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February 14, 2011
Kendrick Kelley Kendrick Matthew Kelley, a lecturer in the Sweetland Center for Writing and Lloyd Hall Scholars Program who was beloved by his students and faculty colleagues, died Feb. 7 after collapsing in the Rackham Building. Kelley Kelley, 41, of Ann Arbor collapsed about 2:35 p.m. after dismissing a graduate class, said Diane Brown, public…
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February 14, 2011
January 2011 crime map > Vehicle passengers assault pedestrians Two sets of pedestrians told police Jan. 29 that passengers in a minivan had assaulted them with projectiles. No one reportedly sought medical treatment. One pedestrian, at the corner of South State Street and South University Avenue, reported to university police that he was struck in…
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January 24, 2011
A.W. Brian Simpson A.W. Brian Simpson, a Michigan Law professor who was recognized around the world as one of the leading academic lawyers of his generation, died at his home in England Jan. 10 at the age of 79. Simpson’s scholarly interests included the historical development of law and legal institutions, legal philosophy, the European…
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January 24, 2011
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Jan. 20 meeting. Capital outlay request submitted to the State In December the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses each submitted annual requests for capital funding and a five-year capital plan to the State of Michigan. When capital outlay funding is made available…
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January 17, 2011
December 2010 crime map > Student reports sexual assault A student told university police Dec. 13 that she had been sexually assaulted earlier that morning in an East Quad room. She said that as she walked across campus from an off-campus party, she encountered a classmate, who she said forced her into the residence hall…
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January 10, 2011
Ralph Baldwin Ralph Belknap Baldwin, who taught astronomy at U-M, died Oct. 23 at age 98. Born on June 6, 1912, he graduated from U-M with a Bachelor of Science in 1934, a Master of Science in 1935 and a doctorate in astronomy (physics) in 1937. He taught astronomy at U-M, Pennsylvania and Northwestern. Baldwin…
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January 10, 2011
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Dec. 17 meeting. G. G. Brown addition design approved The regents approved the proposed design for an approximately 62,500-gross-square-foot addition to the George Granger Brown Memorial Laboratories building to support the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s research endeavors in bio-systems, energy and nano-systems. The…
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December 13, 2010
November 2010 crime map > Off-campus shooting injures student A U-M student was treated and released from the U-M Emergency Department for a gunshot wound he sustained at a house party in the 1400 block of State Street just after midnight Dec. 5. Another person at the party also sustained a gunshot wound and was…
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November 22, 2010
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Nov. 18 meeting. Renovations planned at Modern Languages Building LSA will renovate approximately 24,000 gross square feet on the basement and second levels of the Modern Languages Building to house its Instructional Support Services Media Center, currently in leased space, and the Department…
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November 15, 2010
Shirley Verrett Shirley Verrett, the James Earl Jones Distinguished University Professor of Voice at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, died Nov. 5 in Ann Arbor at the age of 79. “She was one of America’s greatest opera singers,” George Shirley, professor emeritus of voice and longtime friend and colleague, told the Detroit Free…
