June 19, 2000
From the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure Researchers at the U-M will soon release software that will allow social scientists to analyze complex data at levels not possible by conventional techniques. The researchers are testing the beta version of the software as part of the Michigan Parallel Imputation (MPI) project, through the U-M’s participation…
June 19, 2000
By Vivian A. Byrd Human Resources and Affirmative Action In fiscal year 1998–99, the University spent more than $325 million on benefits programs for faculty and staff. To break this number down to a personal level, a Personal Statement of Benefits is available from the Benefits Office. The statement provides the dollar value of total…
June 19, 2000
By Rebecca A. Doyle The Board of Regents voted at the June 15–16 meeting to divest the University of its holdings in tobacco manufacturing companies. Regents Laurence B. Deitch, Olivia P. Maynard, Rebecca McGowan and S. Martin Taylor voted in favor of the motion to divest; Regents David A. Brandon and Andrea Fischer Newman abstained;…
June 19, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their June meeting. By Wono LeeNews and Information Services Administrative appointments Administrative appointments approved by the Regents included: Frederick R. Amrine, the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures, was reappointed chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and…
June 19, 2000
Heleen W.A.M. Sancisi-Weerdenburg Heleen W.A.M. Sancisi-Weerdenburg died at the age of 56 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on May 26, after a courageous battle against cancer. Sancisi-Weerdenburg held the Netherlands Visiting Professorship at the University in 1989–90 in the Departments of History and Near Eastern Studies. Building upon the extensive bonds she forged in her year…
June 19, 2000
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Alcock Classical archaeologist Susan E. Alcock is one of 25 new MacArthur Fellows announced by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Alcock, an associate professor of classical archaeology and classics, will receive $500,000 over five years. A scholar of Greek and Roman archaeology, Alcock works at…
June 19, 2000
By Mary Jo Frank Office of Communications Havel The University plans to award the honorary doctor of laws degree to Czech Republic President Václav Havel Sept. 5. The playwright and statesman also will participate in a program titled “Globalization’s Intellectual Challenge” following the ceremony. The Regents approved the honorary degree at their June 16 meeting.…
June 19, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Miller The University will host the Arthur Miller International Symposium, “Arthur Miller’s America: Theater and Culture in a Century of Change,” Oct. 26–29, in honor of Miller’s 85th birthday. The noted playwright and alumnus (’38) will deliver the keynote address Oct. 26. Kicking off a year of theater…
June 19, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass Wolff Music educator Karen Wolff will be recommended to the Regents as the next dean of the School of Music. The recommendation, announced by Provost Nancy Cantor and President Lee C. Bollinger on June 9, will be acted on by the Board at its July 13–14 meeting, with Wolff’s appointment effective…
June 19, 2000
From the Program in Bioinformatics The Program in Bioinformatics has selected five collaborative research proposals in bioinformatics to fund through a pilot grant. For the funding program, bioinformatics was viewed as a field that elucidates and quantifies the interactions that link the numerous hierarchical levels of organization in an organism. Levels range from DNA sequence…
