March 15, 1999
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services U-M researchers from the Institute for Social Research (ISR) will examine how everyday stress affects health and well-being in a new study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. For the study, researchers will be asking 100 residents of Ypsilanti about the stresses they face and how…
March 15, 1999
By Jane R. Elgass Major concerns about the physical layout of the Ann Arbor campus and its increasing sprawl led President Lee C. Bollinger to contract with Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates to develop a master plan, he told an audience of some 50 individuals participating in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Seminar…
March 15, 1999
By Jane R. Elgass “Invaluable to a complete newcomer.” “Leadership is not a simple matter. The seminar helps you see this.” “You look at the University in a different light.” Those are among comments offered by several past participants in a special program for faculty and staff aspiring to academic leadership positions sponsored by the…
March 15, 1999
March Diversity theme semester events All are free and open to the public. March 16, 4 p.m., Rackham Auditorium. “Race in Black and White: Different Perspectives from Recent Research,” a panel discussion featuring authors Abigail Thernstrom (America in Black and White), Tamar Jacoby (Someone Else’s House) and James Jackson (New Directions in Thinking About Race…
March 15, 1999
By Jane R. Elgass A student and a graduate died in a murder-suicide on March 5, bringing the specter of domestic violence to the University. Alumnus Christopher Groesbeck was shot in his off-campus apartment on East Kingsley by senior Natasha Qurershi, who then shot herself. Police have indicated that the deaths were the result of…
March 15, 1999
By Jane R. Elgass Laurita Thomas emphasized developing a plan for change, committing yourself to the plan and enlisting the support of colleagues and friends if you’re considering a job change. She addressed an appreciative audience of more than 650 at the March 5 People of Color Conference. Photo by Bob Kalmbach Your kitchen table,…
March 15, 1999
The University Record, March 15, 1999 By Rebecca A. Doyle Man held in carjacking A 20-year-old man, who is not affiliated with the University, is being held in connection with a carjacking reported at 11:50 p.m. Feb. 15. A female student says she was approached by a man after she left the Legal Research Building…
March 15, 1999
The University Record, March 15, 1999 Marilyn Zimmerman dresses the part to urge women to “slay the dragons” during a February lecture, part of the Photo Active Feminist Lecture Series sponsored by the School of Art and Design and the National Endowment for the Arts. Zimmerman donned the dragon costume to emphasize the need to…
March 15, 1999
The University Record, March 15, 1999 By Pat MaterkaDivision of Kinesiology Eleven-year-old Paul Anthony Hoppe, who has right-sided spasticity, demonstrates movements used in a study evaluating the effectiveness of botulinum toxin on upper limb function. Edward Hurvitz, assistant professor of physical medicine, and Susan Brown of the Center for Human Motor Research in Kinesiology are…
March 8, 1999
The University Record, March 8, 1999 Principal players expected to gather here for ‘repeat’ of Polish Round Table By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Ten years after the fall of communism in Poland, the University will re-create the atmosphere of the Polish Round Table talks, the historic negotiations between communists and the opposition that…
