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April 5, 1999
Obituary The University Record, April 5, 1999 Louis A. Ferman Louis A. Ferman, professor emeritus of social work and a well-known labor expert, died of stomach cancer March 25 in Ann Arbor. He was 72. Ferman, also research scientist emeritus at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR), was widely regarded as the “father…
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April 5, 1999
The University Record, April 5, 1999 More than 900 3rd- and 4th-graders from area schools met nearly 1,000 U-M students they felt they knew, but had never met face-to-face. They were all participants in K-Grams, a program that pairs U-M students with grade school children through e-mail in a pen pal program. They send e-mail…
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April 5, 1999
The University Record, April 5, 1999 By Kerry Colligan The University Library recently accepted a $1.1 million gift to preserve, add to and increase access to the Library’s research collections. The Raymund and Elizabeth Cassidy Endowed Book Fund was created by the couple’s gift last November for “collection development supporting research and teaching beyond the…
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April 5, 1999
The University Record, April 5, 1999 By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services A program from a reunion of the ‘Polar Bears’ of 1918. Photo by Bob Kalmbach The current exhibit at the Bentley Historical Library sounds like it could be a documentary on arctic life, but the exhibit actually documents an episode of World…
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April 5, 1999
The University Record, April 5, 1999 By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services ‘More [students] are going for a four-year degree and immediately into the workforce,’ Lynn Rivers told the audience during a panel discussion at the Jerome B. Weisner Symposium last week. Photos by Bob Kalmbach There aren’t any “whiskers on kittens” or “warm…
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April 5, 1999
The University Record, April 5, 1999 By Joel Seguine News and Information Services Support for faculty innovation and the importance of policy leadership by funders providing resources for innovation were among the calls sounded repeatedly during the first panel of the Wiesner Symposium. “Research-Based Learning at the Research University: What Our Experiments are Teaching Us”…
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April 5, 1999
The University Record, April 5, 1999 By Kerry Colligan Differences in perspective divided panelists and audience members at the closing panel of the Third Annual Jerome B. Wiesner Symposium, “Transforming Undergraduate Learning: Where Do We Go from Here?” Almost 100 attendees listened as the panelists discussed the importance of financial and institutional support for undergraduate…
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April 5, 1999
The University Record, April 5, 1999 By Jane R. Elgass ‘More [students] are going for a four-year degree and immediately into the workforce,’ Lynn Rivers told the audience during a panel discussion at the Jerome B. Weisner Symposium last week. Photos by Bob Kalmbach A member of Congress, representative of industry, grant-maker and college dean…
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April 5, 1999
The University Record, April 5, 1999 The Ann Arbor Pow Wow, a traditional spring gathering of Native Americans since 1972, has retained its roots in the celebration of spring. Values of honor, respect and generosity are displayed each year as Native American families gather in a combination of old and new ways that make for…
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March 29, 1999
The University Record, March 29, 1999 By Bernie DeGroatNews and Information Services One in four college students in a recent study said they experience lingering effects of a frightful movie or TV experience from childhood. These effects range from inability to sleep to avoidance of situations portrayed in those movies. File photo While the short-term…
