January 26, 2009
Six doctoral candidates will receive $50,000 fellowships from the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute to support interdisciplinary research related to environmental sustainability. Now in its fourth year, the Graham Graduate Fellowship Program provides financial support and academic collaboration for doctoral candidates pursuing interdisciplinary research concentrating on environmental sustainability. Issues of particular focus to the Institute and…
January 26, 2009
U-M faculty and alumni are playing key roles advising the country’s most powerful leader in shaping policy. President Barack Obama, a Harvard law graduate, tapped the expertise and opinions of at least 16 people with U-M ties for transition teams, advisory roles and cabinet positions. “The University has long encouraged students, faculty, staff and alumni…
January 26, 2009
James Steward, director of the U-M Museum of Art, has announced that he will step down to assume the directorship of the Princeton University Art Museum after presiding over the much-anticipated reopening of the dramatically transformed UMMA in late March. Provost Teresa Sullivan soon will name an interim director and chair a committee that will…
January 26, 2009
Related stories:Bond: Struggle doesn’t end with Obama’s election >Branch: King’s legacy lives in future, not past >Addressing oral health disparities crucial for healthy communities >Photos: MLK Symposium > Marius Johnson, Mia Morris, Imani Keel, all of Clague Middle School, and Chris Morris of King Elementary School work on a writing project during the MLK Children…
January 26, 2009
Google co-founder and U-M alumnus Larry Page will deliver the spring 2009 commencement address. At the May 2 ceremony in Michigan Stadium, the University will award degrees to about 4,000 students. Page will receive an honorary doctorate in engineering, as approved by the Board of Regents at its Jan. 22 meeting. “Celebrating the accomplishments of…
January 26, 2009
The recently announced partnership between the University and General Motors to develop advanced batteries for electric vehicles is far more than a $5 million research coup. The new Advanced Battery Coalition for Drivetrains, announced Jan. 12, is an archetype for the kind of collaborative energy-research partnership that will allow U-M to thrive in troubled times…
January 26, 2009
The Global Scholars Program will prepare students to be citizens of the world in a setting that’s just down the hall or a short walk across campus. As U-M’s newest living learning community, the program beginning in fall will bring together students from the United States and around the world in an interdisciplinary curriculum designed…
January 19, 2009
Wine tasting is serious business. When Ron Sober took an examination to gain accreditation as an international wine judge it was hardly a cocktail party. “It was brutal,” says Sober, an instructional designer for Human Resource Development. “It was a very difficult, thorough, four-hour exam.” (Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services) Sober was required…
January 19, 2009
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Dec. 18 meeting. Addition planned for Engineering Programs Building A 10,000-gross-square-foot addition to the Engineering Programs Building is planned to provide more space for student project teams, many of which enter into national competitions. The $4.8 million project will be funded from College…
January 19, 2009
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