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September 15, 2008
A competition at the University aims to gather 1,000 pitches for new businesses, inventions and non-profit organizations by Oct. 5. The contest, 1,000 Pitches, is a cross-campus effort organized by the College of Engineering Center for Entrepreneurship. “This is a campus where we value entrepreneurship,” says Thomas Zurbuchen, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship. “Through…
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September 15, 2008
New noncredit program will teach business fundamentals and provide insight to faculty, graduate students Each year hundreds of University research ideas and scientific breakthroughs are commercialized, resulting in patented inventions, technology agreements and a handful of business startups. With the help of a new program offered by the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and…
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September 15, 2008
The directorship of the Life Sciences Institute will be named for President Mary Sue Coleman to recognize the key role she has played in the development of the interdisciplinary research center. Endowed by a gift from alumni Paul and Susan Meister, the naming marks a milestone for the institute, which is a hub for collaborative…
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September 15, 2008
As the new school year begins, many parents with overweight and obese children are worried about how their kids will be treated by other students on the playground and in the classroom. Bullying is a major concern among such parents, and they are much more likely than parents with healthy weight children to rate bullying…
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September 15, 2008
LSA freshman Kayla Paulson, left, receives an MPowered T-shirt from Lauren Leland during the 13th annual Energy Fest on the Diag. The event is affiliated with the 2008 fall theme semester of “Energy Futures: Society, Innovation, and Technology,” and part of Planet Blue, a campuswide energy-conservation and recycling initiative. “(Energy Fest) exposes freshman like me…
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September 15, 2008
The University has moved to online teaching evaluations. After a limited rollout in the College of Engineering during the fall and winter semesters last year, the online version of the University’s Teaching Questionnaires (TQ) has become fully operational, saving paper for the University and providing other important benefits for faculty, students and academic units. “Instructors…
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September 8, 2008
The clean, litter-free stairs, stairwells and elevators in campus parking structures are thanks to parking maintenance workers like Garnet Sharpe. (Photo by Martin Vloet, U-M Photo Services) Sharpe, an Ann Arbor native now living in Milan, has worked for the University since 1977. “We pick up trash and check the stairwells, check elevators, check stairways…
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September 8, 2008
Bradford Perkins, emeritus professor of history, died June 29 at the age of 83. Perkins was born March 6, 1925 in Rochester, N.Y., the son of Dexter and Wilma Lord Perkins. Following combat service in the European theater during World War II he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard in 1947. While there…
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September 8, 2008
Awards William R. Anderson, professor emeritus of botany and curator emeritus of the U-M Herbarium, was presented with the Asa Gray Award July 29 at the international “Botany 2008” meetings in Vancouver, Canada. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists for “Outstanding Contributions to Systematic Botany.” Anderson’s research…
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September 8, 2008
After more than five years of work, Congress approved and the president signed into law the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008 — a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The law includes provisions that will have both a positive and potentially negative impact on the academic community. The law implements year-round…
