Campus News

  1. January 17, 2011

    Police Beat

    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…
  2. January 10, 2011

    Obituaries

    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…
  3. January 10, 2011

    Regents roundup

    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…
  4. December 13, 2010

    Police Beat

    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…
  5. November 22, 2010

    Regents Roundup

    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…
  6. November 15, 2010

    Obituaries

    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…
  7. November 15, 2010

    Police Beat

    October crime map > Student slapped at football game A student told police Oct. 9 that she had been slapped twice on the buttocks by an unknown male while attending a football game. A 19-year-old student was identified as the suspect. The investigation has been submitted to the county prosecutor’s office for review. Patient reported…
  8. October 18, 2010

    Obituaries

    Wayne Hazen Wayne Hazen, professor emeritus of physics, died Aug. 30 at the age of 96. Photo by Jens Zorn. A native of Michigan, he received his Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1936 and his doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley in 1941 in cosmic ray physics…
  9. October 18, 2010

    Police Beat

    September 2010 crime map > Information still sought in unarmed robbery at Hatcher Library A student told police Sept. 13 that she had been pushed down a flight of stairs inside the Hatcher Graduate Library at about 6:45 p.m. As she attempted to recover from the fall, the suspect jumped down, stole her iPhone and…
  10. October 18, 2010

    Regents Roundup

    The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Oct. 14 meeting. Regents praise Coleman’s performance Regent Andrew Richner shared highlights of President Mary Sue Coleman’s annual review by the Personnel, Compensation and Governance Committee. Richner said Coleman had an outstanding year, and outlined her many accomplishments including keeping tuition rates low,…