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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… -
January 14, 2013
27th MLK Symposium special section
For the most current MLK Symposium information go to www.mlksymposium.umich.edu. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. MLK Symposium honors ‘I Have a Dream’ speech > Keynote speaker Dees witnessed inequalities in rural South > Speaker Robbins overcame adversity to become social justice leader > Angela Davis to speak on… -
January 14, 2013
President’s Staff Innovation Award promotes better workplace
Cost-saving ideas, solutions for productivity and novel approaches to how university work is performed often come from staff members, and the new President’s Staff Innovation Award program will encourage and reward those efforts.
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January 14, 2013
UM-Dearborn prepares for 20th anniversary of MLK Day of Service
Students paint a classroom at Ann Visger Elementary School in River Rouge during Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service 2012. On the eve of UM-Dearborn’s first Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, a winter storm hit southeast Michigan. Twelve-inch snowdrifts covered the region. “We thought it might kill the effort,” said Helen Santiz,… -
January 14, 2013
Dissertation Writing Institute boosts doctorate completion
The Sweetland Center for Writing’s Dissertation Writing Institute, now in its 10th year, is helping to boost doctoral program completion rates of graduate students. Compared with national rates of 50-60 percent, Institute students complete at a rate of 88 percent.
