Campus News
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September 2, 2014
Higher ed briefs
News from other Michigan public universities and U-M peer institutions across the nation.
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September 2, 2014
U-M acquires papers of alumnus and activist Tom Hayden
Scholars of contemporary American history, social justice and political reform have a rich new resource to mine in the Tom Hayden Papers at the U-M Library.
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September 2, 2014
Bacon to talk on college sports in Hovey lecture
John U. Bacon, journalist, author and alumnus of the Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan, will deliver the 29th Graham Hovey lecture Friday.
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September 2, 2014
Schlissel inauguration: Schedule of events
A list of events planned for Sept. 5 in celebration of President Mark S. Schlissel’s inauguration.
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September 2, 2014
Past U-M inauguration speeches have focused on values, visions
A look at how presidents through the years have used their inaugurations to reinforce the values of the academy, challenge professors and students to address pressing global issues and share their visions for the institution’s future.
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September 2, 2014
Symposium: Sustaining the biomedical research enterprise
Inauguration day will begin with a symposium marking what is being described as one of the most hopeful and exciting times in biomedical discovery.
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September 2, 2014
Symposium: Privacy and identity in a hyperconnected society
The second symposium of inauguration day will focus on another important social issue: personal privacy.
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September 2, 2014
Inauguration events to mark installation of President Schlissel
Friday is inauguration day. With a ceremony steeped in tradition and symposia addressing some of the pressing issues facing higher education, Mark S. Schlissel will be officially installed as U-M’s 14th president.
• Schedule of events
• Tickets still available
• Watch it online
• Symposia to explore issues of biomedical research and personal privacy
• Passages from past inauguration speeches -
August 30, 2014
Schlissel tells new students, “We begin our Michigan journey together”
President Mark Schlissel told incoming students and their parents Friday that the Class of 2018 “will always have a very special place in my heart.”
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August 29, 2014
Obituary: Patricia Smith Yaeger
Patricia Smith Yaeger died of ovarian cancer July 25, 2014. A member of the University of Michigan Departments of English and Women’s Studies since 1990, Smith
Yaeger was named Henry Simmons Frieze Collegiate Professor in 2005.
