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January 20, 2003
Ever wonder who gets to work with crash test dummies and simulate automobile collisions? That would be staff members at the U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), including Miriam Manary, a senior research associate engineer. Kathleen Klinich (left), a research engineer and Ph.D. candidate in the UMTRI Biosciences division, and Manary pose with the crash test…
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January 20, 2003
In the early days of World War II, a young German-Jewish exile in southern France produced more than 1,300 autobiographical paintings. Charlotte Salomon combined 769 of these, with musical cues and text, in an operetta that tells the story of her family and herself in vivid paintings along with dialogue and music. The work, titled…
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January 20, 2003
The U-M Health System (UMHS) and M-CARE have teamed up as the sole owner and administrator, respectively, of Kids Care, a state- and federally funded managed care plan that coordinates health care for chronically ill children and adults throughout Michigan. Kids Care serves medically eligible children enrolled in the Children’s Special Health Care Services (CSHCS)…
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January 20, 2003
Lectures Mondays through April 14 “The Plays of the Royal Residency,” Ralph Williams, professor of English Language and Literature. No registration required for public observation. 7—8:30 p.m. Some will be held in East Hall, room 1324, 525 E. University; others will be in rooms to be announced later. Free. January 20 (Martin Luther King Jr.…
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January 20, 2003
In preparation for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) return to Ann Arbor for a three-week residency in March, the Special Collections Library has mounted a new exhibit entitled “Illustrating Shakespeare.” © Leonard Baskin. Used with premission To celebrate the opening of the exhibit, a lecture by curator Nancy Reinhardt will be held at 4 p.m.…
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January 20, 2003
A U.S. premiere and timeless masterpieces, brilliant performance and boundless enrichment events—the second residency of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) at U-M has it all. Courtesy Royal Shakespeare Company Headlined by the U.S. premiere of the stage adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s award-winning novel “Midnight’s Children,” the 16-day residency also offers new stagings of Shakespeare’s “The…
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January 20, 2003
For any distance long enough that flying is an option, traveling on major airlines is far less dangerous than driving on even the safest available roads, an analysis by U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) researchers shows. The conclusion holds true even when the latest statistics—including the deaths of passengers on the four planes hijacked on…
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January 20, 2003
The fifth annual Detroit Design Charrette, Jan. 10—13, presented new visions to the city of Detroit to complement the recently announced riverfront plans and $500 million commitment for a three-mile Riverwalk and a Tri-Centennial Park. The presentation, held at the UAW-GM Human Resource Training Center on the Detroit River, challenged the audience of 350 citizens,…
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January 20, 2003
Lenea Howe, U-M education coordinator for the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing, has spent 11 years in the School of Public Health and at the College of Engineering. Photo by Martin Vloet, U-M Photo Services Though she works to bring people into a highly mathematical and technical field, Howe spends her…
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January 20, 2003
E-mail account holders at U-M and across the country repeatedly have received requests to “help” the senders retrieve their money from foreign countries in exchange for large returns. According to the FBI, the e-mails are part of a worldwide effort known as the “Nigerian Letter Scam” or “Four-One-Nine scam,” a number that refers to the…
