September 8, 2003
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy will welcome its namesake Sept. 18 for its site dedication. “Portrait of President Ford,” by Ronald Scherr, commissioned by U-M. The work, completed in 2000, will hang in the entry of the new Ford School of Public Policy. It now can be viewed in the Foster Library…
September 8, 2003
Office of the Vice President for Communications A task force appointed by Provost Paul N. Courant is working to assess the climate on campus for transgender, bisexual, lesbian and gay (TBLG) faculty, staff and students. The group, appointed in March, hopes to present a set of recommendations by January. The task force is chaired by…
September 2, 2003
Patricia Fossum Waller Patricia Fossum Waller died at her home Aug. 15 at age 70, following a nine-month battle with metastatic colon cancer. Waller was trained as a clinical psychologist and had a distinguished career as a leading research scientist and advocate for policy reform in the area of transportation safety and injury control. She…
September 2, 2003
Appointments Giannoble William Giannobile, associate professor of periodontics, prevention and geriatrics in the School of Dentistry, has been appointed to the new position of director of clinical research. Giannobile will work with a clinical research center steering committee to define the center’s current and future programs. Lisa Herbert is the new director for Arts at…
September 2, 2003
As the International Institute (II) celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall, its leader says the institute’s impact on campus and across the globe cannot be viewed just on the numerous accomplishments of the past decade. “Everything that we do will be measured not by what we do at this moment, but by the impact and…
September 2, 2003
Banners go up on North Campus in honor of the College of Engineering’s 150th anniversary. To celebrate its sesquicentennial, the college has planned activities throughout the year beginning with a North Campus Festival beginning at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at Pierpont Commons. Participants can enjoy a slice of birthday cake at the diag adjacent to…
September 2, 2003
LSA Communications James Watson joins a field ornithology class at the Biological Station. He spoke fondly to the students about his days as an ornithology student at UMBS in 1946. He remains an avid birder today. (Photo by Gary Williams) After 57 years, James Watson returned to the U-M Biological Station (UMBS) in northern Michigan…
September 2, 2003
Gene identified for disease that mimics AMD Kellogg scientists have been studying a family whose members have an eye disease that looks like age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but has a pattern of inheritance that is less common and results in an exceptionally high incidence of the disease among family members in the study. In the…
September 2, 2003
Children who have been treated at the U-M Trauma Burn Center attended Kids’ Burn Camp at Camp Manitou-Lin in Middleville, Mich., in August. Counselor Patrick Flynn, a burn survivor who was treated at the Trauma Burn Center, gives a lift to a camper (above). Girls in the Ottawa Cabin—including Trauma Burn Center patients Hannan Shihab,…
