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October 26, 2009
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business is the best business school in the United States for integrating environmental, social and ethical issues into its MBA program, according to the Aspen Institute’s 2009-10 Beyond Grey Pinstripes report. The biennial survey and ranking of business schools placed the Ross School at No. 2 overall. The Schulich…
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October 26, 2009
Seyhan Nurettin Ege, the first tenured woman at U-M and first woman to become full professor on the faculty of the Department of Chemistry, will be honored in a symposium in her name from 8:30 a.m.-noon Tuesday in the Rackham Amphitheater. The Seyhan N. Ege Memorial Symposium honors Ege, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor…
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October 26, 2009
Marquette, Midland, Rochester Hills, Sterling Heights and Wixom were identified as communities that are “2009 top performers at attracting and retaining entrepreneurial firms” in a study by researchers at the UM-Dearborn College of Business. Additionally, the Village of Dundee and the cities of Auburn Hills, Southfield and Troy — communities that also were recognized in…
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October 26, 2009
Named for founding violinist Corina Belcea, the Belcea Quartet is a popular young chamber ensemble from Europe with a wide-ranging repertoire and a devotion to unusual projects. They perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at Rackham Auditorium. Sponsored by the University Musical Society, 764-2538. (Photo by Sheila Rock)
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October 26, 2009
To prepare an exhibit space that presents U-M Library’s treasures to the public, it takes precautions and planning to safeguard their integrity while maximizing visual appeal. For starters, it’s not just any glass encasing books and documents held by the university that in some cases are nearly 2,000 years old. University Library Conservator Tom Hogarth…
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October 26, 2009
The Center for Chinese Studies and The Global Lens 2009 Film Series presents “Getting Home” by director Zhang Yang, 3-5 p.m. Tuesday in the School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. In this comedy, Zhao, a middle-aged construction worker, struggles to fulfill a dying co-worker’s last wish. A second showing is at 5 p.m., 764-6308.…
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October 26, 2009
Seven U-M scholars and 28 U-M students have been awarded Fulbright Fellowships for 2009-10. Among the faculty scholar winners, U-M’s Ann Arbor campus led the country in the U.S. State Department-funded Fulbright awards, along with Michigan State University and the University of Oregon, each receiving seven awards. UM-Flint also produced a Fulbright Scholar. Among the…
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October 26, 2009
Awards Dr. Carol Kauffman, chief of infectious diseases at the Veterans Administration Ann Arbor Healthcare System and professor of internal medicine in the Medical School, recently was presented the Great Internists of Michigan award by the Michigan chapter of the American College of Physicians. The award recognizes physicians who have demonstrated outstanding clinical abilities and…
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October 26, 2009
Censorship of the 17th Century has come back to life in modern times, as a result of laws that require universities to force faculty and students to get permission before doing research or publishing their work, says a distinguished legal historian and scholar of constitutional law. (Photo courtesy Philip Hamburger) Centuries ago, the Inquisition in…
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October 26, 2009
R. T. (Tom) Lenaghan, professor emeritus in the Department of English Language and Literature, died Oct. 2. Lenaghan achieved a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1949, attended Yale Law School from 1949-50, and completed Master of Arts and doctoral degrees at Harvard in 1957. After spending 1959-61 at UCLA, he…
