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May 12, 2008
Dr. David Kurnit Dr. David Kurnit, former professor of pediatrics, died Jan. 30 at the age of 60. He was born Dec. 24, 1947, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Victor and Helen (Oxhandler) Kurnit. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree, Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Brooklyn College and his M.D.…
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May 12, 2008
Awards Jayesh Thawani, third-year medical student and Edsel B. Ford scholar, has been awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute/National Institutes of Health (HHMI/NIH) Research Scholars Program Fellowship for 2008-09. Established in 1985, the fellowships provide 42 outstanding students at U.S. medical schools an opportunity to receive research training at the NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Md.
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May 12, 2008
Related story:Regents Roundup > A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Keith Mitnick, associate professor of architecture, with tenureRichard Norton, associate professor of urban planning, with tenureGavin Shatkin, associate professor of urban planning, with tenure School of Art and Design William Shaun Jackson, professor of art and design, with tenure, School of Art…
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May 12, 2008
Related story:Regents Roundup > An updated master plan for North Campus presented to the Board of Regents May 15 preserves the themes of earlier visions for the area while providing a look at possible components that will make those themes reality. By increasing the density, and through redevelopment of existing sites, an additional 10 million…
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May 12, 2008
Related story:Regents Roundup > Students in residence halls will pay an average of 4.9 percent more for room and board next academic year, following May 15 approval of 2008-09 housing rates by the Board of Regents. The basic rate per student for a double room with a standard meal plan will be $8,591, an increase…
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May 12, 2008
Related story:Regents Roundup > A new journalism program that emphasizes online and community news was approved at the May 15 meeting of the Board of Regents for a fall launch at U-M-Flint. The program will be the only journalism degree offered by U-M. “As a former Mike Wallace Investigative Journalism Fellow at the University of…
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May 12, 2008
Related story:Regents Roundup > The Board of Regents May 15 authorized construction of a roadway through the U-M-Flint campus. The estimated $1.9-million project, to be funded by a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, will reconnect two sections of East Kearsley Street. William Webb, assistant vice chancellor for administration at U-M-Flint, says the 1,000-foot-long…
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May 12, 2008
Guided tours of the exhibit William Christenberry: Photographs, 1961—2005, are presented at 7 p.m. May 22 and 2 p.m. May 25 and June 1 at UMMA Off/Site, 1301 S. University at South Forest. This exhibit presents nearly a half-century of the work of Christenberry, whose photographic exploration of the American South has been ongoing for…
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May 12, 2008
The violin-piano duo Kaleidoscope performs at 12:10 p.m. May 22 in the University Hospital, main lobby. Brought together by their passion for chamber music, Christine Chun and Diana Lungu, who hold doctorate degrees in musical performance from U-M, are inspired by music ranging from gypsy melodies to the classics. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.…
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May 12, 2008
It would take a new University of Michigan built every week to meet the mounting global demand for higher education, professor Dan Atkins said May 9 at the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) division’s 50th anniversary symposium. Dan Atkins, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and in the School of…
