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September 20, 1999
The University Record, September 20, 1999 By Rebecca A. Doyle Editor’s Note: Because the Record does not publish Police Beat in August, the following brief items and the accompanying map show statistics for crimes reported on campus in both July and August. Incidents reported after Aug. 30 may appear in the text, but are not…
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September 20, 1999
The University Record, September 20 , 1999 Administrative appointments Administrative appointments approved by the Regents at their September meeting included: Noreen M. Clark, the Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor of Public Health and professor of health behavior and health education, was re-appointed dean of the School of Public Health, July 1, 2000–June 30, 2005. Robert…
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September 20, 1999
The University Record, September 20 , 1999 C. James Pilcher C. James Pilcher, professor emeritus of finance, passed away July 25 at Huron Woods at age 78. Jim was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the son of Clayton and Marjorie Pilcher. He attended the University of Michigan, where he received his B.B.A., M.B.A. and Ph.D.…
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September 20, 1999
The University Record, September 20, 1999 By Sally Pobojewski Health System Public Relations Michael Savageau (foreground) and research fellow Armindo Salvador in their lab. Savageau says the interdisciplinary bioinformatics initiative will enable scientists to make sense of the flood of data being generated by the Human Genome Project. Photo by Bob Kalmbach The University will…
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September 20, 1999
The University Record, September 20, 1999 By Sally Pobojewski Health System Public Relations This drawing by Xiao Ling Peng, staff member in Dixon’s laboratory, shows plague victims in England during the ‘Black Death.’ A mass grave at the top of the hill soon contaminated a well at the bottom. Yersinia pestis , the deadly bacterium…
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September 20, 1999
The University Record, September 20, 1999 By Jill Siegelbaum News and Information Services The fall issue of the Michigan Quarterly Review (MQR) features a cinematic theme. U-M alumnus and screen-writer Lawrence Kasdan is featured with his 1999 Hopwood lecture, “POV,” and discusses movies and the nature of screen writing. Cinema also is the focus of…
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September 20, 1999
] What’s best for students high on LS&A dean’s priority list The University Record, September 20, 1999 By Jane R. Elgass Haven Hall was built in 1952 as the office wing accompanying Mason Hall classroom spaces. Photo Services file photo LS&A Dean Shirley Neuman, officially on campus since Aug. 1, detailed for the Regents last…
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September 20, 1999
The University Record, September 20 , 1999 By Jane R. Elgass Within the next several months, the University will launch an $86 million project of major infrastructure upgrades and enhancement of academic space in four LS&A buildings on Central Campus. Also included in the massive project is renovation of the Perry Building, which will house…
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September 20, 1999
The University Record, September 20, 1999 The LS&A Building (shown here from State Street) was completed in 1948 and originally was the Administration Building. About 75 percent of the building houses LS&A programs and administrative functions. Michigan Radio, the Registrar and the Cashier’s Office also are located there. Photo courtesy of the Office of the…
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September 20, 1999
The University Record, September 20, 1999 This office in Haven Hall is representative of the conditions in which some LS&A faculty find themselves. ‘A private office for every tenured and tenure-track faculty member and shared office space in good condition for every graduate student assistant’ is one of LS&A Dean Shirley Neuman’s goals that will…
