October 20, 2003
The University’s endowment fund returned 5.4 percent last year and ended the fiscal year with a value close to $3.5 billion, Chief Investment Officer Erik Lundberg said in the annual report on investments presented Oct. 16 to the Board of Regents. Lundberg said a continuing strategy of “maximizing the total return with an appropriate level…
October 20, 2003
Photo by Mike Waring, U-M Washington office Rosina Bierbaum, dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE), and James van Sweden, landscape architect and co-founder of Oehme van Sweden & Associates, connect at an SNRE alumni reception and student recruiting event in Washington, D.C. The recycled glass memento recognizes van Sweden’s support of…
October 20, 2003
The Board of Regents approved a plan Oct. 16 that will allow the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital to further extend its ability to meet surging demands for pediatric inpatient and outpatient surgeries, as well as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services. The 8,000 gross-square-foot renovation project will create a new operating room and a new exam…
October 20, 2003
In a classic essay published in 1968, ecologist Garrett Hardin described “the tragedy of the commons”—the ruination of a pasture shared by all the herdsmen in a community. Each herdsman was free to decide how many cattle to graze on the pasture and, acting in self interest, each kept adding animals until the pasture was…
October 20, 2003
A different way of doing science. Collaboration across many fields of science and medicine. These have been the promises of the Life Science Institute (LSI) since it first was proposed in 1998. But as researchers have signed on to become part of the institute, and as the space for their collaboration is being occupied this…
October 20, 2003
When Stacey Davis Stewart graduated from the Business School, she knew she had a tough road ahead of her. Her future in investment banking and public finance certainly would be challenging, and Stewart knew she wouldn’t get anywhere if she identified herself primarily by gender. Stacey Davis Stewart (Photo by Louis Myrie) “We can’t be…
October 20, 2003
For more than three decades, increasing numbers of women have earned degrees in business, law and engineering—subjects long considered valuable preparation for corporate leadership. But a new U-M study indicates the state’s 100 largest publicly held companies are barely tapping the pool of women executive talent in the workforce. The 2003 Michigan Women’s Leadership Index,…
October 20, 2003
Photo by Adrian Wylie A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the environmentally sensitive renovation of the Dana Building was part of a series of Centennial Celebration activities at the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE). Shown here at the Oct. 17 ceremony are: Tim O’Brien, vice president for corporate relations for Ford Motor Co.; State Rep.…
October 20, 2003
The number of new technologies, licensing agreements and business startups increased at U-M last year, according to the Office of Technology Transfer’s newly released 2003 annual report. During fiscal year 2003, which ended June 30, the University recorded 257 new invention disclosures from U-M researchers (up 8 percent from the previous year), 76 new license…
October 20, 2003
The College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) at U-M-Dearborn will build an addition with a total of 46,000 gross square feet to house the campus’s Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems (IANS), dedicated laboratories and engineering classrooms. (Rendering by Lord, Aeck and Sargent Architecture) The addition to the Engineering Laboratory Building was approved by the…
