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January 17, 2011
Accolades
Awards Sijue Wu, the Robert W. and Lynne H. Browne Professor of Mathematics, was awarded the Morningside Gold Medal of Mathematics at the Fifth International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, hosted in December by Tsinghua University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Morningside Group. The medal is considered the most prestigious award for Chinese experts… -
January 17, 2011
Old school: U-M in History
Junior Hop
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January 17, 2011
Football coach Hoke says it will be ‘always be about the team’
Brady Hoke fielded a lot of questions last week during a press conference introducing him as U-M’s new football coach. His answers contained the themes of accountability, character, toughness and — above all — team.
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January 17, 2011
Nine university scientists, engineers named AAAS fellows
Nine U-M faculty members are among 503 newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) who are honored for their distinguished efforts in advancing science, AAAS announced.
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January 17, 2011
Halperin to address HIV prevention for gay men
David Halperin, the W. H. Auden Distinguished University Professor of the History and Theory of Sexuality, will present his DUP lecture “Are Homosexuals Still Sick?” at 4 p.m. Jan. 26 in the Rackham Ampitheatre.
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January 17, 2011
Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize rewards faculty, benefits students
2011 Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prizes of $5,000 will be presented to up to five faculty members this spring, with a current call for proposals due Jan. 27
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January 10, 2011
Exhibit Museum’s new whale skeleton represents decades of research
There’s a whale of a new display at the U-M Exhibit Museum of Natural History, a leviathan that represents a scientific saga of equally grand proportions. A complete, 50-foot-long skeleton of the extinct whale Basilosaurus isis, which lived 37 million years ago, now is suspended from the ceiling of the museum’s second floor gallery and… -
January 10, 2011
Robert Moses: Quality education a constitutional right
Long-time civil rights activist Robert (Bob) Moses, a pioneer in teaching math literacy for economic access, will celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday by leading a two-day discussion Jan. 14-15 on “We the People: Creating a Grassroots Movement to Transform Public Education.” Co-sponsored by the School of Education, the Center for Educational Outreach and… -
January 10, 2011
New resources, titles for Business Intelligence pros
More online • More information about BI Careers > • More information about the new BI job titles > New online resources and improved role classification now are available to help advance Business Intelligence (BI) careers at U-M. “The career growth of a BI professional is a key business asset that can result in bountiful… -
January 10, 2011
Regents roundup
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Dec. 17 meeting. G. G. Brown addition design approved The regents approved the proposed design for an approximately 62,500-gross-square-foot addition to the George Granger Brown Memorial Laboratories building to support the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s research endeavors in bio-systems, energy and nano-systems. The…
