oil J~ lo Hospital on the hill How the University of Michigan Health System tackles a changing landscape INSIDE 1je E dga ijj ONL IVND{I't F\ LN s I4i Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 2, 2013 michigandaily.com ORGAN - IZED Upcoming president has hard act to follow Tom Trenney plays the organ at the 53'rd Conference on Organ Music Guest Recital at Hill Auditorium Tuesday. RESEARCH Not your average comp utter Administrators: Coleman will leave an impressive legacy of achievements By JENNIFER CALFAS Daily StaffReporter With great power comes great responsibility - a mantra Uni- versity President Mary Sue Cole- man knows all too well. As Coleman pre- pares to step down July 2014, the responsibil- ity for finding a new president will fall on the eight members of the University's Board Filling I of Regents and seven faculty members, who form the Presidential Search Advisory Committee. The com- mittee, assisted by Alison Ran- ney, a search consultant from Russell Reynolds Associates, has just concluded a series of six public forums to answer several key questions: What qualities are desired in the next University president? What opportunities and challenges lie in store for the University? Coleman has left an indelible mark during her nearly 12 years at the University - its longest serving president since Harlan Hatcher retired in 1967 after 16 years at the helm. In Coleman's time as president, she has been called upon to serve in a number of roles, including fundraiser- in-chief, diplomat for the University on an increasing global stage, facilitator of emming change, advocate for the University at all levels of government and symbolic leader of all three University of Michigan cam- puses. Her successor will need to assume all those roles and more See PRESIDENT, Page 3A Supercomputer is at center of growing institute By RACHEL PREMACK Daily StaffReporter There's a computer on North Campus that's about 10,000 times more powerful than a MacBook. University researchers can use it to simulate infectious dis- ease outbreaks and investigate problems in nuclear reactors. It takes an hour to assess data that would require a month for a typ- ical computer. This supercomputer could have implications beyond its location in an engineering research center - it's the nucle- us of the recently established Michigan Institute for Compu- tational Discovery and Engi- neering. MICDE intends to bring together fields that use com- putational simulation in their research, said Eric Michielssen, chemical engineering professor and MICDE director. The insti- tute is affiliated with 40 faculty from the College of Engineering and School of Information, both sponsors of MICDE. Michielssen said a multidis- ciplinary atmosphere is ideal for innovation, which will be aug- mented by MICDE's seminars and courses. "A number of ideas are actu- ally generated by people just interacting in an unorganized fashion," he said. "Ideas never See COMPUTER, Page 3A ACADEMICS Students create journal focused on sustainability HOT DOG! Online database to foster cross- disciplinary collaboration By SAM GRINGLAS Daily StaffReporter For all but the most pedantic readers, academic journals have plenty of turn-offs. The language is technical. The concepts are intangible. The topics are niche. But a group of University doc- toral fellows wants to change that. Fellows from the University's Graham Sustainability Institute have launched an online jour- nal - the Michigan Journal of Sustainability - designed to improve the accessibility of con- tent and foster cross-disciplin- ary collaboration. With online access and no subscription fees, the publication's creators hope academic sustainability research will be easier to conduct and understand. Theperiodical is aimed at a wide variety of readers, includ- ing academics, policymakers, students and concerned citizens - the people most likely to use the science that researchers are uncovering. "In other words, the MJS puts sustainability science in the hands of those who can use it," the journal's website states. Nicholas Rajkovich, the jour- nal's editor-in-chief and a Gra- ham Doctoral fellow, said the publication's format places spe- cial emphasis on collecting work from a wide array of academic disciplines. "Sustainability issues, by nature, are interdisciplinary," Rajkovich said. "They require input from a lot of different fields to derive solutions. If you're writ- See SUSTAINABILITY, Page 3A VIRGINIA LOZANO/Daily Graduate student Ryan Holstad grills bratwurst on North Campus as part of a fundraiser for Pi Tau Sigma, the mechincal engineering honor society, Tuesday. ANN ARBOR Council candidates debate BUSINESS Alums form takeout box company after success on campus Bizeebox reusable containers follow pilot of Go Blue Box in Michigan Union By HILLARY CRAWFORD Daily StaffReporter In a quest to reduce waste in a way that appeals to business and consumer interests, Univer- sity alumni Rich Grousset and Raphael Meyer created Bizee- box, a reusable takeout container that can be sold to restaurants and reused up to 350 times. Grousset and Meyer say Ann Arbor alone disposes of at least two-million takeout containers per year. Bizeebox could meet the takeout demand with less than one percent of that quantity. See COMPANY, Page 3A League of Woman Voters hosts Ward 3 and 5 hopefuls By ALLANA AKHTAR For TheDaily Tuesday, the League of Women Voters hosted a forum for City Council mem- ber candidates in Wards 3 and 5 to discuss city issues includ- ing infrastructure, safety and transportation. Ann Arbor City Council elections will be held on Nov. 5, and with the vote nearing, candidates are working to inform the community about their platforms. Mary Stasiak, manager of community .relations for the League, stressed the inclusiv- ity of the forums and said she believed candidates should have a chance to explore the issues in a productive way. "Our being nonpartisan allows us to bring all people in and have civil discussions about the issues that we all care about," Stasiak said. Candidates for the 3rd See COUNCIL, Page 3A WEATHER HI: 76 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEWON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail The Tangent. Trending: #SorryWeRClosed TOMORROW LO:63 news@michigandaily.com and let us know. 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