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December 13, 1999
The University Record, December 13, 1999 By Jane R. Elgass Gates Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research and the W.E.B. DuBois Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University, will be the keynote speaker for the University’s commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Gates will deliver the Martin Luther…
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December 13, 1999
The University Record, December 13, 1999 Parking Parking enforcement will be relaxed Dec. 23–Jan. 2 in University lots and structures. University permits will not be required to park in Blue, Yellow, Orange or Green parking spaces. Special signed spaces (Gold, UM Service Vehicle, Loading Zone and Handicap) will require the appropriate permit. Meters & Parkmasters…
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December 13, 1999
The University Record, December 13, 1999 By Andi McDonnell Health System Public Relations Here come the holidays! Beautiful decorations, visiting with family and friends, relaxing by the fire, delicious elaborate meals. . . . . and shopping, cleaning, card-giving, parties and other commitments. Suddenly, what you hoped would be a wonderful holiday turns into a…
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December 13, 1999
The University Record, December 13, 1999 By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The frenzy of holiday shopping that comes over the country at this time of year is not just an expression of crass consumerism, according to an U of M anthropologist. “There’s something more interesting going on,” says Webb Keane, associate professor of…
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December 13, 1999
The University Record, December 13, 1999 By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Older Americans who have symptoms of depression are as likely as those who smoke to develop a new disease within two years, according to a U-M study of more than 6,000 Americans age 70 and older. The study, presented last month at…
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December 13, 1999
The University Record, December 13, 1999 By Karl Bates College of Engineering A dramatic improvement in the way machine tools are used to bore long holes in manufactured parts is being recognized by Industry Week magazine as one of the “Top 25 Technologies of 1999.” The prize announcement appeared in the Dec. 6 edition of…
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December 13, 1999
The University Record, December 13, 1999 By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Local villagers collect dipterocarp seeds called illipe nuts to sell as a cash crop. Photo by Lisa Curran On the island of Borneo, the world’s second largest tropical rain forest is dying. Its death will mean the disappearance of a unique ecosystem…
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December 13, 1999
The University Record, December 13, 1999 By Nancy Ross-Flanigan News and Information Services A U-M professor has weighed in on what has been called “the biggest issue in the whole technology communications realm” with a study refuting cable companies’ claims that they will suffer if forced to allow competing Internet service providers to use their…
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December 13, 1999
The University Record, December 13, 1999 By Jane R. Elgass Staff members who will be working during the Y2K rollover at the end of the month were kept busy Dec. 7 during a simulation exercise developed by James Snyder (standing at left), professor of architecture and urban planning. Also pictured above at the table are…
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December 13, 1999
The University Record, December 13, 1999 By Janet Nellis Mendler News and Information Services Mission accomplished! Two architecture course sections and many other volunteers worked furiously this fall to enclose the above house, also on Monroe St., before winter. This Habitat for Humanity House is sponsored by the Business School. Photo by Sandy Becker The…
