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September 13, 2010
Donors helping to make sustainable difference
U-M’s sustainability initiatives have obtained critical support from donors over many years, as the following examples illustrate. Fred (BBA ’47) and Barbara Erb established the path breaking Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, a dual-degree MS/MBA program in the School of Natural Resources and Environment and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business focusing on… -
September 13, 2010
From ideas to action plans: Campus sustainability project enters Phase Two
Phase One of U-M’s Campus Sustainability Integrated Assessment (CSIA) is officially complete. In June seven CSIA Analysis Teams submitted reports proposing a wide range of campus sustainability ideas related to Buildings, Energy, Land & Water, Food, Transportation, Purchasing & Recycling, and Culture. Over the summer, these reports were synthesized into an integration report that sets… -
September 13, 2010
Film production staffer got start in independent films
Stephen Kopera’s love for film has taken him from Hollywood to LSA, where he applies video production skills to his job in Information and Technology Services (ITS). He got his first taste of video production growing up in suburban Troy. “My dad got a camcorder when I was in the seventh grade. I had a… -
September 13, 2010
Special section highlights campus sustainability
Today the University Record presents a special section dedicated to sustainability at U-M. Story highlights include a preview of the upcoming EarthFest, a report on how U-M is reducing consumption, the new single-stream recycling program on campus and a look at students making a difference through a sustainability program in Kenya.
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September 13, 2010
Accolades
Awards Eric Johnsen, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, College of Engineering, has been selected to receive a 2010 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. Oak Ridge Associated Universities sponsors the award program, which provides recipients unrestricted $5,000 research awards matched by the home institution. The peer review evaluation and selection process is rigorous… -
September 13, 2010
Student-built satellite set to launch in November
A 6.5-pound satellite is scheduled to become the first standalone spacecraft built by U-M students to go into orbit and perform a science mission.
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September 13, 2010
Photo: Rosanne Cash at Hill
Rosanne Cash performs songs from the list of 100 Essential Country Songs her father Johnny Cash once presented to her. The performance is at 8 p.m. Sept. 25 at Hill Auditorium, sponsored by the University Musical Society. Photo by Deborah Feingold. -
September 13, 2010
Michigan Stadium concourse named after Martin
The upper concourse on the east side of the renovated Michigan Stadium has been named in honor of former Athletic Director Bill Martin.
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September 13, 2010
Don’t miss: Zell Writers Series back Sept. 30
The Zell Visiting Writers Series returns this fall with two of The New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” writers worth watching, Daniel Alarcon and ZZ Packer. The series, hosted by the MFA Program in Creative Writing, was inaugurated in 1983. The presentations are at 5:10 p.m. in the Helmut Stern Auditorium of the U-M Museum of… -
September 13, 2010
Rosenthal lecturer applies lessons from Irish conflict to Middle East
Lord John Alderdice, whose expertise includes working with political conflict and terrorism not only in Ireland but in various other parts of the world, including the Middle East, will give today’s (Sept. 13) 2010 Josh Rosenthal Education Fund Lecture at 4 p.m. in Annenberg Auditorium at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
