June 2, 2003
One block of Ann Street will be closed beginning June 6 and vehicle traffic on Glen Street will be limited in order to complete utility work in connection with the construction of the Biomedical Science Research Building. Ann Street between Glen and Zina Pitcher will be closed 7 a.m. June 6 to 11 p.m. June…
June 2, 2003
Awards Dr. Sharlene Day, lecturer in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, is the recipient of the 2003 American Heart Association (AHA) Young Investigator Prize in Thrombosis. Day received the award May 10 in Washington, D.C., at the Annual AHA Conference for Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. The College of Engineering honored nine staff members during…
June 2, 2003
Former pediatrics chair returns from Iowa to lead Health System University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman has named noted physician, researcher and health care leader Robert P. Kelch to serve as the University’s executive vice president for medical affairs and lead the U-M Health System, pending the approval of the Board of Regents. Kelch…
June 2, 2003
Famed particle cosmologist and University of Chicago Professor Michael Turner explained the dark mysteries of the universe at a U-M Physics Department public lecture May 17. The event, part of Great Lakes Cosmology VII, a regional meeting hosted by the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, drew a crowd of 250 people. Turner splits his time…
June 2, 2003
Kay Beattie, executive assistant to the dean of LSA, prepares for the move out from the LSA building. Many tenants—including the Sociology Department (now in University Towers), some of the Anthropology Department (West Hall) and part of the LSA dean’s staff (Dana Building, 4th floor) have moved out of the LSA building, where a renovation…
June 2, 2003
U-M scientists have used gene therapy to grow new auditory hair cells in adult guinea pigs—a discovery that could lead to new treatments for human deafness and age-related hearing loss. Math1 expression (orange stain) in cells in and around the sensory epithelium of the inner ear from a guinea pig after gene therapy. (Photo by…
June 2, 2003
The ADVANCE Steering Committee has announced new guidelines for 2003-04 departmental transformation grants applications. The grants, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE program, will be used to significantly transform the working environment for women faculty in science and engineering. NSF ADVANCE is a five-year project designed to promote recruitment and retention of women…
June 2, 2003
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2003 with a full entertainment and musical lineup June 13-July 6. (Photo by Moses Pendleton) The 2003 Power Center Series kicks off at 8 p.m. June 14 with the MOMIX dance company in “Baseball”the group’s tribute to the national pastime. MOMIX also will perform “Baseball”…
June 2, 2003
The Business School’s Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance (CVP) will bring together financiers and high-tech entrepreneurs at its annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium June 11-12. The two-day conference will provide an opportunity for venture capitalists, angel investors and institutional investors to hear from two-dozen new businesses and emerging technology companies, ranging from…
June 2, 2003
Choreographer and U-M professor of dance Jessica Fogel will present a new, site-specific dance work June 5-8 on the outdoor trails of Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro Road. Kelly Bowker and Mudhillun MuQaribu rehearse “Red Trail To Open Field” (Photo by Beth Wielinski) Entitled “Red Trail To Open Field,” the performance will lead audience…
