Planet Mercury as seen from the MESSENGER spacecraft in 2008. The solar wind sandblasts the surface of planet Mercury at its poles, according to new data from a U-M instrument on board NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft. The findings are published in the Sept. 30 edition of Science. Image courtesy NASA.
Hybrid buses, solar panels on North Campus, funding for students to find ways to conserve resources: In a broad, green stroke across campus, U-M will invest $14 million in new commitments announced Sept. 27 to achieve ambitious environmental goals.
President Mary Sue Coleman will share her vision for the new academic year during an address at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, via live webstream at www.umich.edu/pres/leadership.
Ellen Schrecker, a history professor at Yeshiva University, will give the 2011 U-M Senate's Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom. The lecture — “The Lost Soul of Higher Education: Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom, and the End of the American University” — is free and open to the public at 4 p.m. Oct. 13 in Honigman Auditorium at the Law School.
Twenty-six faculty members are being recognized Thursday for their teaching, scholarship, service and creative activities.
Three U-M researchers have received the nation’s highest honor for professionals at the outset of their independent research careers, the White House announced Sept. 26.
Wei Cheng, Ara G. Paul Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the College of Pharmacy, has received a 2011 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). With the award, Cheng, will receive $1.5 million in direct costs to support his research over the next five years.
The recent implementation of MCommunity, the university’s new online directory, has raised questions over the way email group membership information can be found, and prompted university officials to suggest users review their group memberships and request changes where they find it necessary.
Katherine Weider, creative arts producer, School of Art & Design, on offering advice for students: “You can’t always imagine your future. I think you have to trust that your loves and your interests will eventually lead you to the right place.”
“Photographer as Witness: Proof Enough?” with Jill Vexler, 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 11, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery in Room 100
In a joint effort to improve health outcomes for the region’s older adult patient population, the U-M Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor will collaborate to open a medical care unit specializing in geriatric care.
