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October 1, 2012
U-M group receives $13.6M grant to study breast cancer
As more breast cancers are diagnosed at an earlier stage, patients and doctors are faced with a growing challenge: How to effectively treat the cancer without overtreating the patient and causing unnecessary side effects and decreased quality of life. A new $13.6 million program award from the National Cancer Institute awarded to a national team… -
September 24, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
Residence hall life
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September 24, 2012
Regents laud Coleman for leading in difficult times
President Mary Sue Coleman was lauded for leading the university during economically challenging times during her annual review at the Sept. 20 Board of Regents meeting. “Clearly the president did an outstanding job in troubled times,” Regent S. Martin Taylor said. “We need to do nothing more than open newspapers and see U-M is leading… -
September 24, 2012
Gift to transform U-M’s School of Art and Design
As a symbol of gratitude and recognition of the vision of Penny and E. Roe Stamps, the Board of Regents approved Sept. 20 the renaming of the art-and-design school to the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
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September 24, 2012
Regents Roundup
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Sept. 20 meeting. Regents authorize sale of property The Board of Regents authorized the sale of the university-owned house at 1019 Ferdon Road in Ann Arbor. The property was listed at $529,000. A purchase price has been set at $530,000 and the sale will… -
September 24, 2012
South Quad approved for renovation work
The Board of Regents Sept. 20 approved renovation to create a new dining center in South Quadrangle, as well as improvements to student bathrooms and community spaces in the residence hall.
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September 24, 2012
Dow Sustainability Fellows nominees sought
The U-M Dow Sustainability Fellows Program — a new, multi-faceted, $10 million program designed to foster future sustainability leaders — officially kicks off this fall with schools and colleges across the university nominating master’s and professional-degree students for the program. “This innovative program will support nearly 300 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in their sustainability-focused… -
September 24, 2012
Alumni speakers, art propel Rackham Centennial celebration
The yearlong Rackham Graduate School centennial celebration picks up in October with a distinguished alumni lecture series and exhibit of the creative work of recent Master of Fine Arts alumni.
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September 24, 2012
Don’t miss: Films, lectures set stage for conference
A series of free lectures and films offered through October aim to provide historical context for the national conference “A New Insurgency: The Port Huron Statement in its Time and Ours,” Oct. 3-Nov. 2 at U-M. The Port Huron Statement, drafted by Tom Hayden, former editor of the Michigan Daily and a civil rights activist,… -
September 24, 2012
Coleman part of panel discussion of higher ed issues
Can the next U.S. president make public universities more affordable — and can the federal government do anything to support crucial research that takes place in these institutions? Yes, said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, U-M President Mary Sue Coleman and Carnegie Corp. President Vartan Gregorian in a panel co-presented by UCLA Sept. 19 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
