April 24, 2000
By Joel Seguine News and Information Services With recommendations that “no student organization be granted a permanent or indefinite right to occupy space owned by the University of Michigan” and that the “space of all student organizations should be subject to a periodic reassignment process, review and potential reallocation,” the Panel on Space Allocation for…
April 24, 2000
National Nutrition Month Quiz Answers Nutrition contest winner Allison MacDuffee (right), a graduate student in history of art, is the winner in the contest celebrating National Nutrition Month (March). Her prize was a free lunch at West Quad dining hall with nutritionist Barbara Howe (left). MacDuffee turned in the winning quiz with only one answer…
April 24, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services The Hatcher Graduate Library’s Special Collections unit shows off just a few of the 9,000 volumes in its Shakespeare Collection. The Collection excels in collected editions of the plays, beginning with the Second Folio. The Library’s collection was built on the private collections of Edward Hughes Thomson and…
April 24, 2000
Remarks by Wilfred Kaplan Remarks by Robert E. Megginson Remarks by J. David Velleman Wilfred Kaplan, professor emeritus of mathematics Some thoughts about issues raised by the Michigamua controversy I approach the matter from the point of view of AAUP, to which I have devoted much effort for the past 35 years. A significant part…
April 24, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their April meeting. By Wono LeeNews and Information Services Appointments to professorships Faculty appointments to endowed and named professorships that were approved by the Regents include: Robert Jon Feigal, professor of dentistry, will hold the Samuel D. Harris Collegiate Professorship of Dentistry, effective April…
April 24, 2000
John Arthos John Arthos, professor emeritus of English, died April 11. He was 92. Arthos was a Russel Lecturer and the Hereward T. Price Distinguished University Professor of English. In adopting his retirement memoir in 1979, the Regents noted that Arthos’ “many books and articles range over several periods of English, American and continental literature.…
April 24, 2000
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Five individuals have been chosen to receive the 2000 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award. The award recognizes faculty whose service contributes to the development of a more culturally and ethnically diverse campus community. Named for the former dean of the School of Social Work, the $5,000 awards…
April 24, 2000
By Theresa Maddix O’Keefe details Learning Technology Initiative Media Union Director Barbara O’Keefe spoke on the Learning Technology Initiative April 17 at the Senate Assembly meeting. The Initiative seeks to improve teaching and learning by diffusing Web-based technology throughout the curriculum. “It’s very valuable,” O’Keefe said, “for our students to encounter technology in practice in…
April 24, 2000
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations With all of the construction in and around campus this summer, faculty, staff and students may want to consider travel options provided by the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA). Carrying four million passengers a year, the AATA staff continues to look for ways to improve its service and will…
April 24, 2000
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Map reprinted by permission of the Michigan Department of Transportation Traveling by road in and around Ann Arbor will be a test of patience this summer as numerous road construction projects take place. Preparation work for the projects will begin this month, with road closures slated to begin May…
