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August 11, 2003
Student arrested for computer crimes A 24-year-old graduate student was arraigned Aug. on 23 counts of computer crimes. Ning Ma is accused of unlawfully attaining the usernames and passwords of more than 60 U-M students and professors from August 2002 through April 2003, according to the complaint filed by the State Attorney General’s Office. He…
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August 11, 2003
William Mykolajenko William Mykolajenko, an engineer in research at U-M-Flint who dedicated 39 years to the University, died July 21. He was 81. Born in Lazyrhki, Ukraine, Mykolajenko came to Flint in 1950 after being educated as a design engineer in West Germany. He joined U-M-Flint in 1965. Although he spent much of his career…
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August 11, 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…
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August 11, 2003
Pentaquarks: A new form of matter Evidence for the “pentaquark” has been reported recently by experiments in Japan, Russia and the United States. The new particle’s properties—such as mass, decay time and decay mode—fit to theoretical predictions of a five-quark system, known as a pentaquark. Such a particle would constitute a new form of matter.…
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August 11, 2003
Friends of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens participate in a celebration of the final phase in the Gardenscape program. The annual Matthaei by Moonlight fundraiser July 26 doubled as a dedication ceremony for a new garden that runs along the front of the main building. Above: President Mary Sue Coleman, her husband, Kenneth (center), and retired…
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August 11, 2003
Trauma Burn Center The Trauma Burn Center, part of the U-M Health System, has been re-verified as a Level 1 trauma and verified burn center by the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Burn Association (ABA). Established by ACS in 1987, the COT’s Verification/Consultation Program for Hospitals…
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August 11, 2003
The U-M Museum of Zoology is collaborating with 16 other research institutions, including the Michigan State University Museum, on an innovative project that will allow simultaneous electronic access to members’ mammal collection databases. The network, called MaNIS (Mammal Networked Information System), was the subject of a news article in the July 31 issue of the…
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August 11, 2003
Pick any of the 16,000 trees on campus and Jane Immonen has information about its location, size, health condition and maintenance history at her fingertips. (Photo by Marcia Ledford, Um Photo Services) This wealth of knowledge is obtained from a serial number engraved on a metal tag the size of a quarter nailed near the…
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August 11, 2003
Elliott and the Duke (Photo courtesy School Of Music) The School of Music will sponsor a two-day celebration—a birthday party, if you will—for the Ex-Duke of Edinburgh Tecchler. Who is this royal highness? It’s the 300-year-old cello owned and played by Professor Anthony Elliott. In 1974, when Elliott was associate principal cello for the Minnesota…
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August 11, 2003
The University Library is presenting “St. Petersburg: Window on the East/Window on the West,” an exhibition devoted to the Russian city’s publishing history and the role it played in nurturing the arts at the turn of the 20th century. Janet Crayne, head of the Slavic and East European Division, arranges early 20th century Russian Symbolist…
