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January 11, 2010
Report: U provides second-most jobs in metro Detroit
U-M now is metro Detroit’s second-largest employer behind Ford Motor Co., according to the Crain’s Detroit Business 2010 Book of Lists. A year ago, Crain’s listed the university fourth behind the Big Three automakers.
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January 11, 2010
MLK: Journalist Gwen Ifill to address politics in Washington
Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” and co-anchor for the “PBS NewsHour,” will deliver the keynote memorial lecture at the 24th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium at 10 a.m. Jan. 18 at Hill Auditorium. Ifill’s talk, “Politics, Policy & Reality: What’s Really Going On in Washington,” is free and open to… -
January 11, 2010
Accolades
Elected George Alter, acting director of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, has been elected vice president of the Social Science History Association (SSHA) for 2009-10. The SSHA vice president serves for one year and then becomes president. SSHA fosters interdisciplinary approaches to historical research, and its annual meetings bring together historians and… -
January 11, 2010
U-M to partner in statewide teaching fellowship
The university is a partner in a new statewide fellowship program to prepare teachers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), as highlighted last week by President Barack Obama.
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January 11, 2010
MLK: Misdiagnosed mental illness among black men topic of talk
Black men are overdiagnosed with schizophrenia at least five times higher than any other group — a trend that dates back to the 1960s, says Jonathan Metzl, an associate professor of psychiatry and women’s studies. In an important new book, Metzl shows how race-based misdiagnosis emerged in the context of the civil rights era of… -
January 11, 2010
Faculty Governance
Subject: Faculty Governance update Of its recent activities, many of which are described below, SACUA particularly is appreciative of the annual opportunity in November for the SACUA chair to present a report on faculty governance to the Board of Regents. SACUA also finds the corresponding annual lunch with the regents a very useful opportunity for… -
January 11, 2010
Brandon named athletic director
David Brandon has been named director of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, pending approval by the Board of Regents at its regularly scheduled Jan. 21 meeting.
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January 11, 2010
MLK: B&F keynote Johnson unites world in music
“My guest tonight thinks he can spread peace through music,” said Stephen Colbert, host of the Colbert Report and King of the Colbert Nation, one evening last August. He was introducing Mark Johnson, Grammy award-winning music producer and engineer, film director, and creator of Playing for Change, a worldwide effort to “show us the power… -
January 11, 2010
MLK: Special 8-page MLK symposium section (PDF)
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January 11, 2010
SAPAC toolkit in national spotlight
A toolkit designed by the Sexual Assault Prevention & Awareness Center (SAPAC) as a response to sexual assault and domestic violence has garnered national attention.
