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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 21, 2013
Two-week international program showcases academic, organized dentistry
For many, it was their first trip thousands of miles from their home country to the U.S. It was an experience they will never forget. They were impressed with what they saw, what they experienced, and those they talked to, not only at the School of Dentistry, but elsewhere across Michigan. The school recently hosted… -
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.
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January 14, 2013
Taylor to talk on race, poverty and access to food in America
Dorceta Taylor, a professor of Environmental Justice at the School of Natural Resources and Environment, is delivering the school’s annual MLK Lecture Jan. 21. Taylor is an award-winning author on the subject of race and the environment. She is founder and director of the Multicultural Environmental Leadership Development Initiative, a research unit within SNRE that…
