March 16, 2009
A U-M consortium announced March 9 will create new embryonic stem cell lines that will aid the search for disease treatments and cures. The A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Consortium for Stem Cell Therapies is the first major embryonic stem cell research program launched in Michigan since the Nov. 4 passage of a state…
March 16, 2009
When the new building of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business opened its doors to the public last semester, the new facilities encouraged students to create what some call a community. “It’s not like going from an old building to a new building,” first-year MBA student Rabi Kakaraparthi said, “it is going from having…
March 9, 2009
On a rainy night in 2004, Matt LeBlanc huddled under a tarp in an Iowa state park, hurriedly fixing a Women’s Rowing Team racing boat. The next morning, the team captured the Big Ten Championship title in the repaired craft. The boat, called a “shell” in rowing lingo, broke before the team left for Iowa,…
March 9, 2009
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March 9, 2009
Thomas McClure Tom McClure, emeritus professor of art, died Feb. 11 at Glacier Hills Nursing Home. He was 88. McClure was a well-known sculptor and artist. He taught at U-M for more than 30 years. His work can be seen in many museums including the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), the Syracuse Museum of Fine…
March 9, 2009
Elected Duane Kirking, professor emeritus of the College of Pharmacy‘s Department of Social and Administrative Sciences, research scientist emeritus at the School of Public Health, has been elected chairman of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention Board of Trustees. Kirking has 30 years of involvement with medication use-related research, service and teaching. Awards Zhuoqing Mao, the Morris…
March 9, 2009
A U-M consortium announced March 9 will create new embryonic stem cell lines that will aid the search for disease treatments and cures. The A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Consortium for Stem Cell Therapies is the first major embryonic stem cell research program launched in Michigan since the Nov. 4 passage of a state…
March 9, 2009
James Heckman, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, addresses The Economics and Psychology of Inequality and Human Development, 3:30-5 p.m. March 12 in the Michigan Union, Pendleton Room. Heckman won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. (Photo by Economic Research Center)
March 9, 2009
“Blue Potatoes” is from Art in Nature/Nature in Art, Sculptures by Dianne Austin/Photography by Leslie Ford, presented March 10-April 12 in the Matthaei Botanical Gardens auditorium and lobby. The sculptures are inspired by the look and feel of natural objects, such as seed pods and flowers, and photographs of sprouting onions and potatoes that capture…
March 9, 2009
Frank Beaver, faculty emeritus of the Screen Arts and Cultures Department, will host and discuss the film “The Bicycle Thief” from 7-9:30 p.m. March 10 as part of the Frank’s Picks Film Series. The series is presented in the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery in Room 100. Attendees are directed to enter from the Diag.…
