January 12, 2009
Award Professor Daphna Oyserman will receive the 2009 Society for Social Work Excellence in Research Award Jan. 16 for her article “Identity-Based Motivation and Health,” published in the Journal of Personality & Social Psychology. In conferring the award, the society recognized the significance of the problem addressed in her research, the rigor of the analysis,…
January 12, 2009
International research collaborations seeking new ways to fuel transportation will get kick-started by a $2.2 million program sponsored by the University of Michigan and Fraunhofer. The program will award seed money grants of up to $200,000 annually for two years to projects that explore alternative energy innovations for transportation. Each project must have researchers from…
January 12, 2009
Criminal justice scholars often say that the true number of innocent people convicted of crimes is unknown — in fact, unknowable. A new study challenges that belief in one important context. Among defendants sentenced to death in the United States since 1973, at least 2.3 percent — and possibly more — were falsely convicted, says…
January 12, 2009
As a regent from 1975-90, Thomas Roach put service to U-M above partisan politics as he focused on issues ranging from improving medical facilities to helping lead an influential capital campaign to the formation of a committee to honor U-M’s heritage. But it was his profound love of the University that former colleagues identified as…
January 12, 2009
Christine Black’s coworkers at the School of Nursing describe her as “a jewel and a joy to work with.” This is one of many reasons Black, a grant proposal writing specialist, is the 2008 recipient of the Candace J. Johnson Staff Award for Excellence. At a Dec. 17 reception Provost Teresa Sullivan presented Black, shown…
January 12, 2009
Pianist Richard Goode, whose playing the San Francisco Examiner says “approached the status of revelation,” performs at 4 p.m. Jan. 25 at Hill Auditorium in a recital program of Bach and Chopin presented by the University Musical Society. For more information go to www.ums.org. (Photo by Sascha Gusov)
January 12, 2009
December 2008 crime map > Visitor arraigned on domestic assault charge A 35-year-old Wayne man was arraigned Dec. 2 on a domestic assault charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend as they departed University Hospital. Gary Foster is scheduled for a court hearing Jan. 14. The domestic assault reportedly occurred after the woman was released from…
January 12, 2009
Faculty, staff, students and visitors of the University are invited to comment early next month on the activities and policies of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) as part of a national accreditation assessment. A team of out-of-state assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) will be on campus later…
January 12, 2009
Motivational speaker, author and TV personality Les Brown will discuss how personal life stories enrich and connect people to others as the Business and Finance Division’s MLK Convocation speaker. Motivational speaker and author Les Brown will deliver the Business and Finance 2009 Convocation at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at Rackham Auditorium. (Photo courtesy Office Of…
January 12, 2009
. Addition planned for Engineering Programs Building A 10,000-gross-square-foot addition to the Engineering Programs Building is planned to provide more space for student project teams, many of which enter into national competitions. The $4.8 million project will be funded from College of Engineering resources (CoE). Renovations to include new lab suite at Bagnoud building Renovations…
