February 5, 2001
By Jane R. Elgass James E. Gruber, U-M–Dearborn professor of sociology, and Jayne Thorson, assistant dean for faculty affairs at the Medical School, will receive this year’s Sarah Goddard Power Awards in a ceremony at 4 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Hussey Room, Michigan League. The awards will be presented by Regent Rebecca McGowan. A…
February 5, 2001
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services The A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) will host the Fourth National Symposium on New Urbanism Feb. 8–10. Subtitled “Regional, Environmental, Social and Architectural Justice,” the symposium continues the provocative series of conferences that have been held at Harvard University and the University of…
February 5, 2001
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Hostas in their prime in the courtyard garden at the School of Education. Photo by Marcia L. Ledford, U-M Photo Services Hostas will grow in nearly any type of soil, including clay, sand or loam—in just about any base Michigan has to offer. And, depending on which variety…
February 5, 2001
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is located in Lorch Hall. Photo by Bill Wood, U-M Photo Services The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy will receive a $3 million gift from an anonymous donor to use as a first step in establishing a Life…
February 5, 2001
By Jane R. Elgass President Lee C. Bollinger (left) makes a point to MIT Prof. Nancy Hopkins and Princeton Prof. Shirley Tilghman during the Presidents Workshop on Gender Equity Jan. 29. Around the table (from Bollinger’s left) are Yale President Richard Levin, University of California at Berkeley Vice Provost Jan de Vries, Hopkins, Tilghman and…
February 5, 2001
William Warner Coon William Warner Coon, professor emeritus of surgery, died Oct. 5, 2000, of leukemia at University Hospital. He was 75. Coon spent his childhood in Saginaw and completed his undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins University. Following graduation from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1949, he joined the U-M Department of Surgery…
February 5, 2001
Student Tyce De Boer (left) and Jeff Balcerski, technologist, Information Technology Division, rehearse for a Jan. 28 open house/performance of the Ring of Steel, a student/community theatrical combat and stunt troupe. The Ring of Steel has been active on campus since 1989, with an average of 75 members per term. The group trains actors in…
February 5, 2001
This photograph captures a scene from a 1948 U-M production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. A unique feature of the performance was the women in ‘walking scenery’ portraying trees. The photograph is one of many items on display through April in the Bentley Historical Library’s exhibition ‘Shakespeare on Campus.’ Part of the celebration ‘The…
February 5, 2001
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services James Chaffers asks the audience where they might place the man (MLK), his message and his movement on the geometric diagram shown above. Photos by Martin Vloet, U-M Photo Services James Chaffers, professor of architecture, and John Lockard, adjunct lecturer in Afroamerican and African studies, were among the…
February 5, 2001
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Vázquez With a $3 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, the new U-M Center for Development and Mental Health officially opened Jan. 31 at the Center for Human Growth and Development (CHGD). “The new center will facilitate longitudinal research on the factors that contribute to…
