October 14, 2002
A student on North Campus enjoys a day of summer-like weather before the chill of fall makes its return. (Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services)
October 14, 2002
A newly created position in Occupational Safety and Environmental Health (OSEH)—the environmental stewardship coordinator—will be in charge of overseeing existing ecological efforts across campus as well as new initiatives. Andrew Berki will serve in the new position. “Everyone is a steward of the environment around us,” he says. “We are caretakers of the resources…
October 14, 2002
University Record Intern Members of the CRLT Players theater troupe, clockwise from top left: Iyobosa Ekhato, Ward Beauchamp, Ron Dreslinski, James Ingagiola, Omry Maoz and director Jeffrey Steiger. (Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services) Five faculty members enter a room for their weekly departmental meeting. The purpose is to evaluate two candidates for…
October 14, 2002
Wolfram (Photo by Marcia Ledford, U-M Photo Services) The keys to understanding natural phenomena could lie in simple rules and models, physicist Stephen Wolfram said in a speech during which he promoted his controversial and popular new book, “A New Kind of Science.” “Simple rules can produce fairly complicated behavior,” said Wolfram during the Oct.…
October 14, 2002
A drug that reduces high blood pressure in people with a form of the disease common later in life also cuts their risk of stroke and death, and does it better than another hypertension drug, a new study finds. An international team of researchers reports that patients older than 55 who took a drug called…
October 14, 2002
While most top executives say the study of business ethics is important for the success of CEOs, only 15 percent rank it among the top three fields of study crucial to their own success, according to research by the Business School and eePulse Inc., a technology and management research firm. In a new study of…
October 14, 2002
A new National Advisory Board for U-M Tech Transfer has been established to help guide the University’s efforts in commercializing its technologies. The new board will advise the Office of Technology Transfer and its satellite offices in the Medical School and College of Engineering. “We are delighted to have a world-class group of industry leaders…
October 14, 2002
The University will work toward making the state of Michigan a safer place by training public health professionals who must prevent and respond to bioterrorist attacks and other infectious disease outbreaks. The U-M Bioterrorism Preparedness Initiative recently was notified that it will receive $1 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this…
October 14, 2002
The following article is the fifth in a series submitted by the Benefits Office on the University’s new prescription drug plan, which begins Jan. 1. Previous articles have announced the University’s decision to consolidate pharmacy purchasing under a single Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)—AdvancePCS—and to carve out the prescription drug benefit from medical plans. This article…
October 14, 2002
The U.S. government’s war on domestic crime and punishment has left it poorly prepared to deal with the effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the subsequent war on terrorism, according to a former U-M professor. Simon (Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services) Jonathan Simon, formerly an assistant professor of political science at…
