December 7, 2009
Report examines parents’ concern regarding Internet predators, privacy, porn A report released by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health shows that parents across the United States have a wide range of concerns about the safety of their children’s lives online. Eighty-one percent of parents report their children, ages 9-17, use the…
December 7, 2009
Provost Teresa Sullivan and Vice Provost Phil Hanlon will host a town hall meeting 9-11 a.m. Dec. 14 in Rackham Auditorium to discuss the U-M general fund budget and answer questions from the audience. All staff and faculty are invited. The budget presentation is similar to what Sullivan and Hanlon have shared with faculty, staff…
December 7, 2009
Called one of the great pianists of our time, Jean-Yves Thibaudet will perform at 8 p.m. Dec. 12 at Hill Auditorium, just a few days before his Carnegie Hall recital.”Every note he fashions as a pearl. The joy, brilliance and musicality of his performance could not be missed.” (The New York Times.) Sponsored by the…
December 7, 2009
Provost Teresa Sullivan’s speech and slides from her Senate Assembly presentation are posted on the Office of the Provost’s Web site > The fundamental basis of what it means to be a public university extends well beyond a school’s funding source and includes its overall mission as well as how it is governed, Provost Teresa…
December 7, 2009
The film “A Decent Factory: Nokia in China” by Thomas Balmes, is presented as part of the Center for Chinese Studies Chinese Documentary Film Series at 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at Angell Hall, Auditorium A. The film focuses on Nokia, the Finnish electronics firm, which sends a team led by two business ethics advisors to…
December 7, 2009
The Office of the Provost has developed a Web site designed to better prepare faculty for emergency situations in the classroom. The Web site, www.provost.umich.edu/safety/index.html, touches on likely scenarios that could affect the university community and offers information about how to handle a range of situations, from weather threats to violence on campus. The site…
December 7, 2009
David Moosman as Tommey carries Lady Macbeth (Anna Robinson) in the Department of Theatre & Drama’s production of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy “Macbeth.” A chilling look at the corruption of the soul,”Macbeth” is the dramatic tale of one couple’s ruthless pursuit of power. Set in the early 20th century, it plays Dec. 10-13 at the…
December 7, 2009
Director David Schwimmer, shown with Lee Doyle, director of U-M’s Film Office, takes a break from working on the feature movie “Trust” to meet with the media at the University’s North Campus Research Complex. Schwimmer and Doyle answered questions Dec. 1 about the film that has been shot at the new complex as well as…
December 7, 2009
A Holiday Violin Recital by Students of Wendy Azrak and Anna Bittar from the Ann Arbor Suzuki Institute is presented at 12:10 p.m. Dec. 10 at the University Hospital first floor main lobby. Sponsored by the Gifts of Art, 936-2787. (Photo courtesy Gifts Of Art)
December 7, 2009
As the Obama administration announced new measures last week to help troubled home borrowers, there is more good news for homeowners — foreclosures will begin to fall next year, a U-M researcher says. After rising more than 30 percent a year for the last four years, foreclosures across the country will drop from a peak…
