February 2, 2009
Awards Robert Megginson, associate dean for undergraduate and graduate education, LSA, and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Mathematics, has received the Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics from the Mathematical Association of America. The award honors distinguished contributions to mathematics and math education. Megginson was cited for helping…
February 2, 2009
The election of Barack Obama shows the country “is capable of tremendous change” writer Pearl Cleage said in her Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium closing lecture Jan. 30. This historic event was more than she ever thought possible when growing up in an African nationalist household in Detroit. While Cleage told the audience she…
February 2, 2009
“Mapping the River,” a performance of dance, music, poetry and video is presented by Arts on Earth/Arts and the Environment Feb. 12-14 at the Duderstadt Center Video Studio, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd. For more information call 615-8738 or e-mail
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Flint native and alumnus Howard Bragman (LSA ’78) has drawn public attention for providing litigation support in high profile cases, among them cases involving discrimination over sexual orientation. A nationally respected crisis counselor, Bragman has aided the legal efforts of Joseph Steffan who was kicked out of the U.S. Naval Academy for his sexual orientation;…
February 2, 2009
Special workplace benefits help relieve stress, improve bottom line While thousands of American workers are losing jobs these days, many more are stressed out. For those fortunate to still have jobs in this down economy, however, companies can help alleviate workplace stress — and possible violence — by providing complementary alternative benefits, business professors say.…
February 2, 2009
The first global maps of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels based on data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) will be created by a University researcher and her colleagues. The team will use sophisticated mathematical techniques to fill information gaps between the satellite’s direct measurements, the closest of which will be 93 miles apart at the…
February 2, 2009
A lack of education is the leading cause of the health crisis facing today’s youth, said Dr. Joycelyn Elders, a former surgeon general under President Clinton. Elders delivered a keynote address for the School of Public Health‘s Fifth Annual Practice Office Symposium Jan. 27 in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The event also featured remarks by Richard…
February 2, 2009
In 2007 Cherish Thomas received a letter from the University telling her she qualified for a $5,000 award from the Paul and Amy Blavin Scholarship Fund. Thomas grew up in the foster care system and this information was a part of her financial aid application. Delia Alvarez learned that she had received a Blavin Scholarship…
February 2, 2009
Author and Child Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman delivers the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy’s 2009 Citigroup Foundation Lecture. During the Jan. 27 event at Michigan Union Ballroom, Edelman also read from her new book, “The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next…
February 2, 2009
U.S. automakers must achieve an eightfold reduction in automobile-related carbon emissions to help stabilize the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere by 2050, researchers say. A research team from the Center for Sustainable Systems looked at what it would take for U.S. automakers to reduce passenger car-related carbon emissions to help stabilize…
