Message from President Coleman

 
Dear Campus Community:
I am pleased to announce that I am recommending Dr. Ruth J. Person, an alumna of the University of Michigan, as the seventh Chancellor of the University of Michigan-Flint.  Dr. Person will begin her appointment August 18, pending approval by the Board of Regents. 
Since her appointment as chancellor of IU Kokomo in [...]

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Kennedy diagnosed with malignant brain tumor

Kennedy diagnosed with malignant brain tumor
Condition found after he was treated for seizure over weekend, doctors say

BREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press
updated 1:31 p.m. ET, Tues., May. 20, 2008

BOSTON – Sen. Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor.
Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday that preliminary biopsy results showed a malignant glioma in the left parietal-lobe. It [...]

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Mich. high court says gay partners can’t get health benefits (How will this effect our Campus Community? )

Will there be a hemorrhage of diversity and intelligence to friendlier waters?

5/7/2008, 12:40 p.m. EDT
By DAVID EGGERT

The Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a 2004 ban against gay marriage also blocks governments and state universities from offering health insurance to the partners of gay workers.
The 5-2 decision [...]

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In memory of Mildred Loving (What will you do to make your world a better place for all?)

From www.Ourfuture.org
By Rick Perlstein
May 5th, 2008 – 1:53pm ET  
 
Mildred Loving was a black woman who married a white man in Virginia, which was against the law in the state. She took her case all the way up to the Supreme Court, which struck down interracial marriage bans in the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision. Today [...]

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