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June 8, 2009
Vice President for Research Stephen Forrest has been named board chairman of Ann Arbor SPARK, the region’s economic development authority. (Photo courtesy OVPR) Forrest was elected during SPARK’s annual meeting May 21. He succeeds Rick Snyder, who served as chairman since the organization’s formation in 2005. “I’m happy to take on this greater level of…
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June 8, 2009
The Ahn Trio, sisters Maria, Lucia and Angella, will speak about their work, artistry, and the need to synthesize, cross cultures and to cross genre boundaries in a 6:30-7:30 p.m., program June 15 at the McIntosh Theater, E.V. Moore Building. (Photo courtesy Gifts Of Art)
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June 8, 2009
Everything from old computers and keyboards to antique telephones and radios stacked up in parking lots across Southeast Michigan as part of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative @ U-M’s annual free electronic-waste recycling event. Computer equipment and other electronics are dropped off at Pioneer High School. (Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services) The public…
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June 8, 2009
A relatively new component of the health care reform debate — one developed by and practiced at U-M — is the focus of a bipartisan proposal recently introduced in the U.S. Senate. The legislation seeks to establish a pilot program for some Medicare recipients using the principles of Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID), which balances long-term…
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June 8, 2009
A professor at Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Fla., has been recommended by an 11-member search committee to be the new dean of the UM-Flint School of Health Professions and Studies. (Photo courtesy UM-Flint) Provost Jack Kay announced the selection of Barbara Kornblau, a professor of occupational therapy and public health in the College of…
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June 8, 2009
Families, friends, and colleagues of the U-M Health System transplant team that died two years ago while on a life-saving mission will now have a permanent memorial to their loved ones. Ann Arbor native and U-M alumnus Douglas Hollis created a sculpture memorializing the team members who died when their plane crashed into Lake Michigan…
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June 8, 2009
Melissa Levine has been appointed lead copyright officer for the U-M Library. She assumed the newly created role May 1. As lead copyright officer, Levine will develop copyright policy for the library and work closely with a number of important U-M Library collections and scholarly communication initiatives. “Melissa brings an excellent blend of experience, education,…
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June 8, 2009
A recent series of sessions brought nearly 300 AFSCME stewards and university supervisors together again to work toward solutions to common problems. The meetings, conducted throughout May, continued an initiative called the “Joint Education Program” that began in January. The two-hour sessions on May 12, 14, 21 and 22, took the next step toward reaching…
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June 8, 2009
Finding ways to trim the time and cost involved in complying with “red tape” without compromising the safety of participants in human research studies inspired a recent forum at the Ann Arbor campus. “Reducing Regulatory Burden: Real Strategies for Real Change,” co-hosted by the federal Office for Human Research Protections and U-M, drew more than…
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June 8, 2009
Award President Mary Sue Coleman was presented with an Alumni Award by Grinnell College in Iowa during its recent Alumni Reunion Weekend. Alumni Award winners have distinguished themselves in their careers and communities and embody Grinnell’s mission of lifelong learning and service. The 1965 graduate was cited for using the tools of higher education to…
