April 23, 2012
Provost Phil Hanlon provided a brief update on access to U-M by prospective undocumented students, during the April 19 Board of Regents meeting. “We care deeply about this issue,” Hanlon said. “We will continue our collaboration with students and other key stakeholders to develop a practical response that is legally compliant and reflects the university’s…
April 23, 2012
More online Session registration is under way and continues throughout the conference.More information > To register go to ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/es2012/sessions and click on a session. Registration has begun for Enriching Scholarship 2012, a week of free workshops, discussions and seminars for instructors, faculty and staff to address the role of technology in fostering engaging, integrated and…
April 23, 2012
More information Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund > Four substantial, student-led sustainability projects are gaining momentum on campus, thanks to financial support from the new Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund. Announced by President Mary Sue Coleman last fall as part of her larger campus sustainability address, the Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund offers grants of…
April 23, 2012
More information • Course description for College Affordability: Financing the University > • More information about the U-M budget > The architects of the university’s general fund budget will teach a one-credit class in the fall designed to demystify U-M finances for students. Phil Hanlon, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, and Martha…
April 23, 2012
The Graham Sustainability Institute has selected six faculty-led research projects to join with Focus: HOPE, a nationally recognized civil and human rights organization, on a Detroit community development initiative. The university-funded projects will incorporate social, economic and environmental strategies to help develop a comprehensive plan for advancing the HOPE Village Initiative, a 100-block area immediately…
April 23, 2012
Researchers from the Institute for Social Research are conducting an innovative field experiment designed to improve the lives of older, lower-income people. The study is funded with an $886,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation. “We’re adapting a program called Masterpiece Living for use in affordable housing communities. Two communities in the Los Angeles area will…
April 16, 2012
March 2012 crime map > Student robbed in Arb, suspect in jail A 26-year-old Saginaw man has been charged in connection with a March 19 unarmed robbery in the Arboretum. A student had reported that she was punched in the face around 4:40 p.m. as she walked in the Arb and her cell phone and…
April 16, 2012
To mark the major milestone of the HathiTrust Digital Library amassing its 10 millionth volume, the U-M Library will host a celebration at 4 p.m. Friday in the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery. Light refreshments will be served at the event. HathiTrust was founded in 2008 as a collaboration of the 13 universities of the Committee…
April 16, 2012
Award Alexandra Minna Stern, the Zina Pitcher Collegiate Professor in the History of Medicine, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, history and American culture, and associate director of the Center for the History of Medicine, recently delivered the John P. McGovern Endowed Lecture in Family, Health and Human Values at the University of Houston, where she was…
