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Sylvia Burwell touts 
federal aid to the city 
following water crisis

By CAITLIN REEDY

Daily Staff Reporter

Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the 

U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services, visited a Flint 
health center to observe firsthand 
the 
city’s 
recovery 
efforts 

Thursday.

“I came here today to spend time 

on the ground — listening, hearing 
what people are saying about the 
issues and what we are doing as a 
federal response,” Burwell said.

Burwell 
and 
Nicole 
Lurie, 

U.S. 
assistant 
secretary 
for 

preparedness and response, who 
is leading the federal response and 
recovery effort in Flint, met with 
community leaders and elected 
officials, 
including 
Gov. 
Rick 

Snyder (R). Federal officials have 
provided assistance to the city 
amist the water crisis.

The 
federal 
and 
state 

government both declared a state 

of emergency for the city of Flint 
due to toxic levels of lead in the 
water supply following a switch 
to the Flint River in April 2014. 
President Barack Obama declared 
the emergency on Jan. 16, following 
Snyder’s declaration on Jan. 12. 
The water being supplied to the 
residents and businesses of Flint is 
laced with lead due to corrosion in 
the city’s pipes from the effects of 
the Flint River water, though the 
supply has been switched back to 
Detroit water since October.

Burwell 
toured 
Hamilton 

Community 
Health 
Network, 

a 
local 
health 
center 
now 

concentrating 
on 
providing 

blood-lead level testing and other 
services to the families affected by 
lead contamination of the water. 
HCHN was founded in 1982 in 
response to the medical needs 
of low-income families in Flint. 
Beside services for the health 
issues stemming from the water 
contamination, HCHN provides 
medical, dental and social services.

The Department of Human and 

Health Services granted $500,000 
to Flint health centers, which will 

MAZIE HYAMS/Daily

University Provost Martha Pollack, who recommended Alec Gallimore for the position of the Dean of Engineering, speaks with Regent Denise Ilitch (D) after a 
Board of Regents meeting in the Michigan Union Thursday.

Alec Gallimore to 

succeed Dave Munson 

effective in June 

By LARA MOEHLMAN

Daily Staff Reporter

At Thursday’s Board of Regents 

meeting, Alec D. Gallimore was 
appointed 
as 
the 
University 

of Michigan’s next Dean of 
Engineering, effective July 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2021.

“As 
a 
successful 
scholar, 

educator and administrator who 
has dedicated his entire career 
to advancing the study and 
profession of engineering, Alec D. 
Gallimore is uniquely qualified to 
lead the College of Engineering,” 
University 
Provost 
Martha 

Pollack said in a statement.

Gallimore 
is 
currently 
a 

tenured professor of areospace 
engineering, and the recipient of 
two named professorships: he is 
an Arthur F. Thurnau professor 
and the Richard F. and Eleanor 

Towner Professor of Engineering.

He 
will 
be 
succeeding 

Engineering Dean David Munson, 
who announced he would step 
down as dean in 2015. Munson 
began his tenure in 2006, and 
over the past 10 years has formed 
interdisciplinary 
collaborations 

with the Medical School and other 
schools, as well as brought about 
more entrepreneurship efforts. He 
has also aimed to unite students 
and faculty on North Campus 
through videos and Halloween 
parties.

Gallimore joined the University 

community 
in 
1992 
as 
an 

assistant professor in Aerospace 
Engineering. Since then, he has 
earned tenure in that department 
as well as held a joint appointment 
in the Applied Physics Program 
in 
LS&A. 
Additionally, 
from 

2005-2011 he served as associate 
dean for academic programs and 
initiatives in the Rackham School 
of Graduate Studies as well as 
associate dean for research and 
graduate education in the College 

Confirmation of 

illness, suspected to 
be norovirus, to be 
announced soon

BY ALEXA ST. JOHN

Daily Staff Reporter

By Thursday afternoon, the 

number of cases of suspected 
norovirus on campus had grown 
by an additional 30 cases reported 
as 
of 
Wednesday 
according 

to Robert Winfield, executive 
director of University Health 
Services. Confirmation of whether 
the outbreak is indeed norovirus 
is expected by Friday or Monday, 
The University’s Office of Public 
Affairs said.

While the origin of the outbreak 

remains 
unknown, 
Winfield 

said most cases from earlier in 
the week could be traced back to 
South and West Quad dining halls. 
However he noted the outbreak 
may have now spread beyond the 
dining halls. 

“It appears that most (cases) 

have been identified as at South 
and West Quads, but we’ve had 
as of yesterday — and I don’t 
know (the information as of) this 
morning — cases that have been 
seen in North Quad, Baits and 
Markley,” Winfield said. “Those 
are small numbers as far as I 
know. I really don’t have numbers 
with respect to housing, this is 
just what we’ve seen in health 
services.”

