LSA
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January 22, 2024
It Happened at Michigan — Racing to win a historic title
Orval Wardel Johnson, a member of the U-M track team, faced All-American quarterback Pete Elliott in a bid to serve as president of the LSA Class of 1949.
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January 8, 2024
Obituary — John R. Knott
John Knott, 86, professor emeritus of English, died Jan. 2. At U-M, he developed a national reputation as a scholar of early modern literature.
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January 8, 2024
Obituary — Xiaohong Xu
Xiaohong Xu, assistant professor of sociology, died Dec. 12, 2023, at Angela Hospice near his home in Ann Arbor after a long struggle with cancer. He was 45 years old.
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December 13, 2023
$3M gift establishes John H. Mitchell Professorship in Entertainment
A $3 million gift, given by the Patricia W. Mitchell Trust, will establish the John H. Mitchell Professorship in Entertainment in LSA’s Department of Film, Television, and Media.
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November 27, 2023
Angela Dillard named first vice provost for undergraduate education
Angela D. Dillard, a longtime professor known for her dedication to undergraduate student success, has been appointed U-M’s inaugural vice provost for undergraduate education.
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November 17, 2023
Expanded new multidisciplinary program welcomes 13 fellows
U-M has welcomed 13 postdoctoral researchers as new Michigan Pioneer Fellows for a postdoctoral program that recruits and prepares early-career scientists for independent careers.
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November 14, 2023
Advisory committee named to assist search for next LSA dean
Provost Laurie K. McCauley has named a 19-member advisory committee to assist the search for the next dean of LSA to succeed Anne Curzan, who is not seeking another five-year term.
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November 13, 2023
LSA international studies graduate named 2024 Rhodes Scholar
LSA graduate Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos has been named a 2024 Rhodes Scholar, one of 32 Americans chosen to win scholarships to Oxford University.
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November 6, 2023
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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November 3, 2023
Five from U-M named American Physical Society fellows
Four physics researchers and one biophysicist from LSA have been elected to the American Physical Society, each from a different field within physics.