October 21, 2002
Diane Rehm has spent decades exploring the lives of politicians, religious figures and musicians on her eponymous show. Now, in a new book co-authored with her husband of 42 years, the National Public Radio personality has turned off the mic and revealed details about her own life. In a reception held last week at the…
October 21, 2002
University Record Intern International students wanting to study at U-M and other colleges and universities have and will continue to encounter increasing difficulties in coming months, experts say. But panelists at an Oct. 16 discussion on changes for international students were clear that U-M is going to take a proactive role in the process of…
October 21, 2002
While the 2000 presidential election split the country in two, this year’s congressional elections are taking place in three very different Americas, according to U-M demographer William H. Frey. In the fall 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Planning Association, Frey analyzes 2000 U.S. Census data to identify the emergence of three increasingly…
October 21, 2002
Four faculty from U-M are among the select group of 65 new members elected this week to the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences. James S. Jackson, Robert L. Kahn, Michael A. Savageau and Thomas L. Schwenk join 25 other U-M faculty elected over the years. “Election to the Institute of…
October 21, 2002
The two-decade journey to bring Salman Rushdie’s sweeping novel “Midnight’s Children” to the screen or stage has included revisions, an offer by one producer to film the story minus the political messages, and the reworking of plot lines. Now, the story is nearly ready to go before an audience. The stage adaptation will make its…
October 21, 2002
Students pick up their free containers of Stonyfield Farm yogurt at an Oct. 16 event at the School of Natural Resources and Environment. The company gave away 500 cartons bearing the logo of the school’s Center for Sustainable Systems (CSS). The yogurt extravaganza was held to celebrate a successful collaboration between the center and the…
October 21, 2002
The latest big dig in Ann Arbor is setting the stage for the Medical School’s new flagship research building, the Biomedical Sciences Research Building, or BSRB. With a curving glass facade on Huron Street, and an atrium lined with light-catching artwork, the building is expected to be a head-turner. The 470,000-square-foot facility will be…
October 21, 2002
The Board of Regents has approved the appointments of Paul Courant as provost and executive vice president of academic affairs and Glenda L. Haskell as assistant provost of the University. At the Oct. 17 meeting, regents also reappointed Earl Lewis as dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and vice provost for…
October 21, 2002
Like other organizations invested in the stock market, U-M suffered losses in its endowment fund for the year ending June 30. But the decreases largely were offset by gains in other investment areas, leaving the University with $5.2 billion in assets for 2002. The University’s endowment fund dropped for the first time in 20 years,…
October 21, 2002
Nine of 10 candidates vying for two open seats on the Board of Regents in the Nov. 5 election participated in the forum sponsored by the Senate Assembly and the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA). The candidates answered two questions from the Senate: What is your vision for the future of the University?…
