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February 12, 2001
By Mary Jo Frank, Office of the Vice President for Communications and Joanne Nesbit, News and Information Services Scene from Henry IV, Part II. Photo by John Haynes, courtesy Royal Shakespeare Company It was the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) commitment to education that struck a responsive chord with President Lee C. Bollinger and University Musical…
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February 12, 2001
Bob Grese (left), director of Nichols Arboretum and associate professor of natural resources, and architecture student Joon-Young Kim discuss Kim’s design for environmentally sustainable structures in the Arb. At the Feb. 5 winter open house ‘Exploring Sustainable Architecture in Nichols Arboretum,’ students showcased design plans and models in the James D. Reader Jr. Urban Environmental…
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February 12, 2001
As a recorded whale song resonates through the Exhibit Museum of Natural History’s Rotunda, musician Brian Hedeen mimics the whale’s distinctive low pitches with the long, tube-shaped didgereedoo. Hedeen and Michael Gould, a shakuhachi flute grand master, performed Feb. 7 during the program ‘Whale Songs and Shakuhachi Flute.’ Presented by the Exhibit Museum and the…
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February 12, 2001
Students in a graphic design class at the School of Art and Design were challenged by the Chlorine Free Products Association to create a design attractive to fifth- and sixth-graders that would promote awareness of toxicity levels in manufactured products, and three of them have received awards for their work. The semester-long research project about…
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February 12, 2001
Honored as an exceptional University educator, Burt Barnes, the Stephen H. Spurr Professor of Forestry, is the recipient of the 11th annual Golden Apple Award. In choosing the award recipient, students vote for a professor who has ‘inspired, moved, enlightened and encouraged.’ Barnes, one nominator noted, ‘continues to stun and amaze and engage the students…
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February 12, 2001
By Nancy L. Kuharevicz Recycling, purchase of ‘green’ products and efforts such as ‘Green Lights’ are among the University’s initiatives to promote sustainability, according to Terry Alexander. Photo by Bill Wood, U-M Photo Services The University is working on several fronts to improve its stewardship of the environment and would like to get the campus…
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February 12, 2001
By Dan Krauth News and Information Services A Detroit neighborhood that currently has no grocery stores now has a fresh food source called FreshOnline@BrewsterDouglass, a result of software developed at the U-M. At the Community Technological Center, which opened Feb. 7, residents of the Brewster Douglass neighborhood can punch in their grocery order, receive wholesale…
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February 12, 2001
Kathryn Beam, senior associate librarian, Special Collections Library, puts the finishing touches on one of the costumes displayed in ‘Costuming in Shakespeare’s History Plays.’ In celebration of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) campus performances and Michigan Residency in March, the exhibition will be shown through April 14 at the Special Collections Library, seventh floor, Harlan…
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February 5, 2001
By Dan Krauth, News and Information Services, and Nancy L. Kuharevicz A scene from Along the Tracks. Photo courtesy Wild Swan Theater U-M faculty and students have teamed with a community theater group, local historians and professional designers to uncover and tell the history of the Underground Railroad in Washtenaw County. The story is in…
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February 5, 2001
By Julie Peterson Office of the Vice President for Communications Faculty salary increases for 2000–01 averaged 5.1 percent, according to figures from the University’s Salary Record, released Jan. 29. The median faculty salary increase (the 50th percentile) was 4.4 percent, the 25th percentile was 3 percent, and the 75th percentile was 6.6 percent. Thus, half…
