March 12, 2001
By Nancy Ross-Flanigan News and Information Services With more than 1.8 million rear-end crashes occurring every year in the United States—accounting for some 2,000 deaths and 800,000 injuries—automobiles equipped with forward collision warning systems could be a boon to highway safety. But when should such a system signal a driver that a crash is likely?…
March 12, 2001
By Joel Seguine News and Information Services Martin One year to the day after he walked into Weidenbach Hall as the interim—and now permanent—athletic director, Bill Martin delivered the 34th William McInally Lecture March 7 in the School of Business Administration’s Hale Auditorium. The McInally Lecture, begun in 1966 to honor the memory of Regent…
March 12, 2001
Julie Hussar plays the Celtic harp at a March 8 Gifts of Art program in the University Hospital Lobby. The performance also featured Betsy Beckerman on guitar, hammered dulcimer and banjo. Gifts of Art, the Hospitals’ comprehensive art program, offers musical performances at 12:10 p.m. each Thursday in the University Hospital Lobby. The program also…
March 5, 2001
By Maria Bonn and Wanda Monroe University Library Kearns Goodwin First Principles of Popular Education and Public Instruction, Westward by Rail: The New Route to the East and The Ladies’ Handbook of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness are just three of the thousands of books now available through the University Library’s Making of America (MoA)…
March 5, 2001
By Nancy L. Kuharevicz Student bus drivers and others voiced their opposition to the possible changes to the campus bus service at a Feb. 13 rally on the Diag. Among their concerns are loss of student and union driver positions, longer wait times at bus stops and less accountability for service with AATA taking over…
March 5, 2001
From the Museum of Art This 1928 watercolor by Charles Sheeler, titled ‘River Rouge Industrial Plant,’ will be included in the exhibition ‘Albert Kahn: Inspiration for the Modern.’ The exhibition, planned for display June 2–Oct. 21, is made possible by a $545,000 grant from the Ford Motor Company Fund to the Museum of Art. Image…
March 5, 2001
By Colleen Newvine News and Information Services The School of Public Health (SPH) recently launched a program aimed at providing training and support for the state’s public health work force. The Michigan Public Health Training Center (MPHTC) is funded by a five-year, $2.4 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health…
March 5, 2001
There will be no interruption in benefits coverage for 15,405 faculty and staff as a result of a processing error that occurred in their February monthly paychecks. Deductions were not taken for health, dental, long-term disability, life insurance, prescription drugs, vision, flexible spending accounts (FSA), auto/homeowners/liability insurance, group long-term care insurance, legal plan and flexible…
March 5, 2001
By Kim Cobb Information Technology Central Services There is a common scam—spread by e-mail as well as U.S. mail—that has been circulating for at least 10 years. Recently, many members of the University community have seen this scam firsthand via e-mail. The Information Technology (IT) User Advocate wants to make computer users aware of it.…
March 5, 2001
By Theresa Maddix Bollinger “I say repeatedly,” President Lee C. Bollinger reported at the Feb. 19 Senate Assembly meeting, “students at the University of Michigan love this institution. There is a kind of magic that happens to students here. It’s hard to identify why it is that students here feel so good about their institution.…
