March 23, 2009
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its March 19 meeting. Regents set meeting schedule Regents established a meeting schedule for 2010. They will meet Jan. 21, Feb. 18, March 18, April 15, May 20 (UM-Dearborn), June 17, July 15, Sept. 16, Oct. 28 (UM-Flint), Nov. 18 and Dec. 16. The…
March 23, 2009
Police Beat is a monthly feature. The next publication will be April 13.
March 23, 2009
Matthew Hilton-Watson UM-Flint Associate Professor Matthew Hilton-Watson died unexpectedly March 16 doing what he loved — teaching students. Hilton-Watson was an associate professor of foreign languages and chair of the Department of Foreign Languages as well as director of the International and Global Studies Program. He was heavily involved in the Honors Program, working with…
March 23, 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 23, 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 23, 2009
Provost Teresa Sullivan announced today that Philip R. Hughes will head the University’s Academic Success Program in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. As assistant provost and associate athletic director, Hughes will lead the comprehensive network of academic support programs that ensure a top-quality academic experience and encourage a high level of achievement among student-athletes. Hughes…
March 23, 2009
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the U-M Press publication in the Russian language of Boris Pasternak’s “Dr. Zhivago,” a symposium is being presented from 2-5:30 p.m. March 27 in the Gallery in Room 100, Hatcher Graduate Library. Symposium events include an examination of the writing of this classic work, the controversy surrounding its…
March 23, 2009
When Valerie Myers observed that many of her MBA students experienced a disconnect between their understandings of diversity and their experiences in the global marketplace, she took action. “U.S. students especially struggled to see that the mechanisms of rankism and discrimination were happening in other places in the world. The targets were just different,” says…
March 23, 2009
“Mother and Child” is from the exhibit “Curse of the Black Gold: Photographs by Ed Kashi,” which documents the impact of 50 years of the oil industry on the people of Nigeria, through April 5 in Room 100, Hatcher Graduate Library. (Photo by Ed Kashi)
