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April 5, 2010
Accolades
Award Dr. Asheesh Bedi, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, Medical School, was named the 2010 recipient of the Neer Award for outstanding basic science research in the field of shoulder surgery. Bedi completed basic research with Dr. Scott Rodeo and Dr. Russell Warren at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York investigating the effect… -
March 29, 2010
Wayne County drops murder charges in Innocence Clinic case
The Law School’s Innocence Clinic scored a victory last week after the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, citing lack of evidence, dropped murder charges against a man imprisoned since 2001. Dwayne Provience, 36, has been on an electronic tether since he was freed from prison in November. The prosecutor’s decision comes on the 10th anniversary of… -
March 29, 2010
Medical School students meet their match
U-M medical students recently gathered to hear what hospital uniform they’ll get to wear in the next few years, a major milestone in their medical training. At the annual Medical School Match Day celebration, held at an Ann Arbor hotel, students received plain, white envelopes that contained their fates for the next three to seven… -
March 29, 2010
Regents Roundup
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its March 18 meeting. Repairs approved at Duderstadt Center, Lorch Hall The regents approved two building repair projects at their March meeting. A $2.2 million project will improve the energy performance of the James and Anne Duderstadt Center by adding insulation and an air… -
March 29, 2010
Natural instincts guide A&D studio coordinator
An introduction to the great outdoors at a young age has blossomed into a life revolving around making environmentally conscious choices for Zack Jacobson-Weaver, the Materials Fabrication Studio coordinator at the School of Art & Design. Jacobson-Weaver says his love of the outdoors stretches back as far as he can remember. Although he has lived… -
March 29, 2010
Teach-In puts focus on complex environmental problems
Environmental problems facing the planet today are as urgent as those that existed 40 years ago, when the first Earth Day took place. But today's challenges are much more complex, and solving them will require unprecedented levels of global cooperation, speakers said during a March 25 Teach-In about environmental issues.
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March 29, 2010
Don’t miss: Opera star to conduct master class
The news that opera star Samuel Ramey is coming to campus Tuesday to conduct a voice class for the School of Music, Theatre & Dance has sparked excitement, faculty say. “Our students will have the opportunity to sing for and talk to the most recorded bass-baritone in history,” says Melody Racine, chair of the voice… -
March 29, 2010
Holdren optimistic about climate change legislation
The passage of health-care reform “should free up the capabilities to forge climate change legislation,” President Barack Obama’s assistant for science and technology told a U-M audience last week. John Holdren, who also serves as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, presented the Ninth Annual Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability before more than 1,000 at Rackham Auditorium.
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March 29, 2010
Sullivan appoints SPH dean advisory search committee
A search advisory committee has been selected for the next dean of the School of Public Health (SPH), Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Teresa Sullivan announced. “We look forward to the selection of a new dean who will continue the research, teaching and practice activities important to the future of the school,”… -
March 29, 2010
Three elected to fill seats on SACUA
The Senate Assembly last week elected faculty members from the College of Engineering and the Medical School to three-year terms on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA).
