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January 25, 2010
Crisler Arena to undergo major renovations
A $20 million renovation of Crisler Arena was approved by the Board of Regents at the Jan. 21 meeting. The project will be Bill Martin’s last major facility improvement as athletic director. “Renovating Crisler Arena is an integral part of our basketball program’s future success, on and off the court,” says Martin, the Donald R.… -
January 25, 2010
Accolades
Awards Assistant Professor Jason McCormick has been awarded the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Faculty Fellowship. Each year AISC selects a promising young university faculty member as the AISC Faculty Fellow. He will receive a monetary award of $30,000 per a year over four years mainly to fund research. Professor William Fulton, the Oscar… -
January 25, 2010
MHealthy Rewards begins today
Beginning today, qualifying benefits-eligible university faculty and staff can register for MHealthy Rewards by taking an online health questionnaire and signing up for health and well-being activities. Completing the questionnaire and two approved activities will earn participants a $100 before-tax incentive. MHealthy Rewards continues the efforts of last year’s wellness assessment program to help improve… -
January 25, 2010
Don’t miss: Author will address disparities in medicine
According to new research, the link between poverty and mortality is just as strong today as it was in the Victorian age as many people die because they lack the resources to get proper healthcare. Author and professor Dr. Lawrence Gostin, associate dean and professor of Global Health Law at Georgetown University’s Law Center and… -
January 25, 2010
Obituaries
J. David Singer Professor J. David Singer, professor emeritus of political science and an international expert in the study of war, died Dec. 28 in Ann Arbor. He had been involved in an automobile accident on Sept. 22 and had been hospitalized since. He was 84 years old. Singer studied the causes of war scientifically… -
January 25, 2010
Photo: UMMA’s “The Eye of the Beholder …” through March 14.
“Actress” by Emil Nolde, a watercolor on paper, is featured in the U-M Museum of Art exhibit “The Eye of the Beholder: European Drawings and Prints from the Pulgram-McSparran Collection,” through March 14. The exhibit features several items from the UMMA’s collection of the graphic work of early 20th-century art, including the work of German… -
January 25, 2010
Teacher absenteeism declines when principals have more control
Public school teachers took less time off when principals had more flexibility to dismiss them without completing elaborate documentation or attending a hearing, one of two new U-M studies shows. Two papers authored by Brian Jacob, a professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, examined a policy change in the Chicago Public… -
January 25, 2010
Photo: School of Art & Design Faculty Exhibition through Feb. 26
The School of Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, through Feb. 26 in the Slusser Gallery, 2000 Bonisteel. The show includes Y. David Chung’s work “The Ten Immortals,” oil stick on paper presenting symbols originating from the Taoist cult of immortality, common motifs found in Korean Minwha folk painting and Chosun decorative arts. Gallery hours are… -
January 25, 2010
Ragsdale named AAAS fellow
In addition to the 10 research scientists from the main campus who previously were announced as fellows of the American Association for the Advance of Science, one person from Medical School was elected to the prestigious organization. Stephen Ragsdale, professor of biological chemistry, was elected as a fellow of AAAS for his “studies of complex… -
January 25, 2010
Old school: U-M in history
Landmark: Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover (c. 1935)
