Posted 2/8/08
U-M selects Diag for Spring Commencement
The votes are in and the decision has been made to hold Spring Commencement on the Diag. Graduating students were asked to declare their preferred location, the Diag or Elbel Field, in a poll that went out early last week. Of the 3,002 who responded, 66 percent favored the Diag, Provost Teresa Sullivan and Vice President for Student Affairs E. Royster Harper announced Friday in a letter to students. Shortly after the votes were tallied, the president and executive officers endorsed the location. More> |
Posted 2/4/08
Birds, bats, insects hold secrets of flight for engineers
Natural flyers like birds, bats and insects outperform man-made aircraft in aerobatics and efficiency. U-M engineers are studying these animals as a step toward designing flapping-wing planes with wingspans smaller than a deck of playing cards. More> |