Dining hall attendance seems 

to have drastically decreased over 
the past few days, as demonstrated 

by a feature in the Michigan app 
that shows how full the dining 
halls are at any given moment.

However, Winfield said now 

there is no need for students to 
be concerned about eating at the 
dining halls. All of the food present 
in South Quad on Monday was 
taken away and the area has been 
extensively cleaned, according to 
Winfield.

In an e-mail to all LSA 

department chairs, to be shared 
with faculty members Thursday 
night, 
Monika 
R. 
Dressler, 

Director, 
LSA 
Instructional 

Support 
Services, 
provided 

protocol for if a student throws up 
or becomes sick in a classroom.

Protocol 
includes, 
“Have 

someone escort the student to 
University Health Services or, if 
the student is in severe distress, 
call 911. Call LSA Instructional 
Support Services 734-615-0100 
immediately. ISS staff will call 
Plant Operations to send out a 
cleaning crew. LSA ISS and the 
Registrar’s Office will work to 
find alternate spaces for classes (if 
possible) until Building Services 
has had time to execute their 
cleaning protocol.”

In 
the 
e-mail, 
Dressler 

confirmed at least one student has 
thrown up in a classroom so far. 
Have your students leave the room 
as best as they are able.

Winfield also noted that the 

number of cases being reported at 
this time are just rough estimates, 
saying that the University has 
encouraged students to avoid 
seeking medical services unless 
absolutely necessary, to avoid 
further spread of the illness. 

Political experts 
discuss impact on 
global economy 

and security

By TIM COHN

For the Daily

Phillip Lohaus, a research 

fellow at the conservative think 
tank 
American 
Enterprise 

Institute, discussed the role 
of America in international 
leadership at the Ford School of 
Public Policy Thursday.

Lohaus, who worked as an 

analyst at the Department of 

Defense from 2006 to 2012, was 
the editor for the AEI report 
“Why American Leadership 
Still 
Matters,” 
which 
was 

authored 
by 
former 
Sen. 

Joseph Lieberman (I–Conn.) 
and former Sen. Jon Kyl (R–
Ariz.). The report advocates 
for an increase in United States 
involvement in foreign affairs, 
and the promotion of free 
enterprise principles globally.

In 
his 
opening 
address, 

Lohaus 
told 
the 
audience 

that 
U.S. 
involvement 
in 

international 
affairs 
has 

had a positive impact on the 
international 
economy 
and 

global security, and current 
patterns of disengagement have 

had troubling consequences.

“Events, since 2013, have 

highlighted just how much is 
at stake when America pulls 
back from its leadership role 
in world affairs,” Lohaus said. 
“In Europe, Russia’s president, 
Vladimir Putin, has annexed 
the Crimean Peninsula and 
conducted an undeclared war 
in Eastern Ukraine, and in the 
Middle East the ongoing Syrian 
Civil War has had a devastating 
toll in lives lost and refugees 
created and has created a space 
for the armies of the Islamic 
State to conquer key Iraqi cities 
of Ramadi and Mosul.”

In defining “Why American 

City officials will 
not factor ties to 
University into 
decision process

By MARLEE BREAKSTONE

Daily Staff Reporter

Two University of Michigan 

faculty members were introduced 
as 
possible 
appointments 
to 

Ann Arbor city commissions at 
City Council on Tuesday — but 
councilmembers said their ties to 
the University will not be a factor 
in the Council’s decision.

David Baum, assistant dean 

of Student Life and special 
counsel to the dean, is applying 
to be on the Ann Arbor Human 
Rights Commission and Karie 
Slavik, associate director of UM 
Biological Station, is interested 
in serving on the Ann Arbor 
Environmental Commission.

Baum has been a resident of 

Ann Arbor for more than 20 
years and said in an interview he 
was drawn to the city after his 
acceptance at the University. He 
graduated in 1989, completing 
undergraduate and law degrees. 
During his time in the city, 
Baum has developed ties both to 
the community and the current 
councilmembers, he said.

Baum 
and 
councilmember 

Julie Grand (D-Ward 3) are 
longtime friends and neighbors, 
and Baum attended law school 
with Grand’s husband. Grand 
said she believes Baum’s empathy 
makes him a strong candidate 

SARAH SQUIRE/Daily

Former Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky discusses the importance of U.S. international leadership in foreign affairs 
along with former Ambassador Richard Boucher and former Department of Defense analyst Phillip Lohaus at Weill 
Hall on Thursday.

STATE
HHS Sec. 
visits Flint 
to promote 
health care

Board of Regents appoint 
new dean of Engineering

Potential virus 
outbreak traced 
to South Quad

HEALTH

Ford talk focuses on U.S. 
international leadership

Faculty vie 
for positions 
on Ann Arbor 
commissions

CITY

See HEALTH, Page 3
See REGENTS, Page 3

See VIRUS, Page 3
See FORD, Page 3
See COMMISSION, Page 3

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