February 2, 2009
The election of Barack Obama shows the country “is capable of tremendous change” writer Pearl Cleage said in her Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium closing lecture Jan. 30. This historic event was more than she ever thought possible when growing up in an African nationalist household in Detroit. While Cleage told the audience she…
February 2, 2009
Hear Richard Nisbett discuss the origins of intelligence > Environmental conditions are much more powerful than genetic influences in determining intelligence, social psychologist Richard Nisbett says. Recent research in psychology, genetics and neuroscience, and new studies on the effectiveness of educational interventions, have shown that intelligence strongly is affected by environmental factors that have nothing…
February 2, 2009
Awards Robert Megginson, associate dean for undergraduate and graduate education, LSA, and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Mathematics, has received the Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics from the Mathematical Association of America. The award honors distinguished contributions to mathematics and math education. Megginson was cited for helping…
January 26, 2009
Related stories:Bond: Struggle doesn’t end with Obama’s election >Branch: King’s legacy lives in future, not past >Photo: Composing a dream >Photos: MLK Symposium > Oral health disparities are a significant problem in most of America’s large cities. To successfully address this issue fresh thinking may be needed to develop new models of delivering care as…
January 26, 2009
The Global Scholars Program will prepare students to be citizens of the world in a setting that’s just down the hall or a short walk across campus. As U-M’s newest living learning community, the program beginning in fall will bring together students from the United States and around the world in an interdisciplinary curriculum designed…
January 26, 2009
Victoria Goro’s “Sleepwalker” is presented through Jan. 30 as part of the exhibit Meeting the Other: American and Egyptian Contemporary Prints. It is curated by Professor Karen Kunc, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Professor Wael Sabour, El-Minia University, at Work•Ann Arbor, 306 S. State. (Photo by Victoria Goro)
January 26, 2009
The recently announced partnership between the University and General Motors to develop advanced batteries for electric vehicles is far more than a $5 million research coup. The new Advanced Battery Coalition for Drivetrains, announced Jan. 12, is an archetype for the kind of collaborative energy-research partnership that will allow U-M to thrive in troubled times…
January 26, 2009
The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange will present excerpts from its stage work “Small Dances About Big Ideas,” with commentary from choreographer Liz Lerman at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Michigan League Ballroom. This performance piece, combining movement, spoken word and documentary sound, premiered in 2005 at Harvard Law School. It takes a challenging look…
January 26, 2009
Google co-founder and U-M alumnus Larry Page will deliver the spring 2009 commencement address. At the May 2 ceremony in Michigan Stadium, the University will award degrees to about 4,000 students. Page will receive an honorary doctorate in engineering, as approved by the Board of Regents at its Jan. 22 meeting. “Celebrating the accomplishments of…
January 26, 2009
U-M’s Kenneth Lieberthal, one of the world’s foremost experts on China, will deliver the Stephen M. Ross School of Business‘ 42nd annual William K. McInally Memorial Lecture. Lieberthal will speak on “U.S.-China Relations in the Obama Administration: Continuities and Changes” at 5 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Ross School’s Blau Auditorium. He is the William…
