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Posted 5/6/08
Educational partnerships and outreach at heart of center mission
With a designated location and the appointment of its founding director, the Center for Educational Outreach and Academic Success is beginning its work. An outcome of the Diversity Blueprints Task Force report of 2007, the center is charged with promoting and coordinating educational and community outreach and engagement activities, and strengthening partnerships between U-M and K-12 school systems and communities in the state. More> |
Posted 5/5/08
University to add 25 interdisciplinary junior faculty members
The University is moving forward with the hiring of 25 new junior faculty members, the initial phase of a five-year, $30 million initiative to add 100 tenure-track positions in areas that advance interdisciplinary teaching and research. President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Teresa Sullivan have approved funding for faculty positions in six cross-disciplinary areas, chosen from among 39 proposals submitted by academic units across campus. More> |
Posted 4/29/08
New dean for Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning
Monica Ponce de Leon, professor of architecture and director of the Digital Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, has been named dean of the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning (TCAUP). Her appointment, announced April 29 by President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Teresa Sullivan in review and discussion with the Board of Regents Personnel, Compensation and Governance Committee, will take effect Sept. 1 pending full board approval. More> |
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Posted 4/28/08
Diag commencement a first; Woodruff shares life lessons, hope
ABC News anchor and special correspondent Bob Woodruff, who was seriously injured while reporting from Iraq, drew upon his professional and personal experiences as he offered messages of hope to the graduating class of 2008. More> |
Posted 4/28/08
HealthSense: making sense of the national challenge
Setting the Scene
It is something we've heard about for many years: the cost of health care is going up at an alarming rate. But what do cost increases that more than double and threaten to triple inflation mean to our nation, to the University, to us? How did we get here and where do we go now? More> |
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10:54 AM May 28, 2008
