March 3, 2003
Dr. Peter P. Barlow Dr. Peter P. Barlow, a Birmingham resident and a longtime allergist and immunologist, died Dec. 6. He was 74. Dr. Barlow, a Detroit native, attended Johns Hopkins University, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He received his bachelor of arts degree in 1948 and his doctor…
March 3, 2003
Appointments Wisdom (Photo by John Grybas, HFHS) Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm appointed Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom, assistant professor of medical information, the state’s first Surgeon General Feb. 5 during the State of the State address. Wisdom also serves as director of the Institute of Multicultural Health at Henry Ford Health System and an emergency medicine physician…
March 3, 2003
Three major gifts to the Medical School will be used to propel a vital new component of the U-M Health System: a world-class center devoted to treating depression and understanding its underlying causes. The U-M Depression Center will benefit from these recent gifts donated by philanthropists Tom and Nancy Woodworth, the family of Todd Ouida,…
March 3, 2003
By teleconference from Crisler Arena Feb. 17, President Mary Sue Coleman told members of the American Council on Education (ACE) that the University’s written statement, and those from several friends of U-M, could represent the largest number of briefs filed on a single issue in the history of the high court. More than 300 organizations…
March 3, 2003
“A great deal hangs in the balance right here, right now,” President Mary Sue Coleman said as she detailed the University’s brief filed with the Supreme Court. The crux of the University’s position on affirmative action, Coleman said, is the compelling interest diversity has in enriching the lives of all students. As it has argued…
March 3, 2003
Thirty U-M faculty, including a dean and an associate provost, will visit 14 cities as participants in this year’s Michigan Road Scholars tour. This fifth annual traveling seminar on the state is April 28-May 2. The five-day bus tour exposes the faculty, many of whom came to the University from other states and abroad, to…
March 3, 2003
Photo by Matt Bohlen, U-M-Flint Raj Pandian, an assistant professor of engineering science at U-M-Flint, observes a child on a teeter-totter. He has invented a system for harnessing energy from equipment in children’s playgrounds and other public places. This is a low-cost, low-resource means of generating electricity. For this demonstration, Pandian attached air pumps to…
March 3, 2003
Faculty and students from the School of Music jam with members of the Count Basie Orchestra during the annual Jazz Festival Feb. 15. Jazz Ensemble performers include Dennis Wilson, assistant professor of jazz and improvisational studies and executive director of the festival, and students Bobby Streng on alto saxophone (left) and Nick Wilczynski on tenor…
March 3, 2003
How do you take a city dominated by historic, centuries-old landmarks and renew it with bold, modern architecture without ruining its renowned aesthetic character? That large question, faced by St. Petersburg, Russia (as well as many aging cities), will be debated 1-5 p.m. March 8 in Hale Auditorium by some of the world’s foremost architects,…
