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GREAT LAKES
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eral agencies, including the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agen-
cy and the White House Council
on Environmental Quality, and
has received more than $1billion
in funding for hundreds of ongo-
ing projects.
The Water Center, which will
operate within the Graham Sus-
tainability Institute, will be a
consortium of universities, with
contributions from Ohio State
University, the University of
Wisconsin and the University of
Notre Dame. The center will also
be available for use by a variety
of governmental agencies.
The University will contrib-
ute $4.5 million to its funding
and an additional $4.5 million
will come from a donation by
the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb
Family Foundation.
Engineering Prof. Don Sca-
via said the Great Lakes have
always been an important topic
on campus, and the creation of
the center signifies a critical
advancement in how the lakes
will be studied.
"The conversation on campus
about rebuilding the Great Lakes
(has been going on) for around
eight years, as long as I've been
here," Scavia said.
According to Scavia, the
unique confluence of inter-
ests in the Michigan eco-
logical environment led to a
natural partnership between
the School of Natural Resourc-
es and the Environment, the
GOP
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do any of (our great ideas) unless
we have a Republican-controlled
board that stands for fiscal san-
ity."
Steele echoed Horning's
message and emphasized the
importance of heightened fis-
cal responsibility and reforming
the use and dependence of state
appropriation funds. Steele also
suggested an academic plan that
he said would heighten aware-
ness of American values.
"My suggestion is that if you
have to take four semesters of
a foreign language, then you
should have to take two semes-
ters of the language of Ameri-
can freedom which includes
one semester on the founding
documents," Steele said. "And
then you have a semester on
some general economic studies...
about the role of free enterprise
and free markets."
O'Brien, currently an Oakland
County Circuit judge, spoke to
the importance of the Supreme
Court election and urged stu-
dents to vote for her and fellow
conservative candidate, Stephen
Markman, a sitting justice.
She said she and Markman
have a combined total of 50 years
of judicial experience, compared
to the 13 years of experience
LURIE
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helping those in need helps can
strengthen philanthropic efforts.
Lurie spoke to students in Weill
Hall's Annenberg Auditorium
on Tuesday about the notion of a
"new philanthropy" approach to
alleviating poverty. Under Lurie's
unique method, the board of the
Tipping Point Community under-
writes all operating and fund-
raising costs for grant-receiving
organizations so that donor funds
are going directly towards the
effort to fight poverty and not to
balance budgets.
Lurie was invited to speak to
students as part ofthe Social Inno-
vation Series sponsored by the
University's Nonprofit and Pub-
lic Management Center, which
profiles people who have crossed
boundaries to provide innovative
solutions for society's challenges.
"We're hoping to spread the
message of Tipping Point and this
issue of fighting poverty is a really
important and critical one not
only for the Bay Area but for our
country," Lurie said. "The more
we can get this type of model out
there in different cities across the
country, the better."
Lurie said he was pleased with
Graham Institute and the Erb
Family Foundation.
The grant is the third that the
Erb Family Foundation has given
to the University. Previous dona-
tions included a $500,000 grant
for comprehensive mapping of
threats in the Great Lakes and a
$200,000 "challenge grant" for
third-year students at the Uni-
versity's Erb Institute for Global
Sustainable Enterprise.
Scavia said faculty will begin
to write grants for projects
through the Water Center this
spring.
The Water Center's primary
focus will be on techniques for
removing toxic pollutants in the
Great Lakes, combating invasive.
species and restoring wildlife
habitats. Undergraduate stu-
dents will have the opportunity
to engage in faculty-sponsored
research when the center has
been established and grants are
finalized.
The Great Lakes have received
national media attention in
recent years because of high-
ly publicized and expensive
attempts to prevent Asian carp,
an invasive aquatic species, from
entering Lake Michigan. The
Army Corps of Engineers has
spent millions of dollars on an
artificial barrier near Chicago in
attempt to prevent their entry,
but water samples above the
barrier are consistently testing
positive for the presence of Asian
carp DNA.
Coleman said the formation
of the center demonstrates the
University's dedication to Michi-'
gan's natural resources.
"As a university, we need to
take on ownership and respon-
sibility of regional sustainability
challenges that affect us close
to home and where our exper-
tise can have enormous impact,"
Coleman said.
