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January 24, 2000
The University Record, January 24, 2000 By Pete Barkey Health System Public Relations The adverse effects experienced by repatriated prisoners of war are well-documented, but what’s not well-known is whether POWs realize positive outcomes from their traumatic experiences. Now, a research team, led by a U-M Health System investigator, is launching a study to examine…
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January 24, 2000
The University Record, January 24, 2000 By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Janet Crayne with one of the Yugoslav phone books that have been collected to help those who fled Kosovo establish residency. The project involves transferring more than 16 million entries to microfilm. Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services When the call…
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January 24, 2000
The University Record, January 24, 2000 By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Elizabeth Allen, associate professor of nursing, described herself as “queen of the barrier-breakers” during last week’s 13th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. In a presentation sponsored by the MLK Health Science Committee, she talked about the barriers to health care she…
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January 24, 2000
The University Record, January 24, 2000 By Rebecca A. Doyle Where did the growing violence in our schools come from? How can we stop it? There are no simple solutions to the problem of growing violence in both schools and popular American culture, James Gabarino and Pedro Noguera said in their dual lecture last week.…
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January 24, 2000
The University Record, January 24, 2000 By Joel Seguine News and Information Services “Martin Luther King Day is not a holiday just for Blacks—it’s for everyone,” declared Earl Ofari Hutchinson, social critic, TV commentator and prolific author of books that trace the social history of African Americans. Hutchinson’s presentation in the Michigan Union Ballroom on…
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January 24, 2000
The University Record, January 24, 2000 By Amy Reyes News and Information Services Storyteller Tiana Marquez kept both young and old spellbound with her tales. The day-long MLK Children’s Program was filled with song and dance and celebration, featuring Baile Folklorico, Sabor Latino and the Mosaic Youth Choir. Photo by Bill Wood, U-M Photo Services…
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January 24, 2000
The University Record, January 24, 2000 By Mary Jo Frank Office of Communications Gates “We have to get African American children on the Internet,” declared Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research and keynote speaker at the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. Gates, also the W.E.B.…
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January 24, 2000
The University Record, January 24, 2000 Crew members began removal of the letters and symbols at Michigan Stadium Jan. 17. Part of the controversial ‘halo,’ the letters spelled out phrases from the U-M fight song and were accompanied by small University seals and helmets. ‘We are going to leave the large University seal on the…
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January 17, 2000
The University Record, January 17, 2000 By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services A recent study conducted for the School of Social Work and United Way Community Services (UWCS) reveals the technological needs of statewide non-profits in the new millennium. The Survey Report on Selected Non-Profits and Information Technology, prepared by Public Sector Consultants with…
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January 17, 2000
The University Record, January 17, 2000 By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services A gift from the Kao family of more than 700 volumes of classic Chinese books enables the University’s Asia Library to continue as one of the premiere libraries of its kind outside Asia. The family has U-M connections that go back to…
