Campus News
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January 12, 2015
Nelson Mandela’s grandson to address ‘the power of one’
Even as a young man, Ndaba Mandela carries countless memories with him. His grandfather, international icon Nelson Mandela, is central to many of them. The younger Mandela will deliver the 2015 William K. McInally Memorial Lecture Jan. 19.
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January 12, 2015
Poetic storytelling to focus on diversity, inclusion, social justice
As part of the U-M’s 29th celebration of the annual MLK Symposium, the School of Education will host First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community for its inaugural performance at U-M.
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January 12, 2015
Marie Chisholm-Burns to discuss health disparities in MLK lecture
Addressing issues of health care access and equity will be the subject of the 25th Annual Health Sciences MLK Day Lecture from noon-1:30 p.m. Jan. 19. It will be presented by Marie Chisholm-Burns, dean and professor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, and professor of surgery in the College of Medicine.
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January 12, 2015
Wahl to follow unity theme at Business & Finance Convocation
Business strategist Erik Wahl will speak before the 2015 Business & Finance Convocation on “Embracing the Art of Change” as part of the 2015 Rev. Martin Luther King Symposium. The talk is at 1-3 p.m. Jan 19 at Rackham Auditorium.
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January 9, 2015
New Procurement SPG offers more flexibility and protection
A new Standard Practice Guide on university procurement includes an increased bid limit, a defined signature authority system, and measures to manage institutional risk.
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January 9, 2015
Political scientist Philip Converse dies at 86
Philip E. Converse, an authority on public opinion and electoral behavior and a U-M professor emeritus of sociology and political science, died Dec. 30, 2014, in Ann Arbor. He was 86.
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January 9, 2015
Obituary: Hansford White ‘Bill’ Farris
Hansford White “Bill” Farris, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan, died Dec. 7, 2014, in Gainesville, Florida. He was 95.
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January 9, 2015
Obituary: Victor M. Hawthorne
Victor M. Hawthorne, professor emeritus of epidemiology in the University of Michigan School of Public Health and in the Department of Family Practice in the School of Medicine, died in Lansing, Michigan, on Nov. 23, 2014, of heart failure. He was 93.
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January 8, 2015
UMTRI celebrating 50 years of transportation research excellence
The U-M Transportation Research Institute is celebrating a half-century of making transportation safe and carrying out research that has had an impact on the lives of road users around the world.
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January 8, 2015
Campuswide design charette to brainstorm Ebola solutions
Designers, heath care researchers and African scholars at U-M will work in teams this month to generate creative responses to the ongoing Ebola crisis in West Africa.
