July 27, 2009
When the Indoor Practice Facility for Intercollegiate Football is completed this August, it will be named after an individual with strong ties not only to the athletic department but the entire university. The Board of Regents July 16 formally designated the facility on State Street as the Al Glick Field House. “The entire Michigan athletic…
July 27, 2009
The 2006 film “Honey and Clover,” directed by Masahiro Takada, 7-9 p.m., July 31 atLorch Hall, Askwith Auditorium, is adapted from a best-selling graphic novel. It tells the story of four college art students and a tangle of unrequited love. (Photo © 2006 Viz Pictures, Inc.)
July 27, 2009
The university faces a “perfect storm” of faculty staffing challenges over the next few years that will sharpen the need for increased overall compensation, faculty representatives told the Board of Regents. Frederick Askari, chair of the Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty at the Ann Arbor campus, said looming retirements at U-M and…
July 27, 2009
“Kumquats” by Lisa Monahan is among pieces presented in the School of Art & Design’s Third Annual Alumni Show, through Aug. 7 in the Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, 2000 Bonisteel, North Campus, and Work•Ann Arbor, 306 S. State. (Photo by Lisa Monahan)
July 27, 2009
Crowds of people descend upon Liberty Street during the Ann Arbor Art Fairs. The event, which is comprised of four fairs spanning various city areas, featured an estimated 1,000 artists and attracted around 600,000 people, organizers say. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services)
July 27, 2009
Awards Dr. Theodore Lawrence has been selected to receive the 2009 Gold Medal from the American Society for Radiation Oncology for outstanding contributions to the field, including research, clinical care, teaching and service. His research interests include new treatments for liver and pancreas cancer and brain tumors. U-M Geriatrics Center Director Dr. Jeffrey Halter was…
July 27, 2009
The Institute for Social Research (ISR) is one of four research institutions selected to carry out the largest study to date of suicide and mental health among military personnel. With $50 million in funding from the U.S. Army, the new study is a collaborative program of research that also will involve scientists from the National…
July 27, 2009
Two young faculty researchers already impacting their respective fields will receive the Henry Russel Award, one of the highest honors the university bestows upon junior faculty. Cindy Lustig, assistant professor of psychology, LSA, and Patricia Wittkopp, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, LSA, have been…
July 27, 2009
The Record accepts obituaries from university departments, family members and funeral homes acting on behalf of the family. All obituaries must be for active or retired faculty and staff members.
