Campus News
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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 12, 2015
2015 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium
A rundown of stories in the Record’s special section about the 2015 MLK Symposium.
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January 12, 2015
University to survey campus climate regarding sexual misconduct
This week the university will launch a survey of students on the Ann Arbor campus to gauge the campus climate regarding sexual misconduct among students.
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January 12, 2015
Lawsuit over HathiTrust Digital Library resolved
The lawsuit brought by the Author’s Guild alleging copyright infringement by U-M and additional HathiTrust institutions came to a formal conclusion on Jan. 6.
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January 12, 2015
Active U’s 10th year starts Tuesday with tracking program
Thousands of campus community members will begin tracking their exercise minutes for Active U’s 10th anniversary beginning Tuesday, and there’s still time to sign up.
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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 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.