J. Val Klump, the associate
dean for research in the School
of Freshwater Sciences at the
University of Wisconsin-Mil-
waukee, said in a press release
the center will regularly gather
policymakers and scientific
leaders to consult on feasible,
scientifically sound solutions to
persistent problems.
"This is a much needed
effort to engage the broader
academic community, and we
are excited to be a partner in
building a stronger science
base for Great Lakes restora-
tion," Klump said.
Though water quality has
improved in recent decades, the
International Joint Commis-
sion - the collaborative group
between the United States and
Canada tasked with monitor-
ing the Great Lakes'. ecological
health - wrote in 2009 that the
lakes are beginning to face new
threats.
"In the past, human health
concerns addressed by the gov-
ernments have focused on legacy
contaminants," the report stated.
"While these materials remain of
concern, current and emerging
threats to human health include
a suite of substances and prob-
lems ranging from algal blooms
to little-regulated materials
often found in consumer prod-
ucts."
WALLENBERG
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from concentration camps. He
was arrested by the Soviets and
never released.
Coleman said the world is
still seeking answers about Wal-
lenberg's death, but noted that
he directly helped save Andrew
Nagy, a professor emeritus
of Atmospheric, Oceanic and
Space Sciences, who was asteen-
ager during the war.
In honor of Wallenberg's
courage, Coleman announced
that the University would
establish an undergraduate fel-
lowship. Though criteria for
the award has yet to be final-
ized, each year, one graduating
senior who has demonstrated a
commitment to public service
is eligible to receive a $25,000
stipend to pursue humanitarian
interests anywhere in the world.
The award will begin with this
year's graduating class.
The University previously
honored Wallenberg in 1990
through the establishment of his
namesake medal and lecture.
The medal is awarded yearly
to individuals from around the
world for a variety of political,
charitable, humanitarian and
cultural achievements. Previ-
ous recipients have included
Anglican Archbishop Desmond
Tutu and Holocaust survivor
Elie Wiesel, both winners of the
Nobel Peace Prize.
MOORE BUILDING
RENOVATIONS
The largest ticket item
announced at the breakfast is a
proposed $23-million renova-
tion of the Earl V. Moore build-
ing on North Campus. Built in
1964, the building has become
rundown and is no longer able
to accommodate the increased
number of students, Coleman
said.
"I know the faculty from
Music, Theatre and Dance will
agree when I say this project is
overdue," Coleman said.
If approved by the Universi-
ty's Board of Regents atits Nov.
15 meeting, the University will
contribute $14 million toward
the project, complemented by
an $8-million donation from
alumni Bill and Dee Brehm.
The University will also seek
another $1 million from smaller
donors.
Additions to the building will
includea large rehearsal hall for
use by the University Symphony
Orchestra and the University
Symphony Band, renovations of
existing halls and classrooms, a
new entryway and the addition
of practice spaces, among other
improvements, according to a
University press release.
"The School of Music, The-
atre and Dance is a point of
pride for Michigan, with tal-
ent second to no one," Coleman
said.
According to Jerry May,
the University's vice president
for development, the renova-
tion was largely spurred by
the Brehm family's $8-million
donation. The Brehms have
previously contributed more
than $60 million to a variety of
projects, including an expan-
sion of the Kellogg Eye Center.
They've also funded diabetes
research, the establishment of
two named professorships and a
scholarship program for gradu-
ates of Fordson High School in
Dearborn, Mich. who attend the
University.
"(Bill Brehm) has a great
love of music. He records, he
plays, he produces," May said.
"One day he called and said, 'I
want to do something. Put some
ideas together.' This is another
in his series of philanthropies
for things that he's passionate
about and he cares about."
May said because of the com-
plexity of the project, involving
both additions and renovations,
he was unable to give a definite
timeframe for its completion,
but estimated about two years
of work once the project begins
in 2014.
Earlier this year, the Univer-
sity's School of Art & Design
received a similar donation of
$32.5 million from alumni Roe
and Penny Stamps, leading to
the school's renaming as the
Penny W. Stamps School of Art
& Design.
