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January 21, 2013
Design professor Shaun Jackson dies following Florida plane crash By Rick Fitzgerald Public Affairs Shaun Jackson, a professor of art and design who has received international acclaim for his work, died Jan. 15 from injuries sustained in a Florida plane crash. Jackson, 63, of Ann Arbor, was a passenger in a single-engine airplane that crashed…
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January 21, 2013
December 2012 crime map > Police investigating sexual assault at West Quad University police continue to investigate a report of a sexual assault from Jan. 13 at West Quad residence hall. Video images were released the next day in an effort to identify the male subject. They can be viewed on the U-M police website…
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January 14, 2013
Hanes Walton Jr. Hanes Walton Jr., a professor of political science known for his research, humor and dedication to students, died Jan. 7 at age 72. Colleagues and former students fondly remembered the scholar for his positive influence through his teaching and advising, as well as his contributions to political science. “Professor Walton also was…
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January 14, 2013
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Dec. 13 meeting. Regents cancel formal session for January The Board of Regents has canceled its Jan. 17 formal session in Ann Arbor and will instead meet in a two-day strategic session Jan. 17-18. The special informal session will take place in Los…
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December 10, 2012
Attempted home invasion Crime Alert #18 canceled University police have determined that the Nov. 12 report of an attempted home invasion likely was the result an unknown subject opening the wrong apartment door at Northwood. They concluded that no crime was committed at the apartment in the 1900 block of McIntyre, and the crime alert…
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December 3, 2012
Joseph Blotner Joseph Leo Blotner, a former U-M professor whose biography of William Faulkner set a new standard for a literary biography, died Nov. 16 in Oakland, Calif. As the editor of the Faulkner letters and then of all Faulkner’s novels for the Library of America, Blotner was the crucial expert of his era on…
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November 19, 2012
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Nov. 15 meeting. Addition and renovations planned for School of Music, Theatre & Dance A $23.27 million dollar project is planned that will create an approximately 21,000-gross-square foot addition to the Earl V. Moore Building. The addition will house a new rehearsal hall,…
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November 19, 2012
October 2012 crimemap > Two assaults on Oct. 20 Two separate aggravated assaults reportedly occurred Oct. 20, resulting in emergency room visits for each victim. Around 2 a.m., a university police officer observed a fight near Washtenaw Avenue and South University. As the officer exited his vehicle, he observed one of the fighters unexpectedly strike…
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October 22, 2012
Dr. Walter Loesche Dr. Walter Loesche, one of the world’s authorities on caries and periodontal disease, and a former Marcus L. Ward Professor of Dentistry in the Department of Biologic Materials Sciences at the School of Dentistry, died Oct. 14. He was 77. Loesche A School of Dentistry faculty member from 1969 until his retirement…
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October 22, 2012
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Oct. 19 meeting. Regents cancel formal session for January Regent Denise Ilitch announced that in place of the formal Board of Regents meeting in January, the board will instead meet for an extended informal session Jan. 17-18, 2013. Those sessions, she said, are…
