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August 11, 2003
Student arrested for computer crimes A 24-year-old graduate student was arraigned Aug. on 23 counts of computer crimes. Ning Ma is accused of unlawfully attaining the usernames and passwords of more than 60 U-M students and professors from August 2002 through April 2003, according to the complaint filed by the State Attorney General’s Office. He…
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July 21, 2003
Paul Pintrich Photo Courtesy School of Education Paul Pintrich, professor of education and psychology and chair of the Combined Program in Education and Psychology, died suddenly of a massive stroke at age 49, while on a bike tour. “He was dearly loved and greatly respected and admired by all his friends and colleagues within the…
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July 21, 2003
Sleep Disorders Center to double The Sleep Disorders Center (SDC) of the U-M Hospitals and Health Centers (UMHHC) will expand to an off-site location, doubling capacity from nine beds to 18. The SDC evaluates patients with known or suspected sleep disorders. Laboratory sleep studies are ordered when necessary. Currently, the center occupies a nine-bed unit…
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July 21, 2003
Crime alerts remain active The Department of Public Safety (DPS) issued three crime alerts within one month warning the University community about three serious incidents that were reported. A juvenile reported July 5 that he had been fondled by an unknown man on University property off West Liberty Avenue in Scio Township. In the second…
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June 30, 2003
Candace (Candy) Johnson Candace (Candy) Johnson, senior staff assistant in the Office of the Provost, died June 11 at age 50 in Ann Arbor, surrounded by family and friends. She suffered a heart attack several days prior to her death and was not able to overcome the complications. (Photo courtesy Office of the Provost) Johnson…
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June 30, 2003
Perry School addition moving forward The regents approved an addition to the newly renovated Perry School Building to house various research programs for the Institute for Social Research (ISR). The addition, which will (Image courtesy Plant Extension) be on the south side of the building, will include four occupied floors, a classroom and an atrium.…
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June 16, 2003
North campus shooting leaves one injured The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is searching for two males who reportedly approached a pedestrian on a North Campus sidewalk early June 9 and fired five shots, hitting him once. The 40-year-old victim was taken to the U-M Hospital and treated for a non-life-threatening injury. The shooting reportedly…
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June 2, 2003
Judith Allen Tarapchak Judith Allen Tarapchak, 63, died of cancer May 15 at Arbor Hospice in Ann Arbor. She was born March 7, 1940, in Toronto. She is survived by her parents, Nellie Allen (nee Rubin) and Joseph Allen (Bea); her sister and brother-in law, Dianne and Tony Houghton; her niece, Stephanie Earp; and her…
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May 19, 2003
Herbert Cornish, SPH professor emeritus Herbert Cornish, professor emeritus of environmental and industrial health at the School of Public Health (SPH), died April 25 at his home in Ypsilanti. He was 86. Cornish was born Sept. 22, 1916, in Fremont, Ohio, and he married Grace Heater in 1943. He received his undergraduate degrees in science…
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May 19, 2003
Regents view concepts for Law School additions Architect Renzo Piano presented planning concepts for additional classrooms, student support spaces and faculty offices for the Law School. The conceptual goals identified include adding a building for classrooms and offices at the southeast corner of the current complex to complete the quadrangle, and to reveal the south-side,…