HARVARD PROFESSOR
TO LEAD HEALTHCARE
INSTITUTE
Coleman also announced that
Harvard University physician
John Ayanian will serve as the
first director of the University of
Michigan Institute for Health-
care Policy and Innovation.
Ayanian, who has centered
his career on improving the
state of health care and advocat-
ing for equality, will lead a group
of more than 400 health care
and policy researchers when
he assumes his position next
month.
As the first IHPI director,
Ayanian will appoint associate
directors, establish research
priorities, support existing part-
nerships and create new collab-
orations locally, nationally and
globally. He will also recruit fac-
ulty within University schools
and colleges and increase
national visibility of the Univer-
sity's institute.
The institute was launched
in June, and will soon welcome
researchers from the Veteran
Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare
System, who signed a $866,574
multi-year lease for space in the
IHPI last week.
Though Ayanian is currently
a medical and health care policy
professor at Harvard Medical
School and Harvard School of
Public Health, he will be split-
ting his time between Ann
Arbor and Cambridge, Mass.
during his 10-month term to
oversee IHPI, which is located
in the North Campus Research
Complex.
Ayanian said he is looking
forward to taking on the respon-
sibility and working toward
tackling health care policy
issues.
"I'm very excited that the
University of Michigan is com-
mitted to investing in develop-
ingthe field of health care policy
and services research," Ayanian
said in an interview. "I think
that the goals that the Univer-
sity has for the institute are just
right to promote high quality,
safe, affordable and equitable
care. My goal as the new direc-
tor will be to help launch the
institute in the most successful
way possible to achieve those
goals in the health care system."
IHPI's research seeks to
examine the influence of health-
care policy and practice on
patient health over a wide range
of issues including diabetes, can-
cer, heart disease, mental health,
children's health and hospital
care, according to Ayanian.
Ayanian noted that collabora-
tion is an integral function for the
University and the effectiveness
of IHPI.
"By strengthening the quality
of the research and the collabora-
tionsthatpeoplehavehereaswell
as buildingstronger partnerships
with organizations outside the
University will allow us to have
the greatest impact as quickly as
possible," Ayanian said.
The diverse IHPI faculty
extends beyond the University
Medical School, and faculty
members hail from the 11 other
schools, colleges and institutes
across the University's many
disciplines and partnerships.
"There's a longstanding spirit
of collaboration that we'll be
building on and that's a very
exciting prospect for me," Aya-
nian said.
boasted by their opponents.
"We need stability in our
laws," O'Brien said. "That's why
I ran for judge in 1998,and that's
why I'm running for the Supreme
Court ... If you don't have consis-
tency and stability and judges
are kind of doing their own thing
and making their own laws,
then people aren't treated fairly
because the laws are applied
unequally."
O'Brien urged the College
Republicans to utilize Facebook
and other forms of social media
to campaign for conservative
candidates. She said spreading
awareness is particularly crucial
this year in local and state races
given that the majority of voters
focus their attention and knowl-
edge on the presidential race.
Business sophomore Elena
Brennan, the external vice chair
of the College Republicans, said
that on a generally liberal cam-
pus, Republican students must
work especially hard to gain
student support. In the coming
week, the College Republicans
will continue to sponsor Diag
days aimed at promoting con-
servative politicians at the local,
national and state level, and dis-
tribute flyers on campus.
She added that the College
Republicans also hope to be
especially active in door-to-door
campaigning and making phone
calls in the next week.
"I think that a lot of students,
especially who come from con-
servative backgrounds and are
conservative, are scared to kind
of come out and say that they are
and get involved on campus, and
that's why we're here," Brennan
said. "From the top down, it's
a liberal environment so we're
constantly combating that."
Engineering freshman Justin
Lopas said while he has chosen
to support Republican presi-
dential nominee Mitt Romney
because of the state of the econ-
omy, though the candidate was
not his first choice for the Repub-
lican nomination.
"The spending and just the
government control ... is just too
much and I think Romney will
turn that tide a little bit," Lopas
said. "Romney is much better
than Obama in terms of econom-
ic policies and I'm fairly moder-
ate on social policies, so I like
Romney for that as well."
Lopas expressed concern over
what he believes is a lack of polit-
ical interest and involvement,
noting that he has friends who
don't plan to vote.
