Financial Report 2007 - Year Ended | 06.30.2007

 

Awards and Accomplishments

Hyman Bass

In a July 2007 White House ceremony, U-M professor Hyman Bass received the nation’s highest science honor, a National Medal of Science. Bass, who is the Roger Lyndon Collegiate Professor of Mathematics in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) and a professor of education in the School of Education, is one of six U-M researchers to receive the award since it was established in 1959.

U-M composer William Bolcom received the National Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest public artistic honor for a lifetime of creative excellence, at a November 2006 White House ceremony. Bolcom is the Ross Lee Finney Distinguished University Professor of Composition at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

Four U-M faculty were elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. They are: John D. Birkmeyer, the George D. Zuidema Professor of Surgery at the Medical School, and director of the Michigan Surgical Collaborative for Outcomes Research and Evaluation Center; Michael Boehnke, the Richard G. Cornell Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, and director of the U-M Center for Statistical Genetics and Genome Science Training Program; Martha L. Ludwig, a research biophysicist and the Medical School’s J. Lawrence Oncley Distinguished Professor, in the Department of Biological Chemistry; and Catherine G. McLaughlin, a professor of health management and policy and director of the Economic Research Institute on the Uninsured at the School of Public Health.

David Ginsburg

U-M professors David Ginsburg and James House were named to the National Academy of Sciences. Ginsburg is a Life Sciences Institute researcher and the James V. Neel Distinguished University Professor in the Medical School. House is the LSA Angus Campbell Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Survey Research and a researcher in the Institute for Social Research.

Deborah Loewenberg BallSchool of Education Dean Deborah Loewenberg Ball and education professor Brian Rowan were elected to membership in the National Academy of Education. Ball is the William H. Payne Collegiate Professor of Education. Rowan is the Burke A. Hinsdale Collegiate Professor of Education and associate dean.

Three U-M faculty members were named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Rosina Bierbaum is dean and professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment. Robert Griess, Jr. is a professor in the LSA Department of Mathematics. Arthur Lupia is the LSA Hal R. Varian Collegiate Professor of Political Science.

Paula Allen-MearesPaula Allen-Meares, dean of the School of Social Work and professor of education and social work, was the recipient of the National Association of Social Workers Foundation’s 2006 Knee/Wittman Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Health and Mental Health Award.

Five U-M faculty members were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships, given annually for distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishments. They are: Michael P. Flynn, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering (CoE); Enrique García Santo-Tomás, associate professor of Spanish, LSA; Arthur Lupia, the LSA Hal R. Varian Collegiate Professor of Political Science; Roberto D. Merlin, professor of physics, LSA, and of electrical engineering and computer science, CoE; and Piotr Michalowski, George G. Cameron Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, LSA.

Four University faculty will teach and conduct research abroad as recipients of Fulbright Scholar grants. Ruth Behar and Jennifer Robertson are professors in the LSA Department of Anthropology. Nancy Hunt is an associate professor in the LSA Department of History. Seyed Mehdian is a finance professor in the UM-Flint School of Management.

Stephen R. ForrestStephen R. Forrest, the William Gould Dow Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering, CoE, and vice president for research, has been named a co-recipient of the 2007 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Daniel E. Noble Award, for pioneering contributions to the development of organic light emitting diodes.

Eight U-M scientists were among 449 newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are: David Ballou, professor of biological chemistry, LSA; Carol Fierke, Jerome and Isabella Karle Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Chemistry Department, LSA; Nancy Songer, professor of education, School of Education; Fawwaz Ulaby, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and R. Jamison and Betty Williams Professor of Engineering, CoE; Samuel Mukasa, professor of geological sciences, LSA; Bernardus Van Der Pluijm, director of the global change program and professor of geology and the environment, LSA; Lars Stixrude, professor of geological sciences, LSA; and Randal Kaufman, Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine, professor of biological chemistry and internal medicine, Medical School.

The New Media Consortium named Carl Berger, U-M professor and dean emeritus, School of Education, as a fellow in recognition of his lifelong contributions to the use of new media and other technologies for the advancement of teaching, learning, and creative expression. Berger is only the second recipient of this honor in the 14-year history of the organization.

Six faculty members have been honored as recipients of Arthur F. Thurnau Professorships for their outstanding contributions to undergraduate education. The recipients are Peter Chen, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, CoE; Anne Curzan, associate professor of English language and literature, LSA; David Gerdes, associate professor of physics, LSA; James Holloway, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences and associate dean, CoE; Carla O’Connor, associate professor of education, School of Education; and Andrew Shryock, associate professor of anthropology, LSA.

The following Distinguished University Professorships became effective September 1, 2006: Noreen Morrison Clark, Myron E. Wegman Distinguished University Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health; Nicholas Franklin Delbanco, Robert Frost Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature, LSA; Geoffrey Eley, Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor of Contemporary History, LSA; Lennard Fisk, Thomas M. Donahue Distinguished University Professor of Space Science, CoE; and Raoul Kopelman, Richard Smalley Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry, LSA.

The Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants named Michael Foran, professor of accounting and finance and associate dean, UM-Dearborn School of Management, the 2006 Accounting Educator of the Year.

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The University Musical Society received the Arts Presenters/MetLife Foundation Award for Arts Access in Underserved Communities. The award recognizes UMS’ “innovative strategies” for attracting and developing audiences in rural and inner-city neighborhoods, along with communities of new immigrants and ethnic areas that are considered “in transition” or highly changing.

Michigan Radio LogoMichigan Radio won nine Broadcast Excellence Awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and 10 Michigan Associated Press Awards in 2006, including a general excellence award for news among non-commercial stations.

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