Campus News
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January 12, 2015
REMINDER: Payroll office urges use of electronic W-2 forms
Employees who have not already done so are asked to visit Wolverine Access no later than Jan. 23 to consent to receive an electronic PDF copy of their 2014 W-2 instead of an identical mailed copy.
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January 12, 2015
Annual MLK Symposium focuses on building unity
The theme “Unity: Not Uniformity” guides the 29th annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, which opened this month and runs through Feb. 26 on the U-M campuses.
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January 12, 2015
BET News host, author Hill to present MLK keynote message
From activist to author to TV host, Marc Lamont Hill has established a national reputation as a leading intellectual voice focused on the intersections of culture, politics and education. He will deliver the MLK Symposium keynote address Jan. 19.
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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 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 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 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.