Brennan concurred, and said
she believes students are hesi-
tant to appear overzealous in
their support of candidates.
"I would love to see more (stu-
dent interest in the election) - a
lot of the student body is sort of
apathetic to the political process."
the participation and interest of
students during his visit to the
University.
"The students at Michigan
blew me away. The fact that we
have these institutions teaching
non-profit management, it's a real
important development for this
country and it's an honor to come
speak here," Lurie said.
Rishi Moudgil, the managing
director of the NPM Center, said
throughout the series, speakers
will be available to share their sto-
ries, and hold workshops for stu-
dents in their areas of expertise.
"This is the first speaker in our
series for the year," Moudgil said.
"Daniel is obviously coming 'in
and talking about his work with
Tipping Point, but we also have a
panel, a workshop, an opportunity
to meetwith students, aclassroom
visit, so that we cannot only hear
words, but get into how things
work."
Moudgil said Lurie's presenta-
tion would teach students about
the different ways philanthropy is
implemented today.
"We know our students will be
inspired by his story, just being a
young philanthropist, and mak-
ing a really big change in his com-
munity," Moudgil said. "That's
important, to get exposure to folks
like that here."
Public Policy graduate student
Colleen Campbell said she attend-
ed to learn about different ways to
contribute to philanthropic orga-
nizations.
"Mr. Lurie's model is pretty
different from traditional philan-
thropy, so I am kind of interested
in bringing that model to colleges
and universities and see how that
can be sustainable," Campbell
said. "But also see how as a young
person, how I, can contribute to
philanthropy."
Public Policy graduate student
Imah Effiong said her past experi-
ences with nonprofits peaked her
interest in Lurie's speech.
"I'm just really interested in
various interesting strategies that
are coming out of the sector right
now, so I know when I graduate
from here what are some of the
tools I can use to run my own non-
profit one day," Effiong said.
Public Policy graduate student
Matt Papadopoulos, a member
of the center's student advisory
board who spoke with Lurie prior
to his speech, said Lurie was an
appealingspeaker to hear from.
"Dan Lurie is a very engaging
individual, he's young and he's
vibrant and he's excited about this
space, and that's very easy to rec-
ognize when you start speaking
with him," Papadopoulos said.
CITY COUNCIL
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University's Department of Occu-
pational Safety and Environmental
Health. Warpehoski works as the
director of the Interfaith Council
for Peace and Justice, aninterfaith
organization that deals with edu-
cation and social action issues.
If elected, Berry said he would
focus on improving basic ser-
vices, work to reduce the budget
and dismantle some government
institutions, placing them in the
hands of citizen-based organiza-
tions or church groups.
"When it goes back to those
groups, people become more
involved in those organizations
and it involves a community
character," Berry said. "Talking
to people and- making sure that
we take care of those needs that
need to be taken care of."
Berry added he plans to
encourage increased discussion
on issues before they are passed,
noting that because he does not
have an "agenda" he would be
effective at facilitating discus-
sions.
"We need somebody on Coun-
cil (with) more opposing view-
points," Berry said. "Right now
there seems just to be unanim-
ity. For any organization you
need dissenting voices so you can
check and challenge ideas."
Warpehoski disagreed ,with
Berry's views, and said he
believes the Council has too
many factions. He said his time
as a social worker has helped
him focus specifically on areas of
common concern and find ways
to work together.
"It really strikes me that there
is not a lot of listening and a lot of
collaboration at times," Warpe-
hoski said. "I think that skill of
bridge building and listening is
going to be one of the key skills I
willbringCity Council ifelected."
Warpehoski said one of his
goals is to promote a healthier
neighborhood and a more com-
passionate and inclusive commu-
nity in Ward 5.
"We need to be providing
those amenities, that quality of
life, that really makes this a desir-
able community for people to live'
in, to open a business in," Warpe-
hoskisaid. "I am really proud that
our city has invested in providing
a social safety net, trying to pro-
mote environmental steward-
ship, and those are the things
(that) I would like to see moving
forward."
Warpehoski said he will most
prominently focus on being
responsive to the voices of citi-
zens and hopes to start a program
that actively solicits community
input.
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