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December 14, 2009
Incident at Michigan Union results in arrest A 47-year-old alumnus was arraigned Nov. 14 on one count of criminal sexual conduct, fourth degree, in connection with an incident Nov. 10 at the Michigan Union. A student told police that at about 12:30 a.m., as she was studying in a first-floor study area, an unknown man…
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December 14, 2009
Ear plugs with a built-in alarm clock. Portable solar energy for developing countries. A plan to run university buses on leftover cafeteria cooking oil. These are just a few of the winning ideas from this year’s 1,000 Pitches student entrepreneurship competition at U-M. The nine winners were announced at a ceremony last week. During the…
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December 14, 2009
Red and green lasers shine out of vintage lunchboxes and swirl against Mike Gould’s basement laboratory walls in a whimsical fashion. Synchronized to music, the lasers can lead to hours of mindless enjoyment, he says. (Photo by Mike Gould) “Lasers are ideal mechanisms to explore the intersection of art and technology,” says Gould, a desktop…
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December 14, 2009
Instead of worrying about the number on the scale, Shawn Sieg focuses on how much better he feels since starting to exercise regularly. Shawn Sieg says he gets his exercise minutes in for Active U by walking around Wolverine Tower during lunch, coaching baseball and going to the gym. (Photo by Matthew Snyder, UHR Communications)…
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December 14, 2009
When it comes to business, new Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor exhibits no liberal or conservative bias. Instead, she adheres closely to precedent, according to research led by a business professor. Dana Muir, the Thurnau Professor of Business Law at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, and colleagues believe that Sotomayor will be neither…
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December 14, 2009
Maria Bonn, who currently serves as the director of the Scholarly Publishing Office at the U-M Library, has been named associate university librarian for publishing. Bonn’s appointment, which is effective immediately, comes after a national search to fill the position. “Scholarly publishing and libraries are both in tremendous upheaval as a result of major technological…
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December 14, 2009
Services Facilities and Operations staff maintain reduced staffing through the holidays to address any emergency situations. During the holidays, call: • 763-1131 (or 911 from a campus phone) to reach the Department of Public Safety (DPS) for crimes, safety concerns or to request spill response. • 647-2059 to reach Plant Operations Call Center for maintenance…
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December 14, 2009
As temperatures drop and weather forecasts increasingly contain the word “snow,” campus leaders would like to remind the community that the university’s severe-weather policy encourages all employees to make a reasonable effort to report to work as scheduled. Because most students live on campus, officials will attempt to keep the university open for classes and…
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December 14, 2009
“Bilal’s Stand,” a feature film written and directed by U-M graduate Sultan Sharrief, has been selected to be shown at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan. 21-31 in Park City, Utah. (Photo courtesy Sultan Sharrief) The film follows the travails of Bilal, a Muslim high-school senior who lives in Detroit, as he struggles…
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December 14, 2009
Related story:Students say new outreach program inspires, builds interest in U-M > Just over a year old, the Center for Educational Outreach has established several new programs targeted at junior and high school students, teachers and principals, and it has become a conduit for numerous pre-existing programs that seek to bridge the gap between secondary…
