June 12, 2006
May 2006 crime map> Computers, artifacts taken from Frieze Three computers and 10 boxes of artifacts were reported stolen from three offices in the Frieze Building May 31. One of the office occupants told Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers she had locked her office door when she left the building the night before around…
June 12, 2006
Dr. Harold Francis Falls Dr. Harold Francis Falls, Brighton, an ophthalmologist who played an early and influential role in the field of medical genetics, died of congestive heart failure May 27 at age 96. Dr. Falls helped establish one of the first human genetics clinics in the nation and devoted his long career to building…
May 22, 2006
Phoenix Memorial Lab to be renovated The Michigan Memorial-Phoenix Laboratory (PML) will be renovated to create state-of-the-art research facilities for a broad range of energy-related initiatives in engineering and other sciences. The building was constructed in 1955 in honor of Michigan alumni who died during World War II, and was dedicated to providing research into…
May 22, 2006
April 2006 crime map> Robbery suspect arrested, crime alert canceled A 37-year-old Livingston County resident, currently in jail on parole violations, is a prime suspect in a March robbery on Church Street. Department of Public Safety (DPS) has canceled Crime Alert 2006-003 for the March 26 unarmed robbery in the 700 block of Church Street.…
May 8, 2006
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April 24, 2006
New name, renovations for Athletics building The Marie Dorothy Hartwig Women’s Athletic Offices Building will be re-named the Marie Dorothy Hartwig Administration Building following board approval. Additionally, the regents approved a $3.5 million renovation. The building, home to the Athletic Department ticket office, sits between Weidenbach Hall and the new Ross Academic Center. Jickling Lyman…
April 24, 2006
Police Beat appears monthly in the Record. Look for the next installment in the issue of May 22.
April 17, 2006
March 2006 crime map> Sunday robbery reported A female student reported she had been robbed on a Sunday afternoon in March as she walked along Church Street. On March 26, the student told campus police an unknown man approached her at about 1:45 p.m. The man demanded her cell phone and shoulder bag. The thief…
April 10, 2006
Police Beat appears monthly in the Record. Look for the next installment in the issue of April 17.
April 10, 2006
Dr. Ian Higgins Dr. Ian Thomas Twistington Higgins, professor emeritus of epidemiology, and environmental and industrial health, died March 26 at home in California. He was 87. (Photo courtesy Higgins Family) Higgins was an international expert in epidemiology of chronic respiratory diseases, cancer and other ailments stemming from occupational and environmental exposures, including cigarette smoking.…
