-
January 7, 2008
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Dec. 13 meeting. 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…
-
January 7, 2008
Theodore Parker Theodore “Ted” Parker, a former union steward and maintenance employee at U-M, died Dec. 6. He was 74. Parker was born May 11, 1933, in Harrisburg, Pa., the son of Theodore and Pansy Parker. He served in the military and in 1953 graduated from Ann Arbor High School, where he met June, whom…
-
December 10, 2007
November 2007 crime map > Police seek visitor for questioning Officers with the Department of Public Safety (DPS) want to talk with a campus visitor about thefts from two Mary Markley Hall rooms in November. The man, described as a black male, approximately 18 years old, 6 feet tall and about 200 pounds, who was…
-
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.…
-
December 10, 2007
Robert Flora Former U-M Athletic Facilities Director Robert Flora died Dec. 4 in a car accident near St. Ignace, Mich., family members say. Flora, 92, was a resident of Wildwood Shores, near Brevort, Mich. Flora was born Nov. 23, 1915, in Muskegon, Mich. He was a World War II veteran, serving from 1942-45. He graduated…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
