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January 27, 2003
Activist Grace Lee Boggs called on a cheering crowd of more than 1,100 to continue the University’s “courageous and righteous” battle for affirmative action during the keynote address of the symposium honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services The 87-year-old Boggs, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, earned a bachelor’s degree…
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January 27, 2003
The University is creating a new Center for the Advancement of Behavioral and Social Science (CABSS), designed to provide opportunities for U-M faculty to join with scholars and other non-academics from around the world to work on innovative, high-risk collaborative projects. David L. Featherman, professor of sociology and psychology and director of the Institute for…
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January 27, 2003
Alex Wilks, left, chats with Robert Ramos during the Annual MLK Day Children’s Program (top). Robert Jones entertains the children by playing an African instrument of celebration that is a predecessor of the modern banjo. The Jan. 20 event featured story tellers, artists and games highlighting the life of Martin Luther King Jr. For more…
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January 27, 2003
Former U-M dentistry department chair Dr. Peter Polverini, now a dean at the University of Minnesota, has been recommended as the new leader for the U-M School of Dentistry. The announcement was made Jan. 17 by President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Paul N. Courant. Polverini’s appointment as dean of the dental school will be…
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January 20, 2003
Editor’s note: The following actions were taken by members of the regents at their January meeting. Radiation Oncology research to move Research faculty and staff from the Department of Radiation Oncology will be relocated this spring to the Argus I Building at 519 W. William. Approximately 9,000 square feet of leased space at Argus I…
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January 20, 2003
Armed robbery suspects arrested Three women and one man were arrested in late December by Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers in connection with reports of five armed robberies on North Campus Dec. 8 and 9. The Jan. 15 preliminary exam for Kisha Richardson, 19; Folana Carter, 18; Keisha Warren, 16; and Eric Oliver, 18,…
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January 20, 2003
The Record accepts obituaries and death notices from University departments, family members and funeral homes acting on behalf of the family. All submissions must be for active or retired faculty and staff members.
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January 20, 2003
Appointments Rosina Bierbaum, dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment, has been named a member of the Board of the Federation of American Scientists.James Burnstein, an adjunct professor in the LSA Program in Film and Video, was appointed Dec. 13 by then-Gov. John Engler to the Michigan Film Advisory Commission. The commission promotes…
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January 20, 2003
Former U-M dentistry department chair Dr. Peter Polverini, now a dean at the University of Minnesota, has been recommended as the new leader for the U-M School of Dentistry. The announcement was made Jan. 17 by President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Paul N. Courant. Polverini’s appointment as dean of the dental school will be…
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January 20, 2003
Even before it has been officially kicked off, the community-wide Ann Arbor Reads project has made “Abraham Lincoln’s DNA and Other Adventures in Genetics” the area’s best-selling non-fiction title. Courtesy Karthleen Murrel, Life Sciences Values and Society Program Across the U-M campus, groups are forming and buying boxes of the book to begin reading about…
