February 16, 2009
How to measure what students have learned by the time they graduate is something colleges and universities have wrestled with for some time. This complex issue was the topic of a Provost’s Forum on the Campus Learning Environment. The aim of this forum and those in the coming year is to promote campus discussion on…
February 16, 2009
Awards Jerry Lynch, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering, will receive the National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his proposal CAREER: Nanoengineered Sensing Skins for Structural Health Monitoring — An Integrated Research and Education Career Experience. The award recognizes junior faculty for their pioneering…
February 16, 2009
Parents of students considering college now are struggling with a federal form that is longer and more grueling than the IRS Form 1040, but that could soon change, thanks to the work of a U-M researcher. Susan Dynarski, associate professor of public policy and education, and colleagues came up with a proposal to replace the…
February 16, 2009
Faith Vlcek Faith Vlcek, a University employee for more than 10 years, was killed Feb. 10 in a car accident. Vlcek was as a program administrator for the International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Prior to joining the Ford School in 2007, she worked at the Stephen M. Ross…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
