March 20, 2000
By Joel Seguine News and Information Services and Jane R. Elgass Three senior faculty and administrators were named March 15 to a panel that will examine both the allocation of space to campus student groups and the nature and scope of the University’s involvement with student organizations. Formation of the panel follows a protest by…
March 20, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass The lawsuits challenging the University’s admissions practices are now scheduled to go to trial in August and early fall in federal court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit. The suit challenging the use of race in admissions processes for LS&A—Gratz v. Bollinger et. al—will be heard sometime in September/October…
March 20, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass Members of the University community are invited to participate in a two-part program March 27 and 29 titled “Women’s Lives, Voices, Solutions: Shaping a National Agenda for Women in Higher Education.” The keynote address and opening and closing panel discussions of this national conference, taking place at the University of Minnesota,…
March 20, 2000
By Rebecca A. Doyle How do faculty at the University perceive their environment, the quality and quantity of work they and others produce? How do junior faculty spend their time in contrast to senior faculty? Are there differences between men and women faculty members in how their time is spent? These questions and more were…
March 20, 2000
By Mary Jo Frank Office of Communications Stewart Using Michigan yearbooks to illustrate changes that swept American college campuses in the late 1960s and early 1970s, psychology Prof. Abigail J. Stewart invited audience members to imagine the impact the two quite different universities would have had on 17 or 18 years olds. Photographs of students…
March 20, 2000
Visiting artist Annette Lawrence capped her week-long residency with an exploration of her installation at the Museum of Art, which was created with students from the School of Art and Design. Her exhibition, ‘Transparent/Opaque,’ will be on display through April 16. Lawrence was on campus as part of the Penny W. Stamps Visiting Artists Program…
March 13, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., will receive the third University of Michigan Distinguished Legislator Award at ceremonies in Washington, D.C., March 14. Modeled after the national service academy scholarship programs, the award enables the chosen U.S. senator or House member to select a constituent in their state or congressional district to…
March 13, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass The University is one of 17 academic institutions to receive a grant from the Department of Defense to conduct interdisciplinary research in 13 topic areas of basic science and engineering. The $5 million grant, made under the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program, will provide long-term support for research, graduate students…
March 13, 2000
From the Office of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs Editor’s Note: Following are statements by candidates for the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA). Three members will be elected toserve three-year terms at the March 20 meeting. The new members will succeed Barbara MacAdam and Lewis Kleinsmith. John Gobetti, currently a SACUA…
March 13, 2000
By Wanda Monroe Office of the Chief Information Officer The University will participate with 10 other universities in an “Early Adopters Program” sponsored by the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Early Adopters will provide development and a test bed for deployment of middleware computing…
