April 7, 2003
An election will be held this month for approximately 1,270 non-tenure-track instructional staff from all three campuses at the University to determine whether they want the Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO) to be the union representing them in collective bargaining. In accordance with state law, the election is conducted by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC).…
April 7, 2003
“On a campus as large and cosmopolitan as the U-M, it is vital that we be prudent and prepared.” —Provost Paul N. Courant
April 7, 2003
Two of the issues headlining the news these days, the war with Iraq and the affirmative action lawsuits, undoubtedly are on the minds of students who may wish to discuss their feelings in the classroom. To help facilitate constructive dialogue about these often very emotional issues, the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)…
April 7, 2003
President Mary Sue Coleman reacts to the Supreme Court proceedings April 1, while plaintiff Jennifer Gratz awaits her turn at the microphone stand. (Photo by Marcia Ledford, U-M Photo Services) University attorneys Maureen Mahoney of Latham & Watkins in Washington and John Payton of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering talk to reporters. (Photo by Marcia Ledford,…
April 7, 2003
WASHINGTON–While attorneys argued the legal issues before the justices inside the U.S. Supreme Court, thousands gathered outside the imposing structure to voice their support for diversity and affirmative action. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) talks to reporters on the steps of the Supreme Court. Kennedy said knocking down the walls of discrimination remains the unfinished business…
April 7, 2003
WASHINGTON—The University argued in support of its admissions policies April 1 before a packed Supreme Court of the United States. Outside the court, several thousand supporters—many of them students who had traveled by busload from across the country—rallied in favor of affirmative action. The legal and communications teams for the University pose for a moment…
March 31, 2003
Dr. Kenneth Pine Mathews April 21, 1921–Dec. 28, 2002 “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” –Martin Luther King Jr. The true measure of a man is not seen in the life he lives before…
March 31, 2003
(Photo by Marcia Ledford, Photo Services) Duane Kirking, a professor of pharmacy, received the American Pharmaceutical Association’s (APhA) Research Achievement Award in the Pharmaceutical Sciences at the organization’s annual meeting and exposition March 28-April 1 in New Orleans. The APhA’s awards and honors program is American pharmacy’s most comprehensive recognition program. The organization is the…
March 31, 2003
An aging population and growing numbers of uninsured people are major stressors on the managed health care industry, and solutions must be identified if managed care is to survive, according to a panel convened on the topic by the U-M Health System. Managed care had its heyday in the 1990s, when there was a 15…
March 31, 2003
Erik Taipalus (above) leads a group of women in a hapkido martial arts exercise. Taipalus is a computer systems specialist at U-M-Flint Information Technology Services. Nearly 200 women from the U-M-Flint campus and surrounding community enjoyed a variety of activities on March 25 during a Women’s Night Out, part of that campus’ celebration of Women’s…
