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December 10, 2007
Capital outlay request submitted to the state The University submitted in November its annual request and five-year plan to the State of Michigan for capital funding for three projects in Ann Arbor and one each at Flint and Dearborn. Capital outlay funding from the state usually provides two-thirds of the costs of a construction project.…
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December 3, 2007
Lab updates for Med Sci II Laboratory space for the Medical School‘s microbiology and immunology department will be modernized when the sixth level of the Medical Science Unit II building is renovated. Approximately 4,000 gross square feet of space, built 40 years ago, will receive state-of-the-art upgrades including infrastructure improvements. The Medical School will provide…
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November 19, 2007
Lab updates for Med Sci II Laboratory space for the Medical School‘s microbiology and immunology department will be modernized when the sixth level of the Medical Science Unit II building is renovated. Approximately 4,000 gross square feet of space, built 40 years ago, will receive state-of-the-art upgrades including infrastructure improvements. The Medical School will provide…
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November 19, 2007
October 2007 crime map > Reward offered A cash reward up to $500 is being offered by U-M for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals responsible for a series of vehicle break-ins and thefts. Since July the Department of Public Safety (DPS) received reports of break-ins of at least 22 U-M service…
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November 12, 2007
Elizabeth Sparks Adams Elizabeth (Betty) Sparks Adams, the first curator of the Michigan Historical Collections, died Oct. 11 in Waterford, Mich. She was 95. (Photo courtesy Adams Family) Adams graduated as valedictorian from Pontiac High School in 1930 and received a bachelor’s degree in 1934 from Eastern Michigan University. She then earned a master’s degree…
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October 29, 2007
Renovations at CCRB for kinesiology Two new classrooms on the third level of the Central Campus Recreation Building will be operational next fall after a 4,400-gross-square-foot renovation project is completed. As part of the project, the U-Move program will relocate from the second floor. Infrastructure upgrades, including extension of the building’s fire suppression system to…
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October 22, 2007
Joseph Veroff Joseph Veroff, a professor of psychology and research scientist at the Institute for Social Research (ISR), died Sept. 30 in Ann Arbor. He was 77. (Photo courtesy Veroff family) Veroff directed a landmark study tracing how American values, attitudes and behavior changed from 1957-76. His research provided some of the first empirical data…
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October 15, 2007
Joseph Veroff Joseph Veroff, a professor of psychology and research scientist at the Institute for Social Research (ISR), died Sept. 30 in Ann Arbor. He was 77. (Photo courtesy Veroff family) Veroff directed a landmark study tracing how American values, attitudes and behavior changed from 1957-76. His research provided some of the first empirical data…
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October 15, 2007
September 2007 crime map> Indecent exposure suspect arrested A 34-year-old citizen of Mexico was arraigned last week on multiple indecent exposure charges in connection with a series of incidents near the southern end of campus in early October. Martimiano Zuniga Salazar is being held in the Washtenaw County Jail on a no-bond immigration detainer. He…
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September 24, 2007
John S. King John S. King, professor emeritus of nuclear engineering, died Aug. 30 at his home in Ann Arbor following a two-year battle with lung cancer. He was 86. (Photo by Jens Zorn) A distinguished nuclear physicist, King’s reputation for innovation in neutron spectroscopy — a powerful tool for viewing the deepest structure of…
