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  1. June 21, 2010

    U-M video series wins Emmy Award

    The School of Art & Design’s ongoing video series, “PLAY,” received an Emmy Award as a top program in the arts and entertainment category. The award from the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences was presented at the annual Emmy Awards ceremony this month at the Royal Oak Music Theater…
  2. June 21, 2010

    Parents ill-prepared to reduce kids’ concussion risks

    With growing media attention to concussions among athletes young and old, and recent actions of the National Football League to reduce dangers from multiple concussions among its players, the spotlight now is on what schools are doing to protect student-athletes. Do parents feel that their kids are safe, and do parents agree with school policies?…
  3. June 21, 2010

    Rademacher named associate athletic director

    Rob Rademacher has been promoted to the position of associate athletic director, effective July 1, Athletic Director Dave Brandon announced. Rademacher replaces Mike Stevenson, who will retire from his post Dec. 31 after a 40-year career at U-M. “Since I have been in this position, I have watched a sharp, hard-working young man take every…
  4. June 21, 2010

    UMHHC surpasses financial goals, sets sights on growth

    Budget stories: Budget: Lowest tuition increase in 26 years > UMHHC surpasses financial goals, sets sights on growth > Tuition rates set for UM-Dearborn > Regents approve budget, tuition rates for UM-Flint > Budget provides for expanded student research, more > Athletics budget includes aid for student-athletes > The U-M Hospitals and Health Centers (UMHHC)…
  5. June 21, 2010

    Don’t miss: Celebrating a nun’s inspired vision

    The U-M Museum of Art exhibit “Sister Corita: The Joyous Revolutionary,” through Aug. 15, celebrates the life and work of Sister Mary Corita: a Catholic nun, teacher and inspiration to luminaries including Buckminster Fuller. A Catholic convent and college in Los Angeles might seem an unlikely breeding ground for pop art and social commentary. However,…
  6. June 21, 2010

    Tuition rates set for UM-Dearborn

    Budget stories: Budget: Lowest tuition increase in 26 years > UMHHC surpasses financial goals, sets sights on growth > Tuition rates set for UM-Dearborn > Regents approve budget, tuition rates for UM-Flint > Budget provides for expanded student research, more > Athletics budget includes aid for student-athletes > The Board of Regents approved a 3.9…
  7. June 21, 2010

    Active U participants log 18 million activity minutes

    Active U’s fifth year proved to be the program’s biggest, with more than 11,300 university faculty and staff logging more than 18 million physical-activity minutes — nearly 2,000 more participants and two million more minutes than last year. “We love that Active U continues to have a loyal following that seems to grow every year,”…
  8. June 21, 2010

    Regents approve budget, tuition rates for UM-Flint

    Budget stories: Budget: Lowest tuition increase in 26 years > UMHHC surpasses financial goals, sets sights on growth > Tuition rates set for UM-Dearborn > Regents approve budget, tuition rates for UM-Flint > Budget provides for expanded student research, more > Athletics budget includes aid for student-athletes > The Board of Regents approved the fiscal…
  9. June 21, 2010

    Grzymala-Busse to lead Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

    The Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE) has announced that Anna Grzymala-Busse, professor of political science, assumes the Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professorship of European and Eurasian Studies and the directorship of the WCEE and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies (WCED), effective July 1. The missions of WCEE and WCED are to advance…
  10. June 21, 2010

    Budget provides for expanded student research, more

    Budget stories: Budget: Lowest tuition increase in 26 years > UMHHC surpasses financial goals, sets sights on growth > Tuition rates set for UM-Dearborn > Regents approve budget, tuition rates for UM-Flint > Budget provides for expanded student research, more > Athletics budget includes aid for student-athletes > Approval of the university’s fiscal year 2011…