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February 13, 2012
Law professor helps students reunite a family
Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services. Vivek Sankaran says having children of his own has made him realize the extra care that must go into making tough decisions about whether a child in foster care should be reunited with parents. “I’ve realized how serious it is to take a kid away from a parent… -
February 13, 2012
Fuel economy of new vehicles continues to rise
The average fuel economy of current model year vehicles is 14 percent higher than just four years ago, U-M researchers say. For all 2012 light-duty vehicles (cars, pickup trucks, minivans, vans and SUVs) offered for sale, average mpg is 21.5, compared to 18.9 mpg for model year 2008 vehicles. The averages were 21.2 for 2011,… -
February 13, 2012
Police Beat
January 2012 crime map > Man remains in jail for East Quad home invasion A 55-year-old man remains in jail awaiting his pre-trial hearing March 7 on a charge of first-degree home invasion. He is accused of entering an East Quad residence hall room around 6:30 p.m. Jan. 6. His bond was set at $25,000… -
February 13, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
Proud wolverine
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February 13, 2012
Russel a formative figure in state’s history
Related story: Expert historian to discuss slavery in Henry Russel Lecture > The Henry Russel Lecture was named after a successful attorney and alumnus. Russel was born in Detroit in 1852 and received his early education at his local public school, then at the Philo M. Patterson Classical and Mathematical Academy in Detroit. Russel’s studies there… -
February 13, 2012
NHL Winter Classic coming to Big House
The Big House is expected to welcome the biggest hockey crowd ever when U-M hosts the 2013 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Day.
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February 13, 2012
Don’t miss: Architect discusses city design in Taubman lecture
Jonathan Barnett, professor of practice in city and regional planning, and director of the Urban Design Program at the University of Pennsylvania, delivers the lecture “City Design: Modernist, Traditional, Green and Systems Perspectives” at 6 p.m. Friday. The lecture is presented in the Art and Architecture Building Auditorium, Room 2104. Barnett is an architect and… -
February 13, 2012
Sustainable lab program saving energy, resources
To help laboratory managers operate vital U-M facilities in the most efficient and sustainable manner, the Office of Campus Sustainability launched the Green Laboratory Operation for Sustainability program, which already has an impressive list of laboratories that have been certified under the program.
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February 13, 2012
Accolade
Elected Joel Blum, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and James Slavin, professor of space science and chair of the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, have been elected 2012 Fellows of the American Geophysical Union. The AGU is a not-for-profit, professional scientific organization with more than 60,000 members in… -
February 13, 2012
Coleman calls delay in crime report a ‘serious failure’
President Mary Sue Coleman on Feb. 10 called the six-month delay in appropriately handling a suspicion of child pornography “a serious failure on the part of our institution.” Coleman’s statement accompanies the release of a detailed report on the six-month delay in response to the suspicion that a medical resident possessed child pornography on a flash drive he brought to work at the Health System.
