Campus News
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May 15, 2014
Launch Committees help assistant professors navigate first year
The ADVANCE Launch Committee Program helps new assistant professors in LSA and the College of Engineering learn their way around the U-M academic culture.
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May 14, 2014
80-year-old agave plant about to bloom at Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Some of us peak at 20. For one 80-plus-year-old American agave getting ready to bloom at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, adolescence is just beginning.
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May 14, 2014
Launch Committe members
2012-13 Launch Committee members (Departments in parentheses) Launch committee conveners (representing ADVANCE) Wayne Jones (College of Engineering), Jennifer Linderman (CoE), Noel Perkins (CoE), Kathy Spindler (Medical School) College of Engineering John Barker (AOSS), Mark Burns (Chem E), Daniel Ferris (Biomed), Scott Hollister (Biomed), John Kieffer (MSE), Jennifer Linderman (Chem E), Doug Noll (Biomed), Mike Solomon (Chem E), Shuichi Takayama (Biomed) LSA Wayne Aldridge (Psychology), Charles Brooks (Chemistry), Carol Fierke (Chemistry), Eitan Geva (Chemistry), Rich… -
May 13, 2014
2014 Michigan Road Scholars tour the state from the Soo to Detroit
Thirty U-M faculty and staff members from all three campuses recently traversed the state of Michigan on the 15th annual five-day Michigan Road Scholars initiative.
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May 12, 2014
Individual, team winners of President’s Staff Innovation Award named
An individual and team have been selected as the recipients of the second annual President’s Staff Innovation Award.
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May 8, 2014
U-M set to award funding for programs that transform education
The university is offering faculty and staff grants ranging from $100,000 to $3 million for programs that take engaged education to the next level.
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May 8, 2014
U-M a top graduate school for Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellows
The university ranks eighth nationwide on the Peace Corps’ list of top Paul D. Coverdell Fellows graduate schools this year, with 25 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers currently enrolled in the program.
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May 8, 2014
Bentley receives Mellon Foundation grant to aid digital archiving
The Bentley Historical Library has received a $355,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to partner with the U-M Library in developing a digital archives workflow.
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May 5, 2014
Dearborn professor creates lesson plans for South African schools
While other students on the UM-Dearborn campus may be studying for more traditional finals, Stein Brunvand’s students are finishing up multimedia lesson plans to address various needs in the South African K-12 school curriculum.
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May 5, 2014
Accolades
Awards and honors for U-M faculty and staff.
