April 10, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass ‘What do I do now?’ Attacking the visual clutter of multiple signs that send mixed messages in the State Street area is high on the list of priorities suggested by the multidisciplinary U-M team that conducted the State Street Development Project. To improve the ‘streetscape,’ the team recommended that single poles…
April 10, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass LaVerne Prager (center) with her children Debra and Kevin. Her $500,000 endowment gift has been matched by the Knight Foundation to fund the Karsten Prager Fellowship in International Journalism in the Michigan Journalism Fellows Program. The fellowship honors her late husband, who was an international journalist with Time magazine. Photo by…
April 10, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services School of Music Dean Paul C. Boylan is retiring this year after 21 years as dean, 35 years on the faculty. Photo by Bill Wood, U-M Photo Services “They don’t come here to study with the dean. They come here to study with the faculty,” says Paul C.…
April 10, 2000
By Linda Hancock Green M-Pathways Project The redesign of the Wolverine Access Web site is the result of a collaborative effort on the part of staff from across the University, U-M graduate and undergraduate students, and local high school students. ‘Students were involved in all aspects of the redesign,’ says David Sweetman, a third-year business…
April 10, 2000
By Jane Elgass The men’s crew (rowing) and lacrosse team will not participate in this year’s Naked Mile. In a meeting held during the crew’s opening weekend of racing in Ithaca, N.Y., the crew team decided it will no longer take part in the event to which it has been linked over the past 15…
April 10, 2000
Most of you are aware of the upcoming campus tradition known as the Naked Mile. I am writing this letter to keep you informed about our growing concerns about this event, which has evolved into a dangerous experience for our students. The run, which began in 1986, has grown out of control in recent years.…
April 10, 2000
By Rebecca A. Doyle The University should divest itself of stock it holds in tobacco manufacturing companies, concludes a report from the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Tobacco Investments. The eight-member committee, formed in September 1999, unanimously recommends that the Regents approve a resolution that will direct Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert…
April 10, 2000
Robert H. Hawkes Robert H. Hawkes, a mechanic with the Health System for 33 years, died March 29 in Belleville. Hawkes served in the U.S. Army and received the National Defense Service medal, the Vietnam Service medal, Vietnam Campaign medal and the Army Commendation medal. He was born June 23, 1947, in Ann Arbor. He…
April 10, 2000
By Theresa Maddix The Department of Biology is this year’s recipient of the $25,000 Departmental Award for Contributions to the Undergraduate Initiative. The honor was announced at the April 3 LS&A faculty meeting. Associate Dean Terrence McDonald presented the award to Chair Julian Adams, citing a statement that noted the department’s “significant enhancements over the…
April 10, 2000
Federal Judge Bernard Friedman on March 31 set a new date of Jan. 15, 2001, for the lawsuit challenging the admissions practices of the Law School. The suit had been scheduled for trial Aug. 28 in federal court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit. The new schedule calls for all motions to be…
