August 12, 2002
Regula Herzog, a U-M psychology professor and researcher who was awarded the U-M Distinguished Research Scientist Award this year, died in her sleep July 28. She was 61. She was a senior research scientist at the Institute for Gerontology and the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research. She also was an adjunct…
July 22, 2002
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Suspect found at gas station An 18-year-old Ann Arbor man matching the description of a suspect in a July 4 assault near the School of Education Building (SEB) was arrested after an off-duty Department of Public Safety (DPS) officer spotted him two hours later in an Ann Arbor gas…
July 22, 2002
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the regents at their July meeting. By Diane Brown, Facilities and Operations, and Laura Lessnau, News and Information Services New radiology area creation approved The regents approved a Hospitals and Health Centers (HHC) project that will create a new radiology area to provide interventional diagnostic and therapeutic…
July 1, 2002
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the regents at their June meeting. By Wono Lee, News and Information Services, and Diane Brown, Facilities and Operations Coleman receives two appointments Regents approved faculty appointments for President-Elect Mary Sue Coleman but have yet to finalize her contract with the University. Coleman has been appointed professor…
July 1, 2002
Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Douvan Elizabeth Douvan, a social psychologist who tracked the mid-century changes in the American psyche through national surveys, died June 15 at her home after a long illness. She was 76. Her pioneering research on the social and psychological condition of Americans before and after the 1960s painted an intriguing portrait of shifts…
June 17, 2002
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Three crime alerts issued The Department of Public Safety (DPS) issued three crime alerts in May—an attempted strong arm robbery in a Northwood parking lot May 21, a home invasion in Markley Hall May 25 and a larceny at the Central Campus Recreation Building (CCRB) May 25. Around midnight…
June 3, 2002
Editor’s Note: The following items were taken up by the regents at their May 16 meeting. Facilities items listed in the May 20 issue were from the April regents’ meeting. New elevators for Med Inn Two guest elevators in the Med Inn Building will be replaced at a projected cost of $1.1 million. The Med…
June 3, 2002
Richard ‘Andy’ Andrews A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. today (June 3) at the Business School’s Hale Auditorium for Richard W. (Andy) Andrews, associate professor of statistics, who died of a heart attack May 29 in Brazil. He was 61. Andrews, who had taught at the Business School since 1974, was also…
May 20, 2002
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Assault in a family housing unit A 22-year-old man was arrested April 15 after allegedly kidnapping his former girlfriend from an Eastern Michigan University building, forcing her to drive to a U-M apartment on North Campus that was leased by a family member and assaulting her. Neither the man…
May 20, 2002
By Wono Lee, News and Information Services and Diane Brown, Facilities and Operations Administrative appointments Administrative appointments approved by the regents at their May 16 meeting included: Henry I. Mosberg, professor of medicinal chemistry, was reappointed as associate dean for research and graduate education at the College of Pharmacy, effective April 1, 2002–June 30, 2005.…
