October 21, 2002
In an effort to learn where candidates stand on children’s issues, Mott Children’s Hospital hosted a candidate forum that included people seeking state and federal offices. The Oct. 17 forum, “Who’s For Kids and Who’s Kidding?,” covered issues affecting children including welfare, spousal abuse and school programs. Although not all candidates in each race were…
October 21, 2002
When the United States contributed more than $146 million to avert famine in Afghanistan, millions of Afghans survived. If the United States could give that same level of support to other countries on the brink of malnutrition and poverty, they too might be on the road to recovery, said Catherine A. Bertini, a former United…
October 21, 2002
The discovery of a chemical compound by a charter member of the Life Sciences faculty, and several colleagues at U-M and the University of California, Berkeley, could lead to safer and more effective drugs for treating lupus and other autoimmune disorders. A chemical cousin of anti-anxiety medications, such as Valium and Xanax, significantly reduces kidney…
October 21, 2002
School of Education Transforming K-12 science textbooks will be the focus of a new Center for Curriculum Materials in Science, a collaborative effort that includes the U-M School of Education. A $9.9 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation funds the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)-led center. In addition to the…
October 21, 2002
Michigan Engineering alumni Jerry W. Levin and Kevin O’Connor have pledged two gifts totaling $10 million to the College of Engineering (CoE) and have agreed to serve as co-chairs of its upcoming Anniversary Campaign. A portion of Levin’s $5 million pledge will be used as a challenge to encourage additional gifts to the Michigan Engineering…
October 14, 2002
As anyone with a smattering of geological knowledge knows, Earth’s crust is made up of plates that creep over the planet’s surface at a rate of several inches per year. But why do they move the way they do? Even experts have had trouble teasing out the exact mechanisms. A model developed by U-M researchers…
October 14, 2002
This feature is update monthly following the Boards of Regents meetings. The regents will meet on the following dates between Oct. 2002 and Dec. 2003: Oct. 17, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 16, Feb. 20, March 20, April 17, May 15 at U-M–Dearborn, June 19, July 17, Sept. 18, Oct. 16 at U-M–Flint, Nov. 20…
October 14, 2002
Jonis Agee. Andrea Barrett. Rosellen Brown. Alan Cheuse. George Garrett. Alyson Hagy. Timothy Liu. Al Young. Andrea Barrett and Nicolas Delbanco. (File photo by Bill Wood, U-M Photo Services) They work in diverse genres—poetry, the novel, creative nonfiction—and they live in far-flung places—California, New York, Virginia, Michigan. What unites these writers is their shared history…
October 14, 2002
Lights and music “dance” on water as the Digital Music Ensemble features a concert of “Gypsy Pond Music 5” on North Campus. Called an “interactive floating labyrinth” the School of Music project, performed last week, began with a study of Greek, Muslim, Hopi Indian and Catholic myths, says associate professor Stephen Rush. Students then were…
October 14, 2002
Police Beat is updated for the Record every third Monday of the month. The next report will be 10/21/02.
