June 10, 2013
This past year the university’s Senate Assembly renamed the Committee for a Multicultural University (CMU) to the Committee for an Inclusive University (CIU). More specifically, CIU was asked to identify and assess the effectiveness of university policies, procedures and services supporting inclusion for faculty members in their faculty roles. This assessment invited a wide range…
June 10, 2013
Patients with Spanish surnames in California psychiatric institutions and homes for the developmentally disabled were disproportionately sterilized at rates ranging between 20 to 30 percent in the last century, according to a new U-M study. Alexandra Minna Stern, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and American culture, and graduate student Natalie Lira analyzed the paper trail…
June 10, 2013
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival is back June 14-July 7, with Mainstage shows at the Power Center for the Performing Arts, and free live music and films through the Top of the Park (TOP) series on Ingalls Mall, Central Campus. Mainstage highlights include a new Ira Glass show featuring stories and dance, British art-pop group…
June 10, 2013
More online • Campus transportation options.• U-M sustainability, go to Planet Blue. Rent your Blue Bike at: The Outdoor Adventures Center at 336 Hill Street (next to Elbel Field at Hill and Division) Read the Blue Bikes Rental Policy. The university continues to promote sustainable transportation options to the campus community through its bicycle rental program, Blue…
June 10, 2013
The Milbank Memorial Fund has announced that Dr. Howard Markel, George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine and director of the Center for the History of Medicine, will become editor-in-chief of The Milbank Quarterly Oct. 1. An author and critically acclaimed historian of medicine, he is a frequent contributor to The New…
June 10, 2013
More information • View U-M’s new website on animal research. • Suggestions and feedback on the website can be sent to
[email protected]. A broad array of advances in medicine, ranging from vaccines to organ transplantation, have relied critically on research and training involving animals, most of them bred specifically for use in the laboratory. As…
Bryan Rogers, former dean of Art & Design, dies at age 72 Submitted by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design Bryan Rogers, professor and former dean of what is now the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, died May 28 at home, after a lengthy illness and in the care…
June 10, 2013
More online For further information, contact project coordinator Ebony Reddock at
[email protected]. The Center for the Education of Women has begun a new initiative to build an academic-community partnership focused on developing program and policy recommendations addressing women’s economic security in Detroit and Flint. The Ford Foundation has provided $385,000 to the center for the…
Editor’s note: The following is a reprint of the faculty governance monthly report to the Board of Regents. Portions may have been edited for space by members of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. Subject: Faculty Governance update SACUA Chair Kim Kearfott presented the annual chair’s report to regents at the April meeting. Below…
May 20, 2013
Children of depressed parents pick up on their parents’ sadness — whether mom or dad realizes their mood or not. A new U-M study indicates that children who have at least one parent suffering from depression are very skilled at picking up on facial cues. Boys living in this environment are highly sensitive to facial…
