Campus News

  1. January 19, 2004

    Regents roundup

    Editor’s note The following actions were taken by the Board of Regents at its January meeting. New fitness area for IM Building Existing offices on the second floor of the Intramural Sports Building on Hoover Street, along with portions of locker rooms on the second and third floors, will be converted into a weight training…
  2. January 12, 2004

    Regents roundup

    Editor’s note: The following actions were taken by the Board of Regents at its December meeting. Elevators, fire alarms in Markley to be replaced Two elevators in Markley Hall will be replaced and the fire alarm system will be upgraded this summer. The elevators were installed when the building was erected in 1959 and require…
  3. December 15, 2003

    Police beat

    DPS continues extortion investigation Investigators with the Department of Public Safety (DPS) have been working with several other law enforcement agencies on a joint investigation of several reports of threatening telephone calls to U-M students and parents Dec. 2. DPS issued a crime alert Dec. 3 to warn the University community that two students had…
  4. November 24, 2003

    Police beat

    Crime alert issued for assault The Department of Public Safety (DPS) continues to seek information about an assault reported Oct. 28 near the Frieze Building on East Washington Street. The suspect reportedly jumped out from behind bushes around 6:15 p.m. and fondled a female student. She was able to break free and flee the area.…
  5. November 24, 2003

    Regents roundup

    Editor’s note: The following actions were taken by members of the Board of Regents at their November meeting. Locker room named The U-M football locker room was named the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Football Locker Room during a ceremony inside the newly renovated area on the east side of Michigan Stadium. The new…
  6. November 17, 2003

    Police beat

    Crime alert issued for assault The Department of Public Safety (DPS) continues to seek information about an assault reported Oct. 28 near the Frieze Building on East Washington Street. The suspect reportedly jumped out from behind bushes around 6:15 p.m. and fondled a female student. She was able to break free and flee the area.…
  7. October 20, 2003

    Obituary

    G. Brymer Williams G. Brymer Williams, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, died Sept. 19, less than a month short of his 90th birthday. He was associated with the U-M chemical engineering department for 68 years, longer than anybody else. Brymer was born in Denver, where he started studying chemical engineering, but transferred to U-M in…
  8. October 20, 2003

    Police beat

    DPS seeks witnesses Investigators in the Department of Public Safety (DPS) would like to talk with any witnesses or anyone who may have stopped to help an 18-year-old female who reported Oct. 5 that she had been pushed from behind by an unknown person. DPS issued a crime alert later that day to notify the…
  9. October 20, 2003

    Regents’ roundup

    Editor’s note: The following actions were taken by members of the Board of Regents at their October meeting. Central Campus planning President Mary Sue Coleman announced the launch of a Central Campus planning effort that will address facility issues and academic goals. Coleman said she has asked Provost Paul N. Courant, Chief Financial Officer Timothy…
  10. October 13, 2003

    Obituary

    G. Brymer Williams G. Brymer Williams, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, died Sept. 19, less than a month short of his 90th birthday. He was associated with the U-M chemical engineering department for 68 years, longer than anybody else. Brymer was born in Denver, where he started studying chemical engineering, but transferred to U-M in…