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January 13, 2003
Prof. Ralph Williams will present a lecture series entitled “The Plays of the Royal Residency” in conjunction with the Michigan Residency performancesof Royal Shakespeare Company. Photo by Marcia Ledford, U-M Photo Services Williams invites the public to join his regular class for the lectures. No registration is required for observing the class. The texts of…
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January 13, 2003
An independent national survey has confirmed what thousands of children and parents already knew: U-M’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital is one of the best places in America for kids who need medical care. Mott ranks fifth in the list of top 10 children’s hospitals released last week by Child magazine. It is the only children’s…
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January 13, 2003
Federal withholding tax tables have changed for calendar year 2003. The tax rates can be accessed at the University Payroll Office’s homepage (http://www.umich.edu/~payroll/) by selecting the box marked Tax Calculation Help. Also, the amount of each federal exemption has increased from $3,000 to $3,050 per year. The base for Social Security withholding has increased to…
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January 13, 2003
Called a “genius among storytellers” by Time magazine, Jay O’Callahan has performed around the globe. “The storyteller of old got on a horse. I get on a plane, parachute into a community, and I’m part of its life a while before moving on to the next one,” he says. He will perform at 5 p.m.…
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January 13, 2003
Paul Mullins and Mike Hill of CFI work on renovations at the Rackham Building. As work progresses on the second part of the renovation project, the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies is planning a phased move back into the building. The Rackham Auditorium has re-opened for events while work continues in the rest…
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January 13, 2003
Cultural critic, author and feminist theorist bell hooks will speak Jan. 15 as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. Celebrated as one of the nation’s leading public intellectuals by The Atlantic Monthly, and named one of Utne Reader’s “100 Visionaries Who Could Change Your Life,” hooks divides her time among teaching, writing and…
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January 13, 2003
Internet porn filters may block access to health sites A comprehensive study of Internet filtering software finds that libraries, schools and parents can bar access to pornographic Internet sites without necessarily blocking important access to health information. But the study also finds that setting Internet filters to their most restrictive levels will keep computer users…
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January 13, 2003
An online search service designed to create access to a wide-ranging collection of digital resources geared to the academic community is now available through the University Library. The service, called OAIster (pronounced oyster) searches a repository of information that links to previously difficult-to-locate electronic scholarly resources such as the complete contents of books and articles,…
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January 13, 2003
Neither snow, nor sleet, nor dark of night … Okay, it’s not our credo. But the sentiment holds true for the University’s inclement weather policy (Standard Practice Guide 201.27Emergency Closing). First rule: Be here According to policy, U-M is “to remain open at all times in order to maintain services to students, patients and the…
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January 13, 2003
By day, Joel Aalberts is the public relations director for the School of Music and University Productions. Since Aug. 2001, he has worked to publicize the major theater, musical theater, opera and dance productions on campus, and he has done the national public relations for the School of Music. Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo…
