January 14, 2013
With focus on Latino civil rights, activist Christine Chávez will be the keynote speaker for the MLK Symposium kickoff event at Rackham Graduate School. The talk “Influence of Latinos in American Culture & Politics: The Legacy of César Chávez and the Evolution of Martin Luther King’s Dream” will include a panel discussion of experts on…
January 14, 2013
Hanes Walton Jr. Hanes Walton Jr., a professor of political science known for his research, humor and dedication to students, died Jan. 7 at age 72. Colleagues and former students fondly remembered the scholar for his positive influence through his teaching and advising, as well as his contributions to political science. “Professor Walton also was…
January 14, 2013
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Dec. 13 meeting. Regents cancel formal session for January The Board of Regents has canceled its Jan. 17 formal session in Ann Arbor and will instead meet in a two-day strategic session Jan. 17-18. The special informal session will take place in Los…
January 14, 2013
More online • Download the free app for an iPhone or iPad, search for “PictureIt: EP” at iTunes > • Learn more about the Pauline Epistles >• View photos of the Michigan leaves in the Advanced Papyrological Information System database. Select APIS, then Search APIS, and enter 6238 in the search field > • Watch…
January 14, 2013
The Angell Hall computing center will get its first significant upgrade since it was opened in 1988 after the Board of Regents last month approved a renovation project. The $4.4 million renovation will update approximately 32,000 gross square feet of space to expand the computing site and provide new furniture, improve accessibility, refurbish the computer…
January 14, 2013
A few weeks ago, Natalie Condon watched as a bat went from specimen to object of display for the Museum of Zoology, filming the whole time. She watched as a museum research assistant disassembled the bat skeleton, cleaned it out and reassembled it; she turned the footage into a time-lapse film. As a videographer for…
January 14, 2013
Qur’an scholar Carl Ernst of the University of North Carolina offers a non-theological way to read the Qur’an from a literary and historical perspective in the lecture “How to Read the Qur’an.” It is presented at 4 p.m. Jan. 22 at the International Institute in the School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. The talk…
January 14, 2013
More online Check out the revamped ADW, which was redesigned by U-M’s Michigan Creative > U-M biologist Philip Myers was preparing to teach a new animal diversity course for nonmajors, but he couldn’t find a textbook that contained the right mix: detailed information about individual species, lots of photos, and material about ecology and conservation.…
January 14, 2013
Climate warming unlikely to cause near-term extinction of ancient Amazon trees A new genetic analysis has revealed that many Amazon tree species are likely to survive human-caused climate warming in the coming century, contrary to previous findings that temperature increases would cause them to die out. However, the authors of the new study warn that…
January 14, 2013
Morris Dees says that after picking cotton with poor blacks as a southern youth in the 1945s and 50s, he could not shun his friends when he became a lawyer. “I could see my black friends as people and could not become part of a system that berated them,” he says. Dees, who co-founded the…
