June 30, 2003
As members of the U-M legal team continue to digest the June 23 Supreme Court decisions on the admissions lawsuits, one observation they’ve made is that in writing the majority opinion, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor relied heavily on the social science research and amicus briefs submitted on behalf of the University. O’Connor’s use of information…
June 16, 2003
The regents, at their May 15 meeting, approved recommendations for promotion and/or tenure of faculty members at the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. Ann Arbor campus From professor without tenure to professor with tenure Alex Bielajew, nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, College of Engineering (CoE). From associate professor with tenure to professor with tenure…
June 16, 2003
North campus shooting leaves one injured The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is searching for two males who reportedly approached a pedestrian on a North Campus sidewalk early June 9 and fired five shots, hitting him once. The 40-year-old victim was taken to the U-M Hospital and treated for a non-life-threatening injury. The shooting reportedly…
June 16, 2003
The FDA’s approval of a new nasal spray flu vaccine brings to fruition four decades of research by a University of Michigan professor. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved FluMist, based on technology developed by Hunein “John” Maassab, emeritus professor of epidemiology at the U-M School of Public Health. FluMist is approved for…
June 16, 2003
Evan Caminker will be recommended to the Board of Regents for appointment as dean of the Law School. President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Paul N. Courant made the announcement June 20. If approved by the regents, his appointment will be effective Aug. 1. Photo courtesy U-M Law School Caminker joined the Law School faculty…
June 16, 2003
Awards Bartlett Dr. Robert Bartlett professor of surgery, director of the surgical intensive care unit, and division chief, critical care—is the 2003 recipient of the Jacobson Innovation Award from the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The award, presented June 6 in Chicago, honors living surgeons or surgical teams who have been innovators of a new…
June 16, 2003
(Photo by Dianne Saunders, Office of the Prime Minister)
June 16, 2003
Modern information technology has spurred substantial new interest in one of the most ancient of communications media: papyrus. APIS, a “virtual library” of papyrological collections at http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/, receives more than 100,000 hits a month, increasingly from non-specialists. This leaf of papyrus is from the Epistles of St. Paul to the Ephesians, likely from the end…
June 16, 2003
The Business School has announced a strategic repositioning plan that Dean Robert Dolan says “will communicate in a single, clear voice the school’s distinct strengths to the world.” In a message to the Business School, Dolan wrote, “Since my arrival nearly two years ago, I have been consulting with various members of the Michigan Business…
June 16, 2003
(Photos by Marcia Ledford, U-M Photo Services)
