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March 29, 1999
The University Record, March 29, 1999 Editor’s Note: This article is one of a series of profiles of U-M alumni who have made significant and lasting contributions through their research, scholarship and creative activity. Expanded versions of these articles are available on the research Web site at www.research.umich.edu/research/news/michigangreats.html. By Lee Katterman Office of the Vice…
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March 29, 1999
The University Record, March 29, 1999 By Diane SwanbrowNews and Information Services A new analysis of the human brain at work, published in the March 12 issue of Science, elucidates how the frontal lobes are organized, providing strong evidence that verbal and spatial memories are processed in different hemispheres. The analysis, by U-M psychologists Edward…
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March 29, 1999
The University Record, March 29, 1999 By Jane R. Elgass Renick (center, facing camera) with U-M-Dearborn students. James C. Renick, chancellor of U-M-Dearborn since 1993, has been named chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a historically Black institution. His appointment to the post, announced March 19, is effective July 15. The school…
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March 29, 1999
The University Record, March 29, 1999 Following several requests, the Record agreed to track down the University cooks who won the March 3-4 dining services cookoff. East Quad’s Angie Demaron volunteered her prize-winning recipe for Chinese spareribs. Watch future issues of the Record for other delicacies prepared by U-M cooks. Angie’s Chinese Spareribs 3-3.5 lbs.…
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March 29, 1999
The University Record, March 29, 1999 By Rebecca A. Doyle Dan Turnquist recently spoke to students in ‘Labor Markets and Public Policy around the World.’ Photo by Bob Kalmbach Talking with students about “anything with an international focus” is what Dan Turnquist says is one of the two reasons he is here at the U-M…
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March 29, 1999
The University Record, March 29, 1999 By Jane R. Elgass University administrators continue to work to prepare the institution for any possible negative impact of the Year 2000 (Y2K) Problem, also referred to as the Millennium Bug. Most of the attention so far has been directed to central activities, and much of that focused on…
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March 29, 1999
The University Record, March 29, 1999 By Rebecca A. Doyle Gymnast Beth Amelkovich, an M-PACT member for three years, told reporters that it is an athlete’s responsibility to help teammates create a safe and healthy environment that would include team policies on alcohol use. Photo by Bob Kalmbach Fired by a pride in the U-M,…
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March 29, 1999
The University Record, March 29, 1999 By Theresa M. Maddix STRESS . . .Just the word causes stomachs to knot up and heads to start aching. Yet, stress is a shared challenge for all University employees, from research analysts to outpatient clerks to administrative assistants. On March 18, a group of University staff members came…
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March 29, 1999
The University Record, March 29, 1999 The Palen family of Stone Road brought a number of items for identification to the second annual ID Day at the Exhibit Museum. But the experts turned the tables on the family with a quiz of their own. Five-year-old Jack, a student at Glacier Way Cooperative Nursery School, astonished…
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March 29, 1999
The University Record, March 29, 1999 By Jane R. Elgass Flextime. Job sharing. Compressed work week. Telecommuting. Phased retirement. Seasonal leaves. Part-time/voluntary reduced time. All of these are options to the traditional 8 a.m.-5 p.m. workday that are being explored by corporations and institutions nationwide as they adjust to an environment in which current and…
