February 18, 2008
Former Wolverine football coach Lloyd Carr, with his wife Laurie, shows off a resolution presented by the Board of Regents honoring his years with the athletic department. “There were so many great days, so many great games, so many great players,” Carr said. Regent Chair S. Martin Taylor, who presented the resolution, recounted Carr’s final…
February 18, 2008
The U-M Library has just put online its millionth digitized book. That’s one million out of the 7.5 million volumes in the library’s current holdings. “Having over a million books in our collection digitized and online is a significant milestone,” says Paul Courant, University librarian. “It’s a big number. No one else has reached it.…
February 18, 2008
Six members of the faculty have been awarded Arthur F. Thurnau Professorships, following approval by the Board of Regents at the Feb. 15 meeting. James Cogswell Jr., Sherman Jackson, Robert Megginson, Dana Muir, Ann Marie Sastry and Peter Washabaugh are recipients of one of the top honors awarded to faculty. The award recognizes and rewards…
February 18, 2008
U-M students, faculty and scholars who are considered legal temporary U.S. residents now will be able to obtain driver’s licenses, following approval of a bill Feb. 14 by the state legislature and signed a day later by the governor. “I am extremely pleased that the legislature listened to all of the comments and concerns by…
February 18, 2008
U-M Ann Arbor earned an A grade for safety preparedness in a special report appearing in the March issue of Reader’s Digest. Department of Public Safety Officer Brian Daniels with K-9 Jessy, left, and Officer Mark West with Brutus take a break before they are honored at the annual DPS Awards and Appreciation Luncheon. Jessy…
February 18, 2008
The University will establish a center to support and promote the work of more than 120 faculty members engaged in scholarship related to Africa. The African Studies Center (ASC), to launch in July, will provide additional support for teaching and research by organizing lectures, workshops, conferences and outreach events in addition to serving as the…
February 18, 2008
President Mary Sue Coleman will lead a delegation to South Africa and Ghana, Feb. 22 to March 5, to extend existing collaborations with several universities and forge new relationships. (Photo by Martin Vloet, U-M Photo Services) Coleman and the delegation will discuss initiatives that can be incorporated into U-M’s newly established African Studies Center and…
February 11, 2008
The road Gerald B. Ross took to U-M included two stops in Minnesota to appear on Garrison Keillor’s National Public Radio show “A Prairie Home Companion” with his group The Lost World String Band. “It was quite a treat to perform on that show knowing that our music was being broadcast live throughout North America,”…
February 11, 2008
Police Beat appear monthly. The next publication will be February 18.
February 11, 2008
Mary L. Wilson Mary L. Wilson, a 20-year employee of U-M Hospital, died Jan. 28 at her home in Ypsilanti. She was 70. Wilson was born in Ypsilanti Sept. 3, 1937, the daughter of Virgil and Evelyn Mary (Townsend) Rockwell. On Dec. 14, 1959, she married Russell Wilson. She retired from U-M Hospital in 2000.…
