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September 29, 2003
In a time when diversity is a major buzzword on campus and throughout the country, a new documentary explores how U-M students experience diversity in college and their lives in general. A student participates in English 225, taught by Randall Tessier, in this image from the film “Campus Diversity, Student Voices,” which will premiere Oct.…
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September 29, 2003
The NCAA has restored the U-M men’s basketball team’s eligibility to play in postseason tournaments this season, reversing its earlier decision that imposed an additional one-year ban on postseason competition. In an announcement Sept. 25, the Division I Infractions Appeals Committee said the extra year added to the University’s self-imposed ban for 2002-03 was excessive.…
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September 22, 2003
Editor’s note: The following actions were taken by members of the Board of Regents at their September meeting. Several utilities projects approved A new chiller plant will be built on North Campus to provide chilled water for air conditioning and cooling heat-generating equipment in many buildings on the campus. The plant will provide energy savings,…
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September 22, 2003
The NCAA has restored the U-M basketball team’s eligibility to play in tournaments this season, reversing its earlier decision that imposed an additional one-year ban on postseason competition. In an announcement today (Sept. 25), the Division I Infractions Appeals Committee said the extra year added to the University’s self-imposed ban for 2002-03 was excessive. (File…
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September 22, 2003
Appointments Diane Kaplan Vinokur , associate professor of social work, has been named vice president of membership for the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). ARNOVA is an international, interdisciplinary membership organization. Awards Joseph Grengs , assistant professor of urban planning, won the Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in…
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September 22, 2003
Hank Baier, associate vice president for facilities and operations (left), receives a building rehabilitation award from Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje at the Sept. 15 City Council meeting. Baier and Jim Kosteva, director of community relations, accepted awards for the rehabilitation of the Perry School and the preservation of Lane Hall. The awards are given…
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September 22, 2003
Coleman to speak at women’s forum President Mary Sue Coleman will conduct her first President’s Advisory Commission on Women’s Issues (PACWI) forum at 4 p.m. Oct. 2 in Hutchins Hall, Room 100. Coleman will discuss the new report, “Women at the University of Michigan: A Statistical Report on the Status of Women Students, Faculty and…
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September 22, 2003
While other people are worrying about the lack of parking around campus, rising gas costs and overcrowded roads, Riin Gill is busy pedaling her worries away on a red GT Windstream comfort bike. (Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services) Gill, head of interlibrary loans at the Taubman Medical Library, has been a full-time bike…
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September 22, 2003
Students and faculty tour Detroit on the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning’s annual outing to the city Sept. 6. The day-long tour, which originated several years ago as part of the Urban and Regional Planning Program’s orientation activities, is intended to help familiarize students with Detroit’s history and new developments, its…
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September 22, 2003
Office of the Vice President for Research In an era when advances in science—particularly biology and biotechnology—are introducing revolutionary new ways to promote health and treat disease, it is imperative that research involving human volunteers be conducted with the utmost levels of respect, caution, care and safety, the vice president for research says. John Mather…
