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April 29, 2013
Campuses, units to celebrate Spring Commencement
Twitter CEO and U-M alumnus Richard (Dick) Costolo will deliver the annual Spring Commencement address at 10 a.m. Saturday in Michigan Stadium. Read a wrap-up of commencement activities and information about attending.
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April 29, 2013
Accolades
Catie Newell, assistant professor of architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, has been named a winner of the Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize for her submission “Involving Darkness.” She also is a founding principal of Alibi Studio, based in Detroit. Newell’s creative practice has been recognized for exploring… -
April 29, 2013
Food operators selected for MUG in Michigan Union
When students return to campus in the fall, they will see a newly renovated MUG space on the ground floor of the Michigan Union with new and updated food vendors. Ahmo's Mediterranean Grill is coming to the Union, and Wendy's and Subway will return with expanded offerings. Panda Express also will remain on the lower-level MUG.
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April 29, 2013
Graduating students ready to make their marks on the world
Bringing the Internet home to Kenya By Nicole Casal Moore News Service “Dead aid.” That’s how Rama Mwenesi refers to the kind of foreign help that means well but doesn’t last. He saw it first-hand growing up in and around Nairobi, Kenya. “Groups would come in and build water wells in the rural communities without… -
April 29, 2013
U-M collaborates on open access scientific journal
A new online journal born of a multi-institutional effort, which includes U-M, is set to tackle issues of sustainability on two fronts. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene will publish timely, scientifically sound, peer-reviewed articles, all free and open to the public, that address interactions between human and natural systems.
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April 29, 2013
Officials remind campus about severe weather
Michigan is hit by an average of 16 tornados each year, usually between May and August, according to the National Weather Service. As the severe-weather season approaches, university officials would like to remind members of the campus community about important information to help plan for and respond to various weather situations.
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April 29, 2013
U-M formalizing ties with affiliated external entities
U-M is taking steps to formalize its long-standing relationships with university-affiliated external entities that use U-M for services ranging from financial operations to staffing.
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April 29, 2013
Angell Hall computing center to close for renovations
The Angell Hall computing site will be closed May 1-Sept. 3 for its first significant upgrade since opening in 1988. The $4.4 million renovation project will expand the computing site, provide new furniture, improve accessibility, refurbish computer classrooms and install a new raised flooring system.
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April 22, 2013
Munger gives $110M for grad housing, fellowships
A $110 million gift of securities from investor and philanthropist Charles T. Munger will support his vision for a new state-of-the-art residence designed to foster a community where graduate students from multiple disciplines can live and exchange ideas. The gift is the largest single donation to U-M in its 196-year history.
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April 22, 2013
U-M professor leads panel proposing strategies to reduce, end tobacco use
More online Read the articles in The Tobacco Endgame > What would it take to end tobacco use once and for all? This is the question several scholars, scientists and policy experts address in a provocative series of articles on various strategies for eliminating tobacco use, if not entirely then at least enough to significantly…
