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March 5, 2012
Investment funds update
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March 5, 2012
Gardens’ 50th anniversary celebrated in exhibit
More online More information > On a winter morning seven miles east of Central Campus, reddish-gold koi fish glide below sunlit water lilies in a tranquil mangrove pond, as warm mist settles on the green leaves of an 18-foot tamarind tree by a waterfall. The setting is the Conservatory, the diverse greenhouse and centerpiece of… -
February 20, 2012
Player Development Center to be named after Davidson
U-M’s newly dedicated Player Development Center will be named in honor of the late William Davidson.
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February 20, 2012
Faculty nominations sought for DPS Oversight Committee
Nominees are being sought to represent Faculty Senate and non-Senate positions on the Department of Public Safety Oversight Committee. The DPS Oversight Committee considers grievances against any police officer or DPS. Its findings and recommendations are reported to the executive vice president and chief financial officer. The six-member committee consists of two student members, two… -
February 20, 2012
Curzan appointed faculty athletics representative
Anne Curzan, associate professor of English, linguistics and education, was appointed as the university’s faculty athletics representative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Big Ten conference.
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February 20, 2012
Don’t miss: Rise of surveillance in America examined by author, journalist
Author and magazine journalist Shane Harris presents the talk “The New Cold War: Hackers, Drones, and Cyber Spies” at 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library on North Campus. Harris Harris will discuss the threats and challenges that define America’s national security in the 21st century. He has spent the last decade… -
February 20, 2012
Laser innovator elected to NAE
The developer of an “Art to Part” 3-D metal printing process that lets manufacturers make parts straight from drawings has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
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February 20, 2012
Regents mandate external review of medical resident case
The Board of Regents has spelled out how it expects the university to respond to the case of a former medical resident in the U-M Health System facing child pornography charges. Regent S. Martin Taylor, who introduced a resolution at the start of the Feb. 16 meeting, called the case one that is “unacceptable to… -
February 20, 2012
Two U-M early-career scientists win 2012 Sloan research fellowships
Two U-M professors are among 126 researchers from across the United States and Canada selected as 2012 Alfred P. Sloan research fellows. According to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the fellowships are awarded annually to “early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders.” This… -
February 20, 2012
U-M architecture student builds a tent for the ultimate test: survival
Andrew McCarthy didn’t know how to sew five weeks ago. But that didn’t stop the U-M graduate student in architecture from stitching up his own tent for a thesis project. Now, McCarthy is planning to put the tent to the ultimate test. He’s going to sleep in it as he climbs Aconcagua — the highest…
