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September 7, 2010
New Procurement Services director named
Nancy Hobbs has been selected as the university’s new director of procurement services. Her appointment was effective Sept. 1. Hobbs, who has served as interim director of procurement services since late 2009, was chosen after an extensive national search to fill the position. Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services. Procurement Services, which is part… -
September 7, 2010
New features in CTools
Over the Summer Term, the CTools team released a series of upgrades that contained new tools as well as enhancements to existing tools. Below is a summary of the new features added to CTools. It is hoped these added features will improve the experience of CTools customers. Upgrades to existing tools Resources File Space Site… -
September 7, 2010
SAPAC welcomes new director
Holly Rider-Milkovich has returned to U-M to serve as the director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC). She joined the Division of Student Affairs in June to assume her new duties. Rider-Milkovich, who formerly taught in the Department of English Language and Literature, brings significant experience in both higher education and sexual… -
September 7, 2010
Professors win management honor
Six professors at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business who founded the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship have been named Trailblazers by the Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division of the Academy of Management. Professors Wayne Baker, Kim Cameron, Jane Dutton, Robert Quinn, Gretchen Spreitzer and Lynn Wooten received the Joanne Martin Trailblazer Award… -
September 7, 2010
Initiative focuses on North Campus
With the North Campus population now greater than 4,000 — larger than ever before — the university has launched an initiative to amplify the vibrancy of the burgeoning community. U-M is counting on faculty and staff to be ambassadors helping to communicate the enhanced offerings, which include more social events, increased class sessions and extended… -
September 7, 2010
Business of IT leads off UMTRI research series
U-M’s third annual “Focus on the Future” automotive research conference series kicks off Sept. 15 with “The Business of IT: Transforming the Organization and the Vehicle.” The conference, held 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Michigan League’s Michigan Ballroom, will focus on how the weakened economy is affecting long-term information technology efforts of automotive companies. “As… -
September 7, 2010
Old school: U-M in History
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September 7, 2010
Scholarship & Creative Work
On organic coffee farm, complex interactions keep pests under control Proponents of organic farming often speak of nature’s balance in ways that sound almost spiritual, prompting criticism that their views are unscientific and naïve. At the other end of the spectrum are those who see farms as battlefields where insect pests and plant diseases must… -
September 7, 2010
U-M leaders focus on Planet Blue as sustainability hub
The issue of sustainability at U-M took on greater meaning last year when President Mary Sue Coleman said in her annual State of University speech that “U-M is strengthening its long-standing commitment to sustainability across the board — in education, research, operations and engagement.” Kevin Brown of the University Record recently sat down to discuss this institutional topic with three U-M sustainability leaders — Terry Alexander, executive director for the Office of Campus Sustainability; Don Scavia, special counsel to the president for sustainability, Graham Family Professor of Environmental Sustainability, professor of natural resources and environment, professor of civil and environmental engineering, and the director of the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute; and Ryan Smith of the Student Sustainability Initiative.
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September 7, 2010
William Davidson Institute program grants first small enterprise loan
A farmer in the western Guatemala village of Comitancillo was the first recipient of a loan that is part of a new, innovative financial program that allows Guatemalan migrants in the United States to act as guarantors for micro and small enterprise loans for family back home. Romelia Pablo, who is supporting four children while…
