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May 19, 2003
Regent Andrew Richner (left) and Chancellor Juan Mestas present jazz musician Billy Taylor with an honorary doctorate of music May 4 during U-M-Flint’s Spring Commencement. More than 500 graduates walked at commencement while family and friends filled every seat in Flint’s IMA Sports Arena. Taylor said students today have a better opportunity to learn jazz…
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May 19, 2003
Despite a decade of highly publicized advances in genetics, U.S. adults know no more about genetic testing than they did in 1990, according to a U-M study. “The public needs to have more and better education about genetics,” says Eleanor Singer, lead author of the study and a senior research scientist at the Institute for…
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May 19, 2003
Are you ready to rock and roll? For Gary Maki, the answer is an emphatic yes. He is a founding member and veteran trumpet player for the 14-year-old local band, Channel 6. The seven members of the band, who mostly play weddings and corporate parties, have no limits when it comes to what they will…
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May 19, 2003
Three new courses for first-year students will be launched this fall at U-M-Dearborn as part of a much larger effort to enhance undergraduate education on campus. The pilot includes a math course titled “Infinity and Beyond,” a history course that leads to a student-run academic conference, and a course called “Car Culture” designed to introduce…
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May 19, 2003
“Our main goal is to help our students be more successful in college by helping them find a home here,” U-M-Dearborn Professor Kathryn Anderson-Levitt told the Board of Regents about undergraduate education at the Dearborn campus. Photo courtesy U-M Dearborn In her May 15 presentation to the regents, Anderson-Levitt described “some of the long-term successes…
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May 19, 2003
From hula-hoops to microwaves, from ironing boards to fat-free Caesar dressing and Gerber’s strained green beans—these are only some of the items left behind when U-M students vacated the Ann Arbor campus in April. As in years past, U-M’s award-winning recycling program was put into high gear during this move-out session, and the 25,011 pounds…
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May 19, 2003
Peter Beier, director of the Media Union 3D Lab, presents President Mary Sue Coleman with a three-dimensional model of the President’s Residence. The model, printed on the lab’s new 3D printer, is made of plaster and took five hours, 30 minutes to print. The MU3D Lab obtained a digital model of the house, circa 1900,…
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May 19, 2003
As soon as James Thornberry saw the story on CNN, he knew he had to do something. Here was a girl, about the same age as his youngest daughter, who had burns over more than 20 percent of her body. What if his own child were desperately in need of sophisticated medical attention? Thornberry (Photo…
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May 19, 2003
As demand for nonprofit service rises, organizations with limited budgets and staff should consider organizing multi-tenant nonprofit centers to save expenses and coordinate programs, a U-M professor says. “The nonprofit sector is a critical part of our social fabric,” says Diane Kaplan Vinokur, an associate professor in the School of Social Work. “It plays a…
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May 19, 2003
Orange alert. Homeland Security. Emergency preparedness. U.S. Patriot Act. How our language has changed since Sept. 11, 2001. Numerous changes have occurred as well at the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to respond to the heightened state of alert. With a large population of 37,000 students, 30,000 faculty and staff, and thousands of patients and…
