…The University of Michigan is known as one of the premier research universities in the world. Here we honor five of the science leaders who once walked the halls of Angell. 2B Magazine Editor: Ian DIllingham Deputy Editor: Natalie Gadbois Design Editor: Jake Wellins Photo Editor: Luna Anna Archey Illustrator: Megan Mulholland Maggie Miller Editor in Chief: Jennifer Calfas Managing Editor: Lev Facher Copy Editors: Hannah B...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2015 // The Statement 3B An interview with former Congressman Rush Holt The following is an interview with Rush Holt conducted during the Jerome B. Wiesner Symposium on Strengthening the Roles of Universi- ties in National Science Policymak- ing. Holt is currently chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Before taking over this role in Feb- ruary, he served sixteen years...…
…I n 1988, the Muslim Student Association and the Palestinian Solidarity Committee took to the Diag to construct a wooden “shanty house,” a popular protest among anti- apartheid activists of the time. The MSA and PSC were demonstrating in solidarity with the first Palestinian Intifada, painting on their shanty “STOP ISRAELI OPPRESSION.” Angered by the demonstration, members of the right-leaning pro-Israel group Tagar responded in the f...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2015 // The Statement 6B The Public Ivy: A brief history of University governance by Claire Bryan, Senior Opinion Editor P ublic Ivy.” Richard Moll, an admissions officer at Yale University, originated the term in his 1985 book titled “Public Ivies: A Guide to America’s best public undergraduate colleges and universities.” He noted eight schools that offer an Ivy League experience at a public school price, namin...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2015 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: The image of a scientist by Irene Park, Daily Staff Reporter I knew what I wanted to be since I was three: a scientist. The thought of solving the mysteries of the universe was the only thing that got me excited — even more than Disney characters, or whatever three-year-olds were into at the time. For the next twenty-something years, I dedicated my life to science. I ...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2015 // The Statement 8B The issue of funding This ultra-polarization of campus is often blamed solely on BDS, but the responses rather than the act itself may be more culpable. Campus leaders have bemoaned the breakdown of dialogue and meaningful debate regarding Israel-Palestine — people like Friedman and Abudaram, Dishell and Blume, and even Tilly Shames, the Hillel director. “Something’s gotta change,” Abudaram...…
