July 14, 2008
June 2008 crime map > y Infant’s mother arrested A 21-year-old mother of a 6-week-old infant was observed June 7 in C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital smothering the infant with a pillow for more than a minute. The woman was arrested and has been charged with attempted murder and first-degree child abuse. The infant was taken…
June 23, 2008
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June 23, 2008
Medical School plans renovations for leased property The Medical School received approval to renovate approximately 30,000 square feet leased at the KMS Building on South State Street in Ann Arbor. The $1.6 million project, funded by the Medical School, will improve the layout and efficiency of its Faculty Group Practice billing unit and is expected…
June 23, 2008
View 2008 crime map > Sexual assault reported near Rackham A 41-year-old Ann Arbor woman flagged down a Department of Public Safety (DPS) officer May 17 and reported she was assaulted in a car by an unknown man. The police officer had observed the woman exiting an older model, two-door white car on Huron Street…
June 9, 2008
Walter Clark Jr. Walter Clark Jr., associate professor emeritus of English Language and Literature at LSA, died May 11 in Hancock, N. H., where he had built a house and retired in 1993. He was born Oct. 6, 1931, in Pittsfield, Mass., the son of Walter and Ruth O’Brien Clark. The family spent parts of…
June 9, 2008
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May 27, 2008
Arthur Burks Computer science and philosophy professor Arthur Burks, whose late-1940s work on the logic of computer programming helped to lay the foundation for the digital age, died May 14 in Ann Arbor. He was 92. Burks, an active faculty member for 40 years, also was one of the principal engineers of the first general…
May 27, 2008
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May 12, 2008
Dr. David Kurnit Dr. David Kurnit, former professor of pediatrics, died Jan. 30 at the age of 60. He was born Dec. 24, 1947, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Victor and Helen (Oxhandler) Kurnit. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree, Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Brooklyn College and his M.D.…
May 12, 2008
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its May 15 meeting. New engineering learning center planned The first floor of the Engineering Programs Building will receive renovations to create two new learning laboratory spaces for the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Civil Engineering programs. Slated for completion in…
