Campus News

  1. July 23, 2012

    Regents Roundup

    The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its June 21 meeting. ANN ARBOR CAMPUS Faculty appointments and promotions with tenure Silas D. Alben, associate professor of mathematics, LSA, effective Sept. 1. Irina Aristarkhova, associate professor of art and design, School of Art & Design, effective Sept. 1. Julie E. Boland, transfer…
  2. July 23, 2012

    Obituary

    Dr. Gerald Charbeneau Dr. Gerald Charbeneau, who chaired the School of Dentistry’s Department of Operative Dentistry from 1969-86, died July 2. He was 86 years old. Charbeneau earned his dental degree from the School of Dentistry in 1948 and received a master’s degree in pediatric dentistry in 1949. That year he also went into part-time…
  3. July 23, 2012

    Police Beat

    June 2012 crime map > Patient assaults staff members A University Hospital patient suddenly became physically disruptive and assaulted two staff members on June 28. A technician sought medical evaluation for her injuries. The investigation is continuing. Student reported sexual assault A student reported June 28 that she had been sexually assaulted the previous night…
  4. June 25, 2012

    Regents Roundup

    The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its June 21 meeting. Deitch to chair Board of Regents; Fischer Newman named vice chair Regent Laurence Deitch will serve as the next chair of the Board of Regents for a one-year term beginning July 1. Regent Andrea Fischer Newman was named vice chair…
  5. June 25, 2012

    Obituary

    Joyce (Johnson) Bonk Joyce (Johnson) Bonk, former assistant curator of books at the William L. Clements Library, died June 9 in Ann Arbor, in the care of the staff at Huron Woods — a memory support assisted living community at St. Joseph Mercy — and Arbor Hospice. She was born in Dovray, Minn., on March…
  6. June 25, 2012

    Police Beat

    May 2012 crime map > Student robbed on East University A student told university police May 26 he had been robbed around 3 a.m. while walking along East University Avenue near the School of Social Work. Two men reportedly had approached him from behind, when one of them shoved the student to the ground and…
  7. June 11, 2012

    Obituary

    Dr. James Rogers Hayward World-renowned oral surgeon Dr. James Rogers Hayward died May 20 in Naples, Fla. He was 91. During a distinguished career at the School of Dentistry and the Medical School, Hayward trained 83 residents in oral surgery and was known as an extraordinarily gifted surgeon who demanded knowledge, preparation, and excellence in…
  8. May 21, 2012

    Obituary

    William C. Parkinson William C. Parkinson, professor emeritus of physics, died March 19 at the age of 94. A native of Ontario, Canada, Parkinson earned his collegiate degrees at U-M, his Bachelor of Science in 1940, Master of Science in 1941, and a Ph.D. in 1948 as a student of Physics Professor H.R. Crane. He…
  9. May 21, 2012

    Police Beat

    April 2012 crime map > Two charged with robbery Two subjects have been charged with three felonies in connection with an unarmed robbery near Cram Circle in early April. Both campus visitors, the two have been arraigned on charges of unarmed robbery, felonious assault with a motor vehicle and possession of drugs with intent to…
  10. May 21, 2012

    Regents roundup

    The Board of Regents approved the following items at its May 17 meeting. New Survival Flight hangar planned The Board of Regents approved a 20-year lease in a new building being constructed by the Livingston County Emergency Medical Services department at the Livingston County Spencer J. Hardy Airport. The move from the currently leased space…