September 14, 2009
Police officers in the city of Detroit will have the opportunity to further their education at a reduced cost thanks to a new scholarship program at UM-Dearborn. Officers who wish to pursue undergraduate or graduate degrees at UM-Dearborn will be eligible for a special scholarship that will provide a credit for 20 percent of their…
September 14, 2009
Engineers from General Motors and the university have joined forces to reinvent the automobile, and the Detroit automaker also hopes to enlist future U-M graduates in the ambitious effort, a top GM official said during a recent visit to the Ann Arbor campus. Inspiring U-M students to pursue careers in automotive engineering is one of…
September 14, 2009
Indie art-rockers Grizzly Bear, with opening artists Beach House, perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Michigan Theater, in a University Musical Society-sponsored show. The Brooklyn-based band, whose May release debuted in the Billboard Top 10, employs traditional and electronic instruments, ranging from a recorder to a laptop. For more information, go to UMS.org.…
September 14, 2009
Amnesty period to be offered Plans are underway for a benefits audit designed to ensure that the individuals enrolled in U-M medical plans as dependents are qualified for coverage. The audit will begin in February 2010 and will be preceded by an amnesty period to run from now until Dec. 18. The audit includes all…
September 14, 2009
Secrets of the Garden: Scanner Art by Phyllis Ponvert presents images taken without a camera. Ponvert places her subjects directly on a digital scanner and then alters them in Photoshop. The images were taken in her Ann Arbor garden, part of the Ann Arbor Women’s Farm and Garden Walk in 2008. The exhibit is presented…
September 14, 2009
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts Jr., third from left, attends a groundbreaking for the Law School’s new academic building and Law School Commons, the first classroom expansion of the school’s iconic buildings since 1933. Also taking part are Regent Kathy White, Chair of the school’s building campaign Bruce Bickner, President Mary…
September 14, 2009
Now in its second year, the University-Community Social and Environmental Justice Film and Discussion Series brings together U-M with the greater Ann Arbor community and its diverse economic, race, class and religious backgrounds. “We live next door to each other but are rarely engaged with substantive discussions with one another,” says David Schoem, director of…
September 14, 2009
Leaders from Architecture, Engineering and Construction, and Occupational Safety and Environmental Health are fine-tuning processes to ensure construction site safety is one of the highest responsibilities for all outside contractors working on U-M projects, no matter how large or small. “The primary objective of these proposed changes is to highlight the university’s commitment to construction…
September 14, 2009
Elected Douglas Strong, director and chief executive officer, U-M Hospitals & Health Centers, has been elected treasurer of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association board of trustees. Sean Joe, associate professor of social work and assistant professor of psychiatry, is a new member of the Psychosocial Development, Risk and Prevention Study Section, Center for Scientific…
September 8, 2009
Students and their parents got a chance to share conversation and frozen treats with President Mary Sue Coleman on Thursday as part of the annual Welcome Week ice cream giveaway. Coleman, who dished out treats at Stockwell Hall, was one of several executive officers, deans and directors who participated in the event at about a…
