January 28, 2008
U-M Health System security supervisor Rod Allen learned early on to respect patients, an attitude that serves him well in his new volunteer role as Ann Arbor police chaplain. Allen and his wife, Margaret, are pastors at Shekinah Christian Church in Ann Arbor. “Our pastor met with the Ann Arbor chief of police because her…
January 28, 2008
Police Beat appear monthly. The next publication will be February 18.
January 28, 2008
Wilfred Kaplan Wilfred Kaplan, professor emeritus of mathematics, died Dec. 26, 2007, after a short illness. He was 92. Kaplan Kaplan was born Nov. 28, 1915, in Boston, Mass., the son of Jacob and Anne (Levenson) Kaplan. After graduation from Boston Latin School, he entered Harvard University, where he completed his A.B. degree in mathematics…
January 28, 2008
Appointed Dr. James Fahner, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, was appointed to the Van Andel Research Institute board of trustees effective Jan. 1.
January 28, 2008
The University has announced that Spring Commencement will not be held at Michigan Stadium, but it will take place on campus with the Diag and Elbel Field as two locations under consideration. West Bloomfield senior Mike Eber, above right in yellow T-shirt, leads a group of students in the U-M fight song after hearing Spring…
January 28, 2008
An overwhelming majority of graduating students have said they want Spring Commencement to stay on campus, and they are willing to take a reduced number of tickets to make it happen. As a result, the University has scrapped a plan announced earlier in January to move the ceremony to Eastern Michigan University. A poll conducted…
January 28, 2008
Badi Assad joins her brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad for the Assad Brothers Brazilian Guitar Summit at 8 p.m. Feb. 1 at Rackham Auditorium. The group includes Romero Lubambo and Celso Machado. Sponsored by the University Musical Society, 764-2538. (Photo courtesy University Musical Society)
January 28, 2008
An opening reception for Janie Paul’s exhibit “Open Secrets of Nature” is at 3-4 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Lane Hall exhibit space. The exhibit is open to the public from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Shown are her pieces “Strata,” above, and “Waking Dream.” Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and…
January 28, 2008
The character of Stan’s son, portrayed by Jack Drummond, left, plays with another boy in the film “Killer of Sheep,” presented Jan. 28 by the U-M Black Humanities Collective at the Michigan Theater. (Photo courtesy Milestone Film & Video)
January 28, 2008
The 1977 drama “Killer of Sheep,” set in Watts, spotlights lives of poverty and frustration. It will be presented at 7 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Michigan Theater, and director Burnett will appear for a question and answer session following the film. Since its initial release, the Library of Congress has declared “Killer of Sheep”…
