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December 13, 2010
Researchers skeptical about bank taxes, regulations still needed
Taxes on executive bonuses, financial transactions and excess profits are a few of the taxes proposed or enacted to punish banks for their role in the recent financial crisis. But most of these ideas have shortcomings, a U-M economist says. “A number of potentially complicated and ambitious new taxes on the financial sector are currently… -
December 13, 2010
Dentistry registrar shaped by trips to Soviet Union
Barrie Vorobiev spent time at a Black Sea resort in Bulgaria a few weeks after the devastating nuclear accident at Chernobyl, Ukraine, in April 1986, and while at the resort met people from the Soviet Union who had not heard of the accident. This experience motivated Vorobiev to learn Russian, and she returned to U-M… -
December 13, 2010
Police Beat
November 2010 crime map > Off-campus shooting injures student A U-M student was treated and released from the U-M Emergency Department for a gunshot wound he sustained at a house party in the 1400 block of State Street just after midnight Dec. 5. Another person at the party also sustained a gunshot wound and was… -
December 13, 2010
Old school: U-M in History
Holidays on campus
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December 13, 2010
U-M poet, translator named among top in generation
Acclaimed poet, teacher and translator Khaled Mattawa has been awarded a United States Artist Fellowship for 2010. The unrestricted $50,000 grant is one of 52 awards presented this year to visual, design, performing and literary artists from 18 states and Puerto Rico. Mattawa teaches in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at U-M. He has written… -
December 13, 2010
Tessler, Kollman to lead international efforts in revised roles
As the university continues to advance global engagement opportunities for its students and faculty, Provost Phil Hanlon and LSA Dean Terrence McDonald have announced that Mark Tessler will take on the full-time role of vice provost for international affairs. He has served for six years in this capacity part time while also directing the International Institute. Hanlon and McDonald also announced, as part of this change, Kenneth Kollman’s appointment as director of the International Institute.
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December 13, 2010
Don’t miss: Ford cabinet member, civil rights pioneer speaks
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED William Coleman, civil rights pioneer and secretary of transportation under President Gerald Ford, speaks of his career in a talk from 7-9:30 p.m. today (Dec. 13) at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library on North Campus. Coleman, the first American of color to serve in a Republican cabinet, will discuss… -
December 13, 2010
Poor economy, more air bags result in lower road fatalities
Over the past five years, road fatalities in the United States have fallen 22 percent, thanks primarily to the poor economy and the increased prevalence of air bags, U-M researchers say.
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December 13, 2010
Photo: Ford China images on North Campus
The exhibit “Gerald Ford in Mao’s China” in the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum on North Campus features photos, artifacts and documents, some newly declassified, from five dramatic years in U.S.-China relations. Congressional leader Ford visited China in 1972 at the behest of President Nixon. He returned in 1975 as president, just months before… -
December 13, 2010
IT Council recommends use of Google collaboration tools
The IT Council unanimously has recommended the selection of Google as the primary collaboration tool provider for U-M students, staff and faculty. The recommendation now will be considered by the IT Executive Committee for a final decision.
