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September 30, 2013
Lester Monts to return to faculty in July 2014
Lester Monts, senior vice provost for academic affairs and senior counselor to the president for the arts, diversity, and undergraduate affairs, will swap his top leadership office for the classroom and field research in July 2014.
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September 30, 2013
Engineering with Grace: Software class aims to help one teen communicate
To signal “yes,” Grace Simon raises her right fist. For “no,” she shakes her head. And that, for the most part, is how the 13-year-old communicates with the world. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 6 months old, Grace doesn’t have the muscle control to speak, sign or walk. But her capable mind understands spoken language… -
September 30, 2013
Employees asked to save the date for Victors for Michigan kickoff events
Faculty, staff, students and community members are being asked to come together Nov. 8 for events launching the Victors for Michigan campaign, the most ambitious fundraising campaign in U-M history.
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September 30, 2013
Don't miss: Former Ukrainian president to speak about democracy
The Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies will host Viktor Yushchenko, president of Ukraine from 2005-10, for the lecture, “Shades of Orange: A Decade of Ukrainian Democracy,” at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Rackham Amphitheatre. Yushchenko came to office as the result of the 2004 Orange Revolution, which brought millions of Ukrainians to the streets for… -
September 30, 2013
U-M professor Susan Murphy earns prestigious MacArthur Fellowship
A University of Michigan statistician who is poised to make a significant impact on the field of personalized medicine, an area of great activity in biomedical research, has been chosen as one of 24 “exceptionally creative individuals” by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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September 30, 2013
Accolades
Marina von Neumann Whitman, professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and professor of business administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, is among 19 women selected for induction into the 2013 class of the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame. A former General Motors vice president, she serves on university advisory… -
September 23, 2013
Regents approve renovation, name change of Ford Nuclear Reactor
As the university completes the last stage of decommissioning the Ford Nuclear Reactor, the Board of Regents Sept. 19 approved the building’s renovation. The renovation will accommodate the expansion needs of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences in the College of Engineering. The $11.4 million project includes a full renovation of the four-story,… -
September 23, 2013
Health Insurance Marketplace notices coming soon
Key reforms already enacted nationwide: • Coverage for young adults under age 26 • Elimination of lifetime limits on coverage • No co-pays for preventive services • Certain medications with no co-pay • New limits on Health Care Flexible Spending Account contributions Health care reform in the United States began with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable… -
September 23, 2013
Obituary
Marjorie Jackson University of Michigan School of Nursing Associate Professor Emerita Marjorie Jackson died Sept. 5 at the age of 92. Her family invites the public to a memorial service celebrating her life at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union, with a reception to follow. “We have lost… -
September 23, 2013
EPA administrator McCarthy headlines Michigan law conference
Gina McCarthy, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will give the keynote address at the University of Michigan Law School’s Environmental Law and Policy Program conference Thursday. Appointed by President Obama in 2009 as assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, McCarthy was confirmed as administrator of the agency in July…
