March 13, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services The memo from then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger advising Ambassador Graham Martin on the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. It is among the documents that have been declassified for release April 7. Courtesy Ford Library The Gerald R. Ford Foundation, in conjunction with the Gerald R.…
March 13, 2000
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The gap in death rates between Blacks and whites was as large five years ago as it was 50 years ago, according to a U-M study published in the current issue of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. “In 1950, the death rate for Blacks…
March 13, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass Senate Assembly members were somewhat supportive of a proposal for University-year faculty salaries to be paid on an academic-year (September–August) rather than fiscal-year (July–June) basis. That proposal was one of two possibilities suggested by Associate Provost Paul Courant at the group’s Feb. 21 meeting. The other called for payment on a…
March 13, 2000
Chefs from regional university dining services put their talents to the test March 1 at the culinary challenge, one of the crowd-pleasing events at the Region IV conference of the National Association of College and University Food Services. The U-M hosted this year’s conference during the term break. Above, Andrew Thistlehwaite of the University of…
March 6, 2000
By Wono Lee News and Information Services Eight faculty members were named to the Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship by the Regents at their February meeting. The professorship “recognizes and rewards faculty for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education.” Those honored are Susan E. Alcock, associate professor of classical archaeology and classics; Deborah Loewenberg Ball, professor of…
March 6, 2000
By Diane L. Brown Facilities and Operations Roelofs Marina Roelofs has been named director of the Plant Extension Department. Her appointment was announced Feb. 17 by Henry Baier, associate vice president for facilities and operations. She succeeds Tom Schlaff, who had been interim director. Roelofs will plan and direct the administrative and operational activities of…
March 6, 2000
By Julie Peterson News and Information Services President Lee C. Bollinger announced March 3 that he has asked William C. Martin, president of First Martin Corp., an Ann Arbor real estate development firm, to serve as interim director of athletics. The appointment will be effective today pending approval by the Board of Regents at their…
March 6, 2000
By Jill Siegelbaum News and Information Services Six programs will receive funding from the Student and Faculty Initiatives Fund of the Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning. Each program will receive approximately $2,000. The Center created the fund after receiving donations from two individuals who requested that the funds go to aid community service…
March 6, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass President Lee C. Bollinger announced Feb. 18 that the U-M will “conditionally join” the Workers’ Rights Consortium (WRC). The still-to-be-formed WRC was developed by United Students Against Sweatshops and consists of a system to verify and inspect conditions in factories that produce licensed collegiate logo items. Members of Students Organizing for…
March 6, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services From “Switched on Bach” to “Bach Around the Clock” and “Back to Bach,” U-M faculty and students will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the death of J.S. Bach with a non-stop 24-hour concert in Hill Auditorium. The program begins at 8 p.m. March 11 with the presentation of…
