December 10, 2012
After moving to the United States more than 18 years ago, Rita Barvinok uses her interest in theater to keep closely connected to her Russian roots. “Some of my friends with little children and I wanted to keep the Russian language alive, and do something educational with our children,” says Barvinok, a system administrator in LSA Biology…
December 3, 2012
Spencer Smith, who graduated from U-M with highest distinction in April 2011, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship to study for a graduate degree in the United Kingdom. Smith of Washington, D.C., is the 16th U-M student to have been awarded a Marshall since the scholarship was founded in 1953. No more than 40 scholars…
December 3, 2012
As the likelihood of wintry weather increases, campus leaders would like to remind the community that the university’s severe-weather policy encourages all employees to make a reasonable effort to report to work as scheduled. In the event of severe weather: • Campus officials will attempt to keep the university open for classes and maintain regular…
December 3, 2012
2011 Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statements will be available in January by one of two delivery methods. An electronic version will be available Jan. 4 that will provide early access to information. On that day employees should receive an email with details on how to receive the form electronically in Wolverine Access. The form…
December 3, 2012
MHealthy recently announced the winners of its November Grand Prize Drawing. The recipients are: • Maria Bonn, University Library • Jacqueline Carpenter, Information and Technology Services • Chrisanta Grzadzinski, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital • Julia Huang, Transplant Center • Katy Mattingly, Division of Student Affairs • Deborah Skoll, UM-Dearborn Office of Academic Affairs “I take the spinning classes offered by…
December 3, 2012
Joseph Blotner Joseph Leo Blotner, a former U-M professor whose biography of William Faulkner set a new standard for a literary biography, died Nov. 16 in Oakland, Calif. As the editor of the Faulkner letters and then of all Faulkner’s novels for the Library of America, Blotner was the crucial expert of his era on…
December 3, 2012
There were mounds of snow in Bucharest, no place to park and stray dogs everywhere. But Fulbright Scholar E.J. Westlake, associate professor of theatre studies in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, navigated the strange terrain to bring insight about America to her Romanian students. She also gained knowledge to benefit U-M students.
In…
December 3, 2012
The U-M Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center will create a National Kidney Disease Registry to monitor kidney disease among America’s veterans. Kidney disease is common among veterans, considering their multiple risk factors such as older age, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. But kidney disease is recognized as a global health issue. The Kidney Disease Registry…
December 3, 2012
Although Ellen Rowe says she was born with perfect pitch, she continues to hone her skills with daily practice at the piano. Primarily self-taught as a child, her high school band director insisted that she take jazz piano lessons in order to play in the jazz ensemble at the school. Without the discipline imposed by…
