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February 10, 2003
The 19th Annual Sarah Goddard Power Awards will be presented at a ceremony 4 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Michigan League’s Hussey Room. Award winners are Lora Bex Lempert, associate professor of sociology at U-M-Dearborn and assistant research scientist, Institute for Research on Women and Gender; and Seyhan Nurettin Ege, professor emerita, chemistry. For the…
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February 10, 2003
Almost a year and a half after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, progress in healing the physical and emotional scars left by the tragedy continues steadily. Amy Bourne, an MBA student, and alumnus Mike Hennessey, BA 1986 and MBA 2001, have contributed to this healing process by developing tools that allow work…
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February 10, 2003
The Executive Committee of the U-M Chapter of AAUP We commend the U-M administration for establishing in Jan. 2003 the University Privacy Oversight Committee, a University-wide committee to advise the president and provost about issues that may affect the privacy of U-M students, faculty and staff. The need for this committee was articulated by the…
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February 10, 2003
For the first time ever, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) grant for a Ph.D. program in the social sciences. The Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS), working in conjunction with the Santa Fe Institute (SFI), received the almost $3 million grant. The grant…
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February 10, 2003
The forecast for the Black movement is not gradual progress like it was in the 1960s, but rather one of mere survival in the face of a pending world crisis, said one of the leading Black writers and thinkers of the 20th century. (Photo by John Woodson, News Service) Harold Cruse, former director of the…
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February 10, 2003
Arthur Levitt, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during the euphoric stock market escalation of the 1990s, told a campus audience Feb. 4 that several entities share responsibility for the recent corporate scandals that deflated investor confidence and hobbled the market. (Photo by John Sann) “The blame doesn’t just belong with the…
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February 10, 2003
Life has a funny way of showing us what’s important. Take Maureen Perdomo, for example. The manager of marketing and promotion for the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (TCAUP) got her wake-up call five years ago when her husband, Raul, almost died of a dissecting aortic aneurysm. He recovered, but the…
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February 10, 2003
President Mary Sue Coleman will deliver the keynote address at lunch Feb. 17 during the annual meeting of the American Council on Education (ACE). Her address will focus on the affirmative action cases and preview the University and amicus (friend of the court) briefs to be filed Feb. 18 with the Supreme Court of the…
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February 10, 2003
Improving childcare for University faculty, staff and students was the main theme of the Feb. 3 Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) meeting, which featured 10 guests from different areas of campus. “Childcare is a like a three-legged stool, with the legs being quality, affordability and availability,” said Leslie dePietro, coordinator of the Work/Life…
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February 10, 2003
U-M President Mary Sue Coleman told a Washington, D.C., audience Feb. 5 that the state of Michigan must “seize the opportunity” to become a leader in new technologies or risk falling behind. President Mary Sue Coleman with U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-Bloomfield Township) (left) and U.S. Rep. Nick Smith (R-Addison) )Photo by Stacy Mitchell) In…
