April 19, 2010
Summary of faculty governance activities for 2009-10 Editor’s note: The following is a reprint of the faculty governance monthly report to the Board of Regents. Portions may have been edited for space by members of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. This month marks the beginning of an annual transition in SACUA. At the…
April 19, 2010
Based on faculty and staff feedback, MHealthy has extended the deadline to complete the MHealthy Rewards health questionnaire until May 7. “We heard from several departments across the university that wanted more time to rally their employees and encourage them to participate,” says LaVaughn Palma-Davis, senior director of University Health & Well-Being Services. “We are…
April 19, 2010
Awards Dr. Asheesh Bedi, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, Medical School, recently earned the Neer Award from the American Shoulder and Elbow Society for outstanding shoulder surgery research. Bedi, a surgeon with the U-M Health System sports medicine program MedSport, investigated the effect of diabetes on tendon-to-bone healing after rotator cuff repair surgery. His findings…
April 19, 2010
The Big Ten Network will offer live television coverage of President Barack Obama’s commencement address at U-M. Live coverage of the commencement from Michigan Stadium will begin at 10:30 a.m. May 1 as a special edition of the network’s University Showcase programming. Obama’s speech will be the first televised commencement address for the three-year-old network,…
April 19, 2010
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, led by Glenn Edgerton, artistic director, performs at 8 p.m. April 22-24 in the Power Center for the Performing Arts. The American company’s repertory breaks down preconceptions about dance by juxtaposing pieces based on a variety of dance traditions and genres. Sponsored by the University Musical Society, 764-2538. Photo by Todd…
April 19, 2010
The University Senate will elect a secretary of the senate when it meets at 4:30 p.m. April 26 in the Forum Hall of Palmer Commons. The secretary will serve a three-year term, and is charged with maintaining records for U-M’s faculty governance panels and with keeping the minutes of meetings of the Senate Assembly and…
April 19, 2010
The American Library Association has named U-M’s Enriching Scholarship program the 2010 winner of the ALA/Information Today Inc. Library of the Future Award. This award is presented annually to a library that demonstrates innovative planning and development of patron training programs about information technology in a library setting. The Enriching Scholarship is a collaborative program…
April 19, 2010
The Rackham School of Graduate Studies will suspend for the 2010-11 academic year a reinstatement fee for former students who return to their Ph.D. studies. The fee had been planned as part of a new continuous enrollment policy. Rackham Dean Janet Weiss said last week the fee would be put on hold for another year…
April 12, 2010
President delivers war news
April 12, 2010
March 2010 crime map > Off-campus fires result in one death, other injuries Four off-campus fires were reported within 12 hours on April 3. The most significant incident occurred at 928 S. State St., just north of Weidenbach Hall. One person died and two others were taken to the University Hospital Trauma Burn unit.…
