November 17, 2008
While President-elect Barack Obama has proposed putting a million American-made plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) getting 150 mpg on the road by 2015, it’s hard to know if that goal is attainable. U-M’s energy institute announces an innovative strategy to tell the difference between inspired and misguided, and what it takes to make a good…
November 17, 2008
Three faculty members have been awarded 2008-09 Fulbright Scholar grants; another four educators from abroad will travel to the University as scholars. This year approximately 1,000 U.S. faculty members and professionals received Fulbright Scholar awards to lecture and conduct research abroad; a similar number of foreign scholars received awards to come to the United States.…
November 17, 2008
Students, local engineers break world record The longest fuel-cell-powered flight of a radio-controlled aerial vehicle has been achieved by U-M students and engineers at Ann Arbor-based fuel-cell manufacturer Adaptive Materials Inc. Their plane, named Endurance, flew for 10 hours, 15 minutes and four seconds in a flight that lasted from sunrise to sunset on Oct.…
November 17, 2008
From marching band members playing “The Victors” to a guest appearance by a husband-and-wife television anchor team, to the testimonies from several donors who shared their Michigan Difference stories, the University celebrated the finale of the largest fundraising campaign in its history. The Michigan Marching Band, maize and blue streamers and flashing lights all signify…
November 10, 2008
Philip Ray makes an effort to ride his bike to work every day. Because he lives only three miles from campus, the Information Technology (IT) manager at the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) easily can commute on two wheels. Sharing similar environmental values with SNRE, Ray also saves gas with his frequent bike…
November 10, 2008
Police Beat is a monthly feature of the University Record. The next installment will be November 17.
November 10, 2008
Elizabeth Smiley, a research laboratory specialist in the department of Cell and Molecular Biology at the Medical School, died Oct. 28 after a long battle with cancer. She was 56. “Beth was independent, a tad stubborn, centered, inquisitive, stalwart in the face of adversity, practical and caring,” says her sister Jeannie Colling. “She had a…
November 10, 2008
Awards Anna Ercoli Schnitzer, InfoPoint librarian at the Health Sciences Libraries, received the Laurita Thomas Diversity Champion Award at the U-M Health Systems Diversity Summit Oct. 22. The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated a significant commitment to creating and promoting an inclusive environment by participating in events and programs on diversity awareness, displaying a…
November 10, 2008
The film “Memorial Projects” is by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, known for his explorations of Vietnamese history and national identity. It is at 5:10 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Michigan Theater, in a Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitors Series presentation sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the School of Art & Design. (Photo courtesy…
November 10, 2008
Janai Brugger as Tatyana and Monique Holmes as her sister Olga look forward to Tatyana’s Name Day Ball in the University Opera Theatre production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” Nov. 13-16 at the Power Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets call the League Ticket Office at 764-2538. (Photo by Peter Smith Photography)
