May 4, 2009
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May 4, 2009
Three U-M professors have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for their excellence in original scientific research, the NAS announced Tuesday. Membership in the NAS is one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States. Professors David Meyer (psychology), Alan Gibbard (philosophy) and Yu Xie…
May 4, 2009
Student procession and ceremony > Larry Page’s remarks > President Mary Sue Coleman’s remarks > Student speaker George Dong’s remarks > Google co-founder Larry Page, a U-M alumnus whose groundbreaking search engine has become synonymous with the Internet, encouraged the graduating class of 2009 to confront these uncertain times because “the best people want to…
May 4, 2009
In 1963, Elizabeth James heard the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak at Detroit’s Walk to Freedom. Three years old at the time, the third-generation storyteller and Detroit native still recalls the energy of the crowd and says this memory inspires her to use words to encourage others. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services)…
May 4, 2009
U-M leaders say President Barack Obama’s plan to “restore science to its rightful place” is good news for research universities and the scientific community. Obama emphasized the role of research and development during an April 27 speech to the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. He vowed to devote 3 percent of the nation’s…
May 4, 2009
Dubbed a seminar on wheels, this week marks the 10th Michigan Road Scholars Tour, designed to increase mutual knowledge and understanding between the university and the people and communities of the state. The program cultivates an awareness of the state’s distinctive geography, economy, culture, government and politics, history, educational systems, health and social issues while…
May 4, 2009
Bargain shoppers from all over campus and beyond are swarming to U-M Property Disposition as they work to keep a lid on expenses. The 15,000-square-foot Property Disposition warehouse at 3241 Baxter Road is filled with bargains, from computers and office furniture to shelving and tools that are no longer needed by university units. Property Disposition’s…
May 4, 2009
Astronomers at U-M contributed to an international study that gives new insights into the workings of the most energetic known objects in the universe: the jets produced by super-massive black holes at the center of active galaxies. This image shows the gamma-ray sky as seen by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The inserts show radio…
May 4, 2009
Six faculty members dedicated to developing cultural and ethnic diversity at U-M have received the 2009 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award from the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic and Affairs. Askew The recipients are Kelly Askew, LSA; Tabbye Chavous, School of Education and LSA; Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, LSA; Karin…
May 4, 2009
Study to look at molecules from Earth found in space Many of the organic molecules that make up life on Earth also have been found in space. A U-M astronomer will use the Herschel Space Observatory to study these chemical compounds in new detail in the warm clouds of gas and dust around young stars.…
