January 12, 2009
The back wall of the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre now can effortlessly shift from aqua and magenta to yellow and lime green because of environmentally friendly lighting installed by staff members. David Pickell, backstage operations manager at Mendelssohn Theatre, works on the floor-mounted strip lights that help illuminate the back wall of the stage. New 6-foot…
January 12, 2009
More information on nomination and selection processes > More on Arthur F. Thurnau Professorships > Five U-M faculty members who develop the most original approaches to teaching will win a Teaching Innovation Prize of $5,000 each this year in a new program to honor and encourage creativity in the classroom. “Examples of innovative teaching approaches…
December 15, 2008
As a young girl, Maureen Gelardi learned basic finger spelling from a deaf mailman in her mother’s service program for senior citizens. “I loved the fact that I could speak to him,” Gelardi says of an experience that would foreshadow her career. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) Now a certified American Sign Language…
December 15, 2008
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…
December 15, 2008
November 2008 crime map > Suspect arrested in home invasions The primary suspect in several home invasions of residence hall rooms in late October and early November remains in jail following his arrest Nov. 14 by officers with the Michigan Department of Corrections. Rick Ramon, 33, of Kalamazoo was arraigned on charges of first-degree home…
December 15, 2008
Thomas Roach > Robert Zajonc Social psychologist Robert Zajonc, who conducted groundbreaking research on the complexities of social life, died after a five-year battle with pancreatic cancer Dec. 3 in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 85. Born in Lodz, Poland, Zajonc’s parents were killed during World War II in a German air raid when he…
December 15, 2008
Appointed Anna Michalak, assistant professor in the College of Engineering, has been selected to receive the PECASE Award, the highest honor bestowed by the federal government on junior/mid-career faculty. Michalak has introduced new geostatistical tools that allow researchers to quantify answers for environmental problems that are otherwise highly variable and hard to manage. She has…
December 15, 2008
U-M is among the 100 “Best Value Colleges for 2009’’ and one of only two Michigan colleges or universities to make the list, according to a Princeton Review/USA Today study. The publications said U-M “offers a great balance of two very different college worlds — the huge state school with top tier athletics and vibrant…
December 15, 2008
For their research and teaching achievements, two engineering professors received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) at a ceremony Dec. 19 at the White House. Anna Michalak is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences. Max Shtein is…
