November 10, 2008
The University is collaborating with seven universities to offer training and resources through a new national institute to improve child welfare. The U.S. Children’s Bureau (Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services) awarded a five-year, $16.5 million grant to fund the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute. The funding comes as many…
November 10, 2008
Campus leaders annually remind the community of the University’s severe weather policy, which encourages all employees to make a reasonable effort to report to work as scheduled. Because most students live on campus, officials will attempt to keep the University open for classes and maintain regular operations during severe weather. If operations are being maintained…
November 10, 2008
Ann Arbor native Kenneth (Ken) Magee has been named the next executive director of the Department of Public Safety (DPS), beginning Nov. 14. “As the executive director of DPS, Ken will be responsible for assuming a leadership role in the development and application of policies and procedures for crime prevention, loss prevention, law enforcement, and…
November 10, 2008
A day after the U.S. presidential election, David Orr had one topic in mind — change. Orr’s version of the long-needed social action to address the deleterious effects of climate change is not the kind of political sloganeering that fits on a bumper sticker. Rather, it’s transforming how people think about their fundamental relationship to…
November 10, 2008
For her work advocating the educational value of affirmative action and diverse perspectives in the classroom, President Mary Sue Coleman has received a Humanitarian of the Year award. Former Regent David Brandon, CEO of Domino’s Pizza, presents President Mary Sue Coleman with the Humanitarian of the Year award at Cobo Hall. (Photo by Martin Vloet,…
November 3, 2008
Molly Kleinman’s love for theatre played a leading role in steering her to a job as copyright specialist and special projects librarian at Hatcher Graduate Library. “It’s like working in the future,” Kleinman says, as new technology continues to revolutionize information gathering. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) Growing up in Philadelphia, Kleinman and…
November 3, 2008
Police Beat is a monthly feature of the University Record. The next installment will be November 17.
November 3, 2008
Award John Hart, assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, received the 2008 Holcim Next Generation Award for Sustainable Construction, for Construction In Vivo, a proposal for design and development of energy-saving active nanocomposite building skins. The Holcim Awards are organized by the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. Hart won the award with…
November 3, 2008
For her work advocating the educational value of affirmative action and diverse perspectives in the classroom, President Mary Sue Coleman has received a Humanitarian of the Year award. Former Regent David Brandon presents President Mary Sue Coleman with the Humanitarian of the Year award on behalf of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion. (Photo…
November 3, 2008
University executive officers and faculty issued statements Nov. 5 regarding the passage of Proposal 2, the amendment to the Michigan Constitution that allows new embryonic stem cell lines to be derived from embryos that have been created for fertility treatment purposes. The embryos affected by the amendment would otherwise be discarded, unless donated with informed…
