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January 21, 2013
Obituaries
Design professor Shaun Jackson dies following Florida plane crash By Rick Fitzgerald Public Affairs Shaun Jackson, a professor of art and design who has received international acclaim for his work, died Jan. 15 from injuries sustained in a Florida plane crash. Jackson, 63, of Ann Arbor, was a passenger in a single-engine airplane that crashed… -
January 14, 2013
Speaker Robbins overcame adversity to become social justice leader
Steve Robbins, a Vietnamese immigrant who rose from poverty, discrimination and the tough streets of Los Angeles, will deliver the speech “Imagine the Possibilities. What if…” for the Business & Finance MLK Convocation. After emigrating from Vietnam to the United States when he was 5 years old, Robbins and his mother faced many challenges as… -
January 14, 2013
Lecture: Inequities, opportunities in health and pain care
Internationally known for research focusing on disparities in pain and health care, clinician variability in pain management decision-making, and developing policy and pain care disparities research agenda, Dr. Carmen R. Green will deliver a public lecture Jan. 21 as part of the 27th Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. Green is a practicing pain medicine physician… -
January 14, 2013
Old school: U-M in History
MLK at U-M
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January 14, 2013
Angela Davis to speak on ‘Impediments to the Dream’
Angela Davis • 2-4 p.m. Jan. 21 • Michigan Union Rogel Ballroom • Live streamed to the Union Pendleton Room, the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery, the Duderstadt Center Conference Room 1180, and the Detroit Center. Angela Davis, Distinguished Professor Emerita from the University of California, Santa Cruz, will speak about “Impediments to the Dream: The Prison Industrial Complex… -
January 14, 2013
Photo: Gabriel Kahane at the Arthur Miller Theatre
Called a rising star on the indie music scene, pianist, singer and composer Gabriel Kahane and his group yMusic perform songs from his latest indie-pop album, “Where are the Arms,” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 17 and 8 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Arthur Miller Theatre. The shows are presented by the University Musical Society. Photo… -
January 14, 2013
MLK Symposium honors ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
The theme "50 Years Later: (R)Evolution of the Dream" will guide the 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium this month, led by keynote speaker Morris Dees, co-founder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center. The symposium theme celebrates the 50th anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
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January 14, 2013
King speechwriter knew the man behind the legend
Before the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. entered the pantheon of transcendent world leaders, his lawyer knew a man with a great sense of humor, who struggled to stop smoking, and who had encyclopedic knowledge of the Old Testament and The King James Bible. “Dr. King preferred to be referred to as ‘A Minister of… -
January 14, 2013
MLK photo: Black and Blue
“Black and Blue: The Story of Gerald Ford, Willis Ward, and the 1934 Michigan-Georgia Tech Football Game” will show at 4 p.m. Jan. 23 in Annenberg Auditorium 1120, Weill Hall, at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The panel discussion and film screening will feature former Sen. Buzz Thomas (grandson of Willis Ward)… -
January 14, 2013
Mark West, expert on Japanese law, named 17th dean of Law School
Mark D. West, currently the associate dean for academic affairs at the Law School and a highly regarded scholar whose research focuses on the Japanese legal system, will be the 17th dean of the Law School beginning Sept. 1, pending approval by the Board of Regents.
