Campus News
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July 14, 2014
U-M Solar Car Team to defend title in race across Great Plains
Through Texas heat and tornado alley, the U-M Solar Car Team hopes to bring back its fifth consecutive trophy in the American Solar Challenge, which starts Sunday.
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July 14, 2014
Mechanical engineering students take on book scanning challenge
Students in the Mechanical Engineering 450 class are taking on the challenge of creating a low-cost, automatic page-turning scanner to aid small libraries and cultural organizations seeking to preserve local collections.
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July 8, 2014
A peek inside the President’s House renovations
When the university gets a new president, the official residence often undergoes changes as well. That is the case this summer as U-M prepares for the retirement of Mary Sue Coleman and the arrival of Mark Schlissel. Crews have been working since April on a variety of repairs and renovations to the President’s House, 815… -
July 3, 2014
Repair project to close some spaces in Thompson Street structure
A project to repair the Thompson Street Parking Structure roof deck and install roof deck coating, and complete work on Level 1, starts Monday and runs through August.
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July 2, 2014
Should professors engage in public and political debate?
Andrew Hoffman, director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, shares his insights on boosting the role of faculty in public debate over controversial topics.
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July 2, 2014
Staff representative elected to UMPD Oversight Comittee
Linda Randolph, senior computing consultant in the College of the Engineering, has been elected to the Police Department Oversight Committee for a two-year term.
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July 1, 2014
Six U-M projects granted funding through Global Midwest initiative
Six U-M projects have been granted seed funding through The Global Midwest initiative of Humanities Without Walls.
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July 1, 2014
Charles Watkinson to lead university’s publishing enterprise
Charles Watkinson has been named to the position of associate university librarian for publishing and director of the University of Michigan Press.
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July 1, 2014
Symposia, ceremony, celebration to highlight Schlissel inauguration
Inauguration day, Sept. 5, for President-elect Mark Schlissel will start with symposia on biomedical research and privacy at Blau Auditorium and end with a community welcome reception on Ingalls Mall.
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July 1, 2014
Mary A. Rackham Institute brings together three centers
The Mary A. Rackham Institute at U-M brings together the University Center for the Child and Family, University Center for Language and Literacy, and Psychological Clinic.
