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Mardigian Library makes its 'Case'

U-M-Dearborn is hosting the exhibit "A Case About Diversity: The Affirmative Action Lawsuits at the University of Michigan" through Sept. 27 in the Mardigian Library.

"A Case About Diversity" is based on the award-winning exhibit "Views and Voices," which was on display on the Ann Arbor campus following the historic U.S. Supreme Court decisions in two affirmative action lawsuits brought against the University.

To coincide with the exhibit, Marvin Krislov, U-M vice president and general counsel, will present a discussion on the cases 1-2 p.m. Sept. 15 in Room 1210 of the library.

For more information, call (313) 593-5562.

Party to celebrate re-opening of vital Ann Arbor thoroughfare

The City of Ann Arbor will host a community celebration 6-8 p.m. Sept. 17 to celebrate the completion of the Broadway bridges reconstruction project.

The 18-month reconstruction of the Broadway bridges will conclude with a community celebration Sept. 17. (Photo by Jessica Murphy)

The event will take place at the top of Broadway Park on the sidewalk south of the bridges. There will be food, music, commemorative gifts and a short dedication/recognition ceremony at 7 p.m. The party marks the end of an 18-month, $31.2 million project.

The first bridge over the Huron River was built in 1916, and the bridge over the railroad tracks was completed in 1928. The last renovation came in 1966.

The celebration location will offer a panoramic view of the two Broadway bridges—one that spans the Huron River and a second that arches over Depot Street and the railroad tracks.

More information and photos on the history and current status of the Broadway bridges reconstruction project are available at http://www.broadwaybridges.org/ and at http://www.a2gov.org.

Open house to focus on spinal cord injuries and obesity

About 60 percent of the spinal cord injury patients seen by Dr. David Gater, director of spinal cord injury medicine at the Health System, are obese—double the national rate of obesity among the general population.

To showcase the accessible exercise equipment and tests designed to assess the fitness of people with spinal cord injury, Gater's lab will host an open house 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System.

Gater's lab includes a wheelchair ergometer that allows a person to propel a wheelchair over rollers. It also features weight machines with wheelchair access, equipment to measure oxygen consumption to determine how many calories a person burns, an underwater weighing tank and a special capsule that more accurately measures body fat on a person with spinal cord injury.

For more information about the open house, call (734) 769-7100, ext. 6303.