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February 7, 2000
The University Record, February 07, 2000 By Jane R. Elgass Ji Jaga Activists with local and national ties encouraged audience members to search their souls for their own values and then pursue their chosen causes by building coalitions and networks. Panel members speaking at “Radical Revolutionaries: Different Goals, Similar Visions” on Jan. 24 also counseled…
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February 7, 2000
The University Record, February 07, 2000 By Joel Seguine News and Information Services The fraternity involved in a December hazing incident has been closed by its national board of directors. Sidney Dunn, executive vice president of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, announced Jan. 31 that the board had voted formally to “suspend the charter and revoke…
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February 7, 2000
The University Record, February 07, 2000 By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Longone The Clements Library has named Jan Longone as curator of American culinary history, a pioneering appointment recognizing the increasing importance of the study of food history. Longone, founder/owner of Ann Arbor’s Wine and Food Library, the oldest culinary antiquarian bookshop in…
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February 7, 2000
The University Record, February 07, 2000 By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Development Officer Mary Penet with a few of the special people who keep her busy evenings and weekends. Penet crafts her Spirit People from polymer clay and uses a number of techniques to create the hauntingly realistic dolls, which are about 20…
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February 7, 2000
The University Record, February 07, 2000 By Amy Reyes News and Information Services A report recently issued by the Center for the Education of Women, ‘Michigan: A ‘Smart State’ for Women?’ emphasizes the importance of education in increasing women’s participation in the labor force; reducing unemployment, poverty and welfare dependence; overcoming the wage gap between…
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February 7, 2000
The University Record, February 07, 2000 By Rebecca A. Doyle A panel discussion on how to tell whether someone has an eating disorder and how to get help for that person is among the activities planned by several U-M units during Eating Disorders Awareness Week. The panel and other related events are free and open…
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February 7, 2000
The University Record, February 07, 2000 By Jane R. Elgass Kahn Three women will receive the Sarah Goddard Power Award in a ceremony Feb. 16 that also will reflect on the 25-year history of the Academic Women’s Caucus. Receiving the award will be Margaret F. Kahn, professor of political science at U-M-Flint and research scientist,…
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February 7, 2000
The University Record, February 07, 2000 James V. Neel Neel James Van Gundia Neel, professor emeritus of human genetics and internal medicine, died of cancer Feb. 1 at his home in Ann Arbor. He was 84. An internationally renowned scientist, Neel was a pioneer in the study of human genetics and one of the first…
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February 7, 2000
The University Record, February 07, 2000 By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Donna Livant credits sea urchins like the one she’s holding here for a key discovery that helped her develop a new cancer-inhibiting peptide. During the initial stages of her research, Livant used sea urchin membranes as a base for cancer cell cultures…
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February 7, 2000
The University Record, February 07, 2000 From Health System Public Relations This winter, don’t be in the dark about SAD It isn’t “all in your head”—Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is more than the “winter blues” or a post-holiday letdown. SAD is a physically and emotionally debilitating condition that affects approximately 6 percent of the population,…
