October 27, 2003
The U-M-Flint School of Health Professions and Studies has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to decrease health disparities in the greater Flint community. Project Export will focus on issues surrounding diabetes and HIV/AIDS in minority populations. Strategies will be developed to narrow the gap between minorities and Caucasians…
October 27, 2003
Seeking an administrator to facilitate the resolution of faculty problems and complaints with respect to policy administration and conflict resolution, Provost Paul N. Courant has launched a search to fill the newly created position of central faculty ombuds. Working with the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA), the provost’s office recently completed the job…
October 27, 2003
Scientists at the Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a gene that controls the ability of adult stem cells to self-renew, or make new copies of themselves, throughout life. Colonies of central nervous system stem cells taken from normal mice with the Bmi-1 gene (top) are larger and much more prolific than those from mice without…
October 27, 2003
Student enrollment at the Ann Arbor campus has topped 39,000 for the first time and set a record for the seventh year in a row, according to official figures released Oct. 21. Total enrollment for fall 2003 is 39,031, up from 38,972 a year ago. The incoming freshman class of 5,553 just missed setting a…
October 27, 2003
U-M’s assistant provost and senior director for institutional equity brings a wealth of experience from a similar position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Provost Paul N. Courant and Chief Financial Officer Timothy Slottow said in announcing the appointment of Anthony Walesby to the post, pending approval by the Board of Regents. (Photo by…
October 27, 2003
The University will sponsor a semester-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court case, beginning in January with a campus appearance by the Brown sisters. Last spring’s landmark Supreme Court rulings on U-M’s admissions policies often were linked with the Brown case. Lani Guinier (Photo courtesy Keppler…
October 27, 2003
A committee of faculty and staff has recommended changes to the way the employee portion of health insurance premiums is determined. The changes, if adopted, would affect faculty, staff and retirees at the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses beginning with the 2005 calendar year. The proposed changes include a premium-sharing model that better reflects…
October 20, 2003
Editor’s note: The following actions were taken by members of the Board of Regents at their October meeting. Central Campus planning President Mary Sue Coleman announced the launch of a Central Campus planning effort that will address facility issues and academic goals. Coleman said she has asked Provost Paul N. Courant, Chief Financial Officer Timothy…
October 20, 2003
DPS seeks witnesses Investigators in the Department of Public Safety (DPS) would like to talk with any witnesses or anyone who may have stopped to help an 18-year-old female who reported Oct. 5 that she had been pushed from behind by an unknown person. DPS issued a crime alert later that day to notify the…
October 20, 2003
G. Brymer Williams G. Brymer Williams, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, died Sept. 19, less than a month short of his 90th birthday. He was associated with the U-M chemical engineering department for 68 years, longer than anybody else. Brymer was born in Denver, where he started studying chemical engineering, but transferred to U-M in…
