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December 8, 2008
“Brat Mountain” by Lindsay Farris is among works on display in the School of Art & Design’s yearly student extravaganza, presented at three A&D galleries and at PLAY, A&D’s online gallery for time-based work. With every undergraduate and graduate student invited to submit work, this exhibition offers a snapshot of the range and quality of…
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December 8, 2008
First Amendment scholar and Harvard Law professor Cass Sunstein delivers the 18th Annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom at the Law School. In his Dec. 4 lecture titled “My University.com, My Government.com: Is the Internet Really a Blessing for Democracy?” Sunstein spoke to a standing-room only audience about the critical relationship…
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December 8, 2008
Winners of the 1,000 Pitches competition, a cross-campus effort to generate business ideas organized by the College of Engineering Center for Entrepreneurship and the MPowered Entrepreneurship student group, will be honored in an awards ceremony from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Dec. 10 in the Michigan Union Ballroom. The keynote speaker will be Rich Sheridan, CEO of Ann…
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December 8, 2008
Michigan’s University Research Corridor and Congressman John Dingell were honored last week for leadership in reinventing the region’s economy. Detroit Renaissance and The Detroit News announced the winners of their inaugural Renaissance Awards Program during a Detroit Economic Club luncheon Dec. 2 at the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit. “These honorees exemplify the collaborative…
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December 8, 2008
Honored Patricia Wittkopp, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, LSA, was featured in the October issue of The Scientist magazine of the life sciences as a “Scientist to Watch.” Wittkopp says her goal is to elucidate the rules of gene regulation and expression that underlie…
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December 8, 2008
An engineering professor’s make-your-own-microfluidic-device kit has been named one of The Scientist magazine’s top 10 innovations of 2008. A microfluidic device, also known as a “lab on a chip,” integrates multiple laboratory functions onto one chip just millimeters or centimeters in size. The devices could lead to instant home tests for illnesses, food contaminants and…
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December 8, 2008
Social psychologist Robert Zajonc, who conducted groundbreaking research on the complexities of social life, died after a five-year battle with pancreatic cancer Dec. 3 in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 85. Born in Lodz, Poland, Zajonc’s parents were killed during World War II in a German air raid when he was 15 and he spent…
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December 8, 2008
When Law School Assistant Dean for Student Affairs David Baum urged faculty to participate in a new program on early textbook adoption, it was, in his words, “the right thing to do.” Baum, in consultation with Associate Dean Mark West, worked with the school’s faculty to encourage them to take advantage of a new tool…
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December 8, 2008
Shoppers interested in buying Shannon Brines’ locally grown organic produce may want to arrive at the Kerrytown farmer’s market early Saturday morning. “I have developed a following and sometimes I run out pretty quickly,” says Brines, who works as an environmental spatial analysis lab manager at the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE). (Photo…
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December 8, 2008
Fifty international research teams are vying for funding in the first round of a University-based program to strengthen ties between U-M and Israeli life scientists. The Life Sciences Institute received 50 proposals for funding under the U-M/Israel Partnership for Scientific Research. That’s about five times more research proposals than LSI Director Alan Saltiel expected to…
