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July 19, 2010
U-M adjusts endowment distribution to ensure ongoing support for campus programs
More about the endowment: • Additional details on the proposed change> • The endowment, a Q&A> To ensure continued, steady support of operations during uncertain economic times — including funding for student scholarships, faculty salaries and academic programs — U-M has slightly lowered its annual endowment distribution rate, effective with the Sept. 30 distribution. Tim… -
July 19, 2010
WCC to offer evening classes on U-M campus this fall
The university will lease several classrooms to Washtenaw Community College this fall that will allow WCC to offer evening classes in Ann Arbor as part of a pilot program.
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July 19, 2010
Don’t miss: Free Friday CJS film series returns
For 35 years, the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) has offered films that are free and open to the public. The CJS Summer 2010 Film Series continues from 7-9 p.m. Friday with “Big Man Japan,” directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto, 2007. Middle-aged and poverty-stricken, main character Masaru Daisato periodically transforms into a giant in order to… -
July 19, 2010
U-M expands automated travel and expense system
When the U-M Health System and the Office of University Development begin using Concur, U-M’s automated travel and expense system, this week, more than 40 percent of the university will be using the tool.
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July 19, 2010
U-M earns No. 14 ranking among nation’s best hospitals
The U-M Hospitals and Health Centers (UMHHC) have been ranked among the country’s best hospitals, placing 14th overall for the second consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report magazine. This year, U-M was ranked in every specialty and those rankings went up in 11 of the 16 specialties. The results, released online July 15, mark the… -
July 19, 2010
Photo: Welcoming new provost
Jim Diana (left), professor of natural resources and director of the Michigan Sea Grant, greets Provost Philip Hanlon at a reception welcoming Hanlon to the job he began July 1. Faculty and staff from across the Ann Arbor campus turned out last week for the event at Clements Library. Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services -
July 19, 2010
Photo proof: Super stars of the universe have humble beginnings
The first close-up picture of a nascent super massive star and its surroundings has shown that the highest mass stars in the universe form just like their smaller counterparts. They are born from swirling disks of gas and dust, rather than from violent stellar collisions. “How these high mass stars form has been a debate… -
July 19, 2010
Anderson takes over as director of U-M’s Detroit Center
Addell Austin Anderson is the new director of the U-M Detroit Center, a hub for research, civic partnerships and student outreach in the state’s largest urban center. Photo courtesy Addell Austin Anderson. Anderson, who previously led the Michigan AmeriCorps Partnership at U-M’s Ginsberg Center since 2003, began her new position July 1. She succeeds Roger… -
July 19, 2010
Photo: Losing the training wheels
Trainers Greg Thompson, a volunteer, and Nikki Haukap, the floor manager for Lose the Training Wheels, exhort rider Robert Bayer to pedal faster during the School of Kinesiology Bike Camp research project. Researchers in the federally funded project, which is run by Dale Ulrich, professor in Kinesiology, will follow youth with autism and Down syndrome… -
July 19, 2010
U-M’s Ginsberg Center, Taubman College honored for service
Staff and faculty of the Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning and the Urban and Regional Planning Program in the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning received The Clark Street Award for Public Investment from the Southwest Detroit Business Association (SDBA) at its annual Community Investment Breakfast in Detroit. The SDBA…
