shepherd promising biomedical discoveries from Life Sciences Institute (LSI) labs to the marketplace. The LSI Innovation Partnership uses philanthropic gifts to bridge the critical funding gap — known to biomedical researchers and venture capitalists as the…
March 30, 2009
Suki’s dream to become a computer scientist after attending Cornell University on a student visa unexpectedly became a nightmare. Dutt (Photo courtesy Breakthrough) The immigrant teen from Japan unknowingly violated his visa requirements by only taking nine credits his first semester. His story doesn’t get better when video game players in “I Can End Deportation”…
March 30, 2009
Patti Matson, assistant press secretary to former first lady Betty Ford, will present a lecture titled “Betty Ford: Strength in a Package Marked Fragile,” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Matson will offer insight into one of the nation’s most admired first ladies as she shares stories and memories from…
March 30, 2009
Tedra Millan as Riki and Paul Koch as Terry perform in the Hopwood Award-winning play “Jonesin’” by undergraduate Seth Moore at the Arthur Miller Theatre April 2-12. The work is recommended for audiences 18 and older. For tickets, call 764-2538. (Photo by Peter Smith Photography)
March 30, 2009
Students examine their reflections in an exhibit at the U-M Museum of Art during a sneak-peek preview of the renovated facility Tuesday. Hundreds turned out for the event, which was open only to university students. (Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services)
March 30, 2009
John Williams performs a solo recital of original works for the guitar and his own arrangements of music by Bach, Scarlatti and others at 8 p.m. April 1 in Rackham Auditorium, presented by the University Musical Society. (Photo by Janusz Kawa)
March 30, 2009
A U-M neuroscience major is one of 14 Churchill Scholarship winners recently named to study at the University of Cambridge, England. (Photo courtesy Eszter Zavodszky) Eszter Zavodszky, who was section leader of the Michigan Marching Band’s flag line last season, recently was awarded one of the prestigious scholarships that provides for a year of graduate…
March 30, 2009
A tiny protein helps protect disease-causing bacteria from the ravaging effects of stomach acid, researchers at U-M and Howard Hughes Medical Institute have discovered. Their findings were scheduled to be published last week online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Stomach acid aids in food digestion and helps kill disease-causing bacteria. One…
