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June 21, 2010
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…
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June 21, 2010
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?…
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June 21, 2010
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…
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June 21, 2010
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)…
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June 21, 2010
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,…
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June 7, 2010
The U-M Health System provided $280 million worth of community benefits in 2008, according to data included in a recent Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) report. That means UMHS accounts for a sizable proportion of the total community benefit provided by all of Michigan’s hospitals — an amount that the MHA reports as $2.5 billion…
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June 7, 2010
The International Institute (II) awarded nearly $150,000 to 40 U-M students who will travel abroad this summer to conduct research or participate in an internship. “This fellowship program attracts a very talented group of students,” says Ken Kollman, acting director of II and acting vice provost for international affairs. “It is part of the II’s…
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June 7, 2010
U-M officials have completed two weeks of high-level exchanges with 33 counterparts from top Chinese universities. Joan Keiser, right, managing director of the North Campus Research Complex, talks to Chinese officials who recently toured the facility. Photo by Joe Serwach. More than 130 years after U-M President James Angell visited China to forge two major…
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June 7, 2010
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival Top of the Park season is back June 18 with three weeks of live open-air music, dance, outdoor movies and more entertainment. Highlights include Global Parties, KidZone, Grassrootz Stage, After Dark DJ sessions, Body Masterpiece Face Painters, Craz-E-Crew Stunt Team, Planet Rock Climbing Wall and Acoustic Café Live @ Top…
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June 7, 2010
Next-generation nuclear technologies are being developed by four U-M engineering professors who have received a total of $4.3 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program. “We are taking action to restart the nuclear industry as part of a broad approach to cut carbon pollution and create new clean energy…
