January 20, 2003
Mary Sue Coleman will be inaugurated as the 13th president of U-M in ceremonies to take place March 27 in Crisler Arena. The academic procession will begin at 9:45 a.m., and the installation will occur at 10 a.m. Photo by Marcia Ledford, U-M Photo Services) “President Coleman’s inauguration will be open to the entire campus…
January 20, 2003
President George W. Bush stopped short of challenging existing affirmative action law established in the 1978 Bakke case when he issued a statement last week that was critical of U-M admissions policies. Bush’s remarks were made the day before his administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States opposing the University…
January 20, 2003
The University experienced an award-winning year for its research and technology transfer initiatives in 2002. U-M also saw research expenditures grow for the 20th straight year, to $656 million, a 10.8 percent increase from 2001, Fawwaz Ulaby, vice president for research, told the Board of Regents Jan. 16 in delivering his annual research report. Deepak…
January 13, 2003
Editor’s Note: This feature is updated monthly following the Boards of Regents meetings. The regents will meet on the following dates between Nov. 2002 and Dec. 2003: Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 16, Feb. 20, March 20, April 17, May 15 at U-M–Dearborn, June 19, July 17, Sept. 18, Oct. 16 at U-M–Flint, Nov. 20…
January 13, 2003
Kenneth P. Mathews, a former professor of internal medicine at the Medical School and chief of the division of allergy, died Dec. 28 in LaJolla, Calif., after a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 81. He was a professor until 1986 and was head of the division of allergy 1967-83. In 1967, he co-authored…
January 13, 2003
May (Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services) Jerry A. May, vice president for development at The Ohio State University and president of its foundation for the past 10 years, will return to Ann Arbor to assume the position of vice president for development at the University. May left Michigan for Ohio State in 1992…
January 13, 2003
Law School Dean Jeffrey Lehman will leave the University July 1 to become the 11th president of Cornell University, making him the latest of many officials in recent years who have left positions other than president at U-M for the top jobs at other universities. Lehman He follows Linda Wilson, who was vice president for…
January 13, 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…
January 13, 2003
The keynote speaker for the University’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. knows that she has a special challenge for her Jan. 20 address. Not only must she incorporate the ideas of King, but also of Mahatma Gandhi. The theme for the 16th annual symposium honoring King is a quote from Gandhi: “We must be…
January 13, 2003
Cloning has come to the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. In an attempt to clone pre-Civil War era sugar maple trees from Fort Mackinac, University horticulturists and staff took cuttings from the historic trees last June and now must wait until spring to see how many of them survive the dormancy period during the winter. “These trees…
