April 6, 2009
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April 6, 2009
Sidney Fine Sidney Fine, a retired Department of History chairman who once joked that every year he had to talk “a little faster” to keep his late 20th-century history class current, died March 31. At his retirement in 2001, Fine’s 53 years at U-M were credited as representing the longest active teaching career at the…
March 30, 2009
Police Beat is a monthly feature. The next publication will be April 13.
March 30, 2009
Frederick Haddock Frederick Haddock, an astronomy professor and former director of the Radio Astronomy Observatory, died Feb. 20 at his home in Ann Arbor of lung cancer. He was 89. (Photo courtesy Haddock Family) Haddock was born in Independence, Mo., in 1919. He spent his childhood and teen years in Tulsa, Okla. He studied physics…
March 23, 2009
Police Beat is a monthly feature. The next publication will be April 13.
March 23, 2009
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its March 19 meeting. Regents set meeting schedule Regents established a meeting schedule for 2010. They will meet Jan. 21, Feb. 18, March 18, April 15, May 20 (UM-Dearborn), June 17, July 15, Sept. 16, Oct. 28 (UM-Flint), Nov. 18 and Dec. 16. The…
March 23, 2009
Matthew Hilton-Watson UM-Flint Associate Professor Matthew Hilton-Watson died unexpectedly March 16 doing what he loved — teaching students. Hilton-Watson was an associate professor of foreign languages and chair of the Department of Foreign Languages as well as director of the International and Global Studies Program. He was heavily involved in the Honors Program, working with…
March 16, 2009
February crime map > Police warn North Campus about thefts from vehicles The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is alerting students, staff, faculty and residents of North Campus that several thefts from vehicles recently have been reported. In all cases, global positioning systems and other small electronic devices had been left in view, then side…
March 16, 2009
Merla Wolk Merla Wolk, a senior lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature, died Feb. 10. Wolk received her doctorate in English from Wayne State University in 1981. She joined U-M as a lecturer in 1986 and continued to teach until shortly before her death. In 2002 she was awarded the distinction of…
March 9, 2009
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