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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 Herb buyer Jill Brown from Ann Arbor’s Whole Foods Market measures out a portion of Echinacea, a popular herb that is said to increase the body’s natural immunity. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Nancy Ross-Flanigan News and Information Services Can you spice up your love life with ginseng or…
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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Private-agency adoptions, which account for about two-thirds of all adoptions in Michigan, increased 19 percent in 1996, according to a new study by the University and the Michigan Federation of Private Child and Family Agencies. Of the 2,334 children placed for adoption…
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April 15, 1998
The University Record, April 15, 1998 Students and others gathered on the Diag April 7 for a candlelight vigil protesting the violence of the March 24 killing of four students and one teacher and the injury of nine other students and one teacher in Jonesboro, Ark. The vigil was sponsored by the Name the Violence…
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April 15, 1998
The University Record, April 15, 1998 President Lee C. Bollinger and Provost Nancy Cantor played host to about 50 students at a Town Hall meeting in Angell Hall last week. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Jane R. Elgass Educating students “for a future that will put a mark on society” is one of the principal…
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April 15, 1998
The University Record, April 15, 1998 Fred Mayer, assistant director of capital planning and university planner, was awarded the Society for College and University Planning’s (SCUP) Founder’s “Casey” Award for Distinguished Achievement in Higher Education Planning. The award recognizes achievement in higher education planning and contributions to literature, development of planning models, and other achievements…
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April 15, 1998
Warren T. Norman Warren T. Norman, professor emeritus of psychology, died of a heart attack April 8. He was 67. Norman was an internationally recognized expert on the structure of personality and on the use of innovative statistical procedures in personality assessment. He wrote several seminal articles in these areas, works that have continued to…
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April 15, 1998
The University Record, April 15, 1998 Judith Winston (left) head of President Clinton’s Initiative on Race, with Native American student Joe Reilly (right) at last week’s Town Hall Meeting on Race. Reilly withdrew his support for the Initiative because of the ‘blatant disregard for Native American representation’ on Clinton’s advisory board. Reilly was to be…
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April 15, 1998
The University Record, April 15, 1998 McFee By Rebecca A. Doyle Sometime this summer, somewhere off the coast of Annapolis in Chesapeake Bay, you may see a 49-foot-long sailboat named Boomer. Her captain and first mate are Bob and Shirley McFee, taking a well-earned break from the business of running a business and, for Shirley,…
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April 15, 1998
The University Record, April 15, 1998 By Mary Jean Babic Office of University Relations Chances are, you’ve used e-mail today. Maybe you’re teaching a course via the Internet. Perhaps you’ve bought a book, blender or airline ticket from a virtual store. Remember how different it was 10 years ago? Can you imagine 10 years from…
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April 15, 1998
The University Record, April 15, 1998 A docent program has been developed by the Friends of the Michigan League so that visitors may tour the building and learn its history. Above, Fran Holter (third from left) leads a practice tour for Friends members (from left) Mary Ann Austin, Patti Lawson, Connie Olson, Bev Burlingame and…
