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February 16, 2009
Students planning to take summer courses and those who need a required course just caught a break. LSA is expanding spring and summer course offerings and scheduling them at convenient times. Twenty-five courses that have not been available in more than four years will be offered in the spring term and 37 in the summer…
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February 16, 2009
January 2009 crime map > Computer taken from Oxford Housing office A computer, monitor and speakers were reported stolen Jan. 4 from an office in Oxford Housing. It appeared likely that entry was gained through an outside window sometime during the holiday break. No suspects have been identified Napkin fire results in minor damage Napkins…
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February 16, 2009
Does a crisis have to occur in order for colleges and universities to allocate funding for detecting and treating students’ depression? That’s one of the fundamental questions that will be addressed during the seventh annual national Depression on College Campuses Conference, on March 18-19. The annual two-day event at Rackham Graduate School explores the ways…
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February 16, 2009
B The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Feb. 19 meeting. Residential College auditorium to be renovated A $2.1 million renovation is planned for the Residential College auditorium addition to East Quad. The project, funded by LSA, will provide technology, lighting and seating upgrades, create a second fire exit, improve…
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February 16, 2009
Surrounded by several students playing acoustic instruments, Michael Gould invites one to step in the middle of the circle. “Now play like you are walking,” says Gould, associate professor of music in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the Residential College. The student shakes the bead-covered gourd in a steady rhythm. “Now play…
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February 16, 2009
Surrounded by rooms of display cases filled with CDs and vinyl records, volunteer radio DJ Sara Grosky manages to find the misplaced Johnny Cash disc to complement the Japanese noise musician she just had spun. The musical transition is seamless despite the genre shift, not unlike Grosky’s shift from the Department of Dance to LSA…
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February 16, 2009
Alumni return March 21 to perform in first-ever anniversary concert Since the mid 1980s, Department of Musical Theatre alumni have made an impressive and indelible mark on Broadway, from breakthrough roles as leading actors to creating memorable musical compositions to producing blockbuster shows. Now in its 25th year, the program that helped cultivate the talent…
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February 16, 2009
Imagine a hospital where morale is high, employee turnover is low and patient call buttons rarely go unanswered — and if they do, you can call the hospital’s CEO. That’s exactly the type of culture and service that “delights” patients and makes for the most successful community hospitals in the country, as rated by caregivers…
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February 16, 2009
As the new administration takes hold in Washington, a former NASA administrator will discuss the future of non-military space policy in the upcoming Henry Russel lecture. (File photo, Marcia Ledford, U-M Photo Services) Lennard Fisk, the Thomas M. Donahue Distinguished University Professor of Space Science, will give a talk titled “Civil Space and the National…
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February 16, 2009
With the theme Enhancing U: Education, Empowerment and Equity, the Women of Color Task Force (WCTF) will host its 27th annual career conference 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Michigan League. The conference workshops will feature sessions categorized under the following four topic headings: professional development, personal development, financial education, and health and wellness.…
