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August 16, 1999
The University Record, August 16, 1999 By Janet Mendler News and Information Services Gov. John Engler (seated, center) signs a bill funding a ‘life sciences corridor’ that will make it possible for the U-M, Michigan State and Wayne State universities and the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids to collaborate in life sciences research and…
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August 16, 1999
The University Record, August 16 , 1999 By Joel Seguine News and Information Services The University announced July 26 that a letter signed by Athletic Director Tom Goss had been sent to all manufacturers licensed to use U-M logos on their goods, requiring them to disclose the location of each site at which those goods…
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August 16, 1999
The University Record, August 16, 1999 By Rebecca A. Doyle Approximately 9,500 students with refrigerators, microwave ovens, computers, lofts and books, many with parents and siblings also, are expected to descend on the Ann Arbor campus Aug. 30–Sept. 2. Fall Move-In will officially arrive Aug. 30, when first-year and transfer students will begin to move…
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August 16, 1999
The University Record, August 16, 1999 By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Northville’s Riddell Television Productions used a stop-and-start recording process in filming classics Prof. David S. Potter to avoid including the beeps of construction trucks running in reverse, a crane working on a nearby building and the Westminster chimes of Burton Tower to…
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August 16, 1999
The University Record, August 16, 1999 By Jane R. Elgass An Aug. 10 ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati will allow two groups of intervenors to participate in the defense of the two admissions lawsuits filed against the University in 1997—one against LS&A and the other against the Law School.…
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August 16, 1999
The University Record, August 16 , 1999 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their July meeting. Other actions were reported in the July 19 Record. Appointments to professorships approved Nancy E. Burns, associate professor of political science, will hold the Henry Simmons Frieze Collegiate Professorship, effective Sept. 1. Rebecca S.…
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August 16, 1999
The University Record, August 16, 1999 By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Kotoku (right) and Sumiko Surachi with research subjects from a nine-year study of genes that control an age-related increase in blood’s tendency to coagulate. Results of the study were published in the July 30 issue of Science. Kurachi, professor of human genetics,…
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August 16, 1999
The University Record, August 16, 1999 By Rebecca A. Doyle Earlier this month, support of the U-M’s admission processes that take into account an applicant’s race came from a well-respected alumnus. An opinion article by Gerald R. Ford, president of the United States in 1974–76 and a 1935 graduate of the University, was published in…
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August 16, 1999
The University Record, August 16, 1999 By Jane R. Elgass Having a part in the defense of affirmative action practices ‘is something Black and other minority students have never before had an opportunity to do,’ notes Miranda Massie, attorney representing intervenors in the affirmative action case against the Law School. File photo from U-M Photo…
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August 16, 1999
The University Record, August 16, 1999 By Nancy Marshall Law School When a law school seeks a racially diverse student body, does it end up harming the supposed beneficiaries of affirmative action? Does it admit unqualified students who fail to succeed professionally? These concerns, often raised by critics of affirmative action, are refuted in an…
