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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 Regents Roundup Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their February meeting. Administrative appointments Administrative appointments approved included: Clarita Mays, assistant dean of students and multicultural affairs, School of Social Work, was reappointed to the post, effective July 1. Carol T. Mowbray. associate professor of…
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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 Q & A on Media Union services Editor’s Note: With the arrival of Barbara O’Keefe, as director, the Media Union will play an increasingly active role in coordinating and supporting learning technology across the campus. Here she responds to questions about the consolidation of central support for learning technologies…
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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 U employees receive unusual phone solicitations From the Benefits Office Recently, several faculty and staff members have reported to the Benefits Office receipt of some unusual telephone calls and/or e-mail messages. The experiences follow a similar pattern. The U-M employee receives a telephone call or an e-mail message from…
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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 Obituaries Deming Bronson Brown Deming Bronson Brown, professor emeritus of slavic languages and literatures, died at the age of 80 Feb. 5 in Ann Arbor. A native of Seattle, Brown earned an A.B. and M.A. in English and American literatures from the University of Washington and received a Ph.D.…
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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 Media Union to provide learning technology support By Provost Nancy Cantor The University, like all educational institutions, is faced with a growing challenge of how best to incorporate new learning technologies into the pedagogical toolbox. Last spring, I formed a task force to assess the status of learning technology…
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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 LRC studio aids in videos for foreign language instruction By Kerry Colligan The black market value of video equipment in Peru has skyrocketted in recent years. So, when Jeff Middents, a graduate student instructor, traveled to Lima to obtain video footage to help “introduce students to Peruvian culture,” he…
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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 Report of the Commission on Life Sciences Initiatives Click on one of the highlighted sections below to jump to the initiative listed. • Biotechnology and Translational Research Initiative • Genomics and Complex Genetics Initiative • Chemical and Structural Biology Initiative • Cognitive Neuroscience Inititative Biocomplexity Initiative Defining “biocomplexity as…
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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 Imjin War diaries are memorial of invasions for Koreans By John Woodford News and Information Services During Korea’s two Imjin Wars against Japanese invaders—in 1592 and 1597—the Korean people endured incompetent leadership, famine, the destruction of their villages and bloody assaults that resulted in a “mountain” of pickled noses…
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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 Akerlof photographs 9-billion-year-old light surge By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Carl Akerlof has earned the right to boast a little. Not only was he the first astrophysicist to photograph something that most experts in his field didn’t believe even existed, but he did it with a $200,000…
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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 U evolutionary biologist looks at love and war between the sexes By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Despite considerable evidence to the contrary, the cause of much of the conflict between the sexes isn’t just that men are not monogamous. According to a U-M author, the underlying trouble…
