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September 11, 2000
By Amy Reyes News and Information Services The completion of the human genome sequence was touted by scientists and journalists as one of the most significant scientific achievements in history because scientists succeeded in tracing nearly all of the three billion bits of the human genetic code. Its completion highlights an effort in public health…
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September 11, 2000
Editor’s Note: In response to increasing prescription drug costs, the University is raising the co-pays for prescription drug benefits to $7 for generic drugs and $14 for brand-name drugs in most health plans, effective Jan. 1, 2001. This is the first of five articles from the Benefits Office to provide background on the reasons behind…
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September 11, 2000
By Rebecca A. Doyle Changes the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) has proposed to Ann Arbor City Council include replacing signs like those pictured that confuse drivers. Making some of the State Street Area’s one-way streets into two-way traffic areas would mean removing some of the street parking in the area, reworking traffic lights to minimize…
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September 11, 2000
The University Record, September 11, 2000 Guitarist Gerald Ross soothed patients and visitors at the University Hospital lobby last Thursday with a gift of music. His performance is one of several scheduled by the Gifts of Art program, which sponsors regular performances in the hospital 12:10–1 p.m. most Thursdays. Ross is a master of jazz…
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September 11, 2000
The University Record, September 11, 2000 ‘Arthur Miller at Work: The Photographs of Inge Morath’ is on display in the Works on Paper Gallery at the Museum of Art through Nov. 5. Shown is ‘Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan on the Pond, Roxbury, CT,’ a 1963 gelatin silver print by Morath. Morath has created a…
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September 11, 2000
The University Record, September 11, 2000 As part of ‘VideoCulture: Three Decades of Video Art,’ the Museum of Art and Media Union are sponsoring a residency by New York-based video artist Chris Doyle. Trained as an architect at Harvard University, Doyle has emerged as a talent in video art, know for projects that focus on…
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September 11, 2000
Tuition for graduate programs in the U-M-Dearborn School of Education has been reduced by 23.1 percent this fall. In the rates approved by the Regents at their July meeting, tuition for full-time graduate students in the School of Education who are Michigan residents will be $1,756.50 this fall, down from $2,284.15 last year. For other…
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September 11, 2000
By Jennifer Sroka U-M-Dearborn Educators who want to earn a master’s degree in special education inclusion can do so with the privacy and convenience of a home computer thanks to a new online program offered by U-M-Dearborn’s School of Education. The master of education in special education degree with inclusion specialist certificate is a 30-semester-hour…
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September 11, 2000
The court dates in the undergraduate admissions lawsuit, Gratz v. Bollinger, have been pushed back due to a medical emergency involving one of the University attorneys. Oral argument on the motions for summary judgment was postponed from Sept. 18 to Nov. 21 at 9:30 a.m. The pre-trial conference and trial have been adjourned to be…
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September 11, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services He was the 26th president of the United States, won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War, and stands 60 feet tall in the Black Hills of South Dakota along with Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. But Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt’s real claim to fame may be as…
