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November 13, 2000
By Dennis Gilbert College of Pharmacy Vahlteich Beverly Vahlteich DeLaney of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, has made a $3.4 million gift to the College of Pharmacy—the largest single gift ever made to the College at one time. The gift was made in honor of Hans W. Vahlteich, who received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in pharmacy…
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November 13, 2000
By Elizabeth McNamara News and Information Services The fall edition of the Michigan Quarterly Review (MQR), now available, features articles by an international panel of authors. Bert Cardullo, associate professor of theatre and drama, contributes an essay about the film career of director Ingmar Bergman. Cardullo compares Bergman’s Autumn Sonata to the Swedish director’s other…
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November 13, 2000
By Mary Nehls-Frumkin University Library Muir is shown above at right using the Library’s preservation equipment. At left is Muir’s illustration for the Library’s inclement weather book bags. The design appears on the 2000 version of the bags, which have a silver color and the emblem ‘Help save the human record: Protect your books.’ Photos…
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November 13, 2000
First-year student Maria Bryk peers through a glass barrier to watch a mouse test a trap envisioned and built by one of five teams in Shaun Jackson’s design class at the School of Art and Design. The students were challenged to invent a better, yet humane, mousetrap, using only technology available during the time of…
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November 6, 2000
By Jay Jackson School of Information One of the lessons learned in designing a software learning tool for students and faculty is that nearly everyone has suggestions for improvements. Far be it for the developers to complain about that. The team behind the Web-based UM.CourseTools knows that the best way to create software is to…
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November 6, 2000
By Sarah Archer Recycling Coordinator The University will continue its tradition of raising public awareness of recycling and buying products with recycled content through America Recycles Day events. For the third year, fans at Michigan Stadium will have the opportunity to receive an official America Recycles Day souvenir, sign a pledge card to recycle and…
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November 6, 2000
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services A national poll taken last week by the Pew Research Center showed that as many as one in four American voters were still undecided about which presidential candidate would get their vote Nov. 7. If history is any indication, however, this is no big deal. According to the…
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November 6, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services, is featured in this file photo of the Cube, taken by Bob Kalmbach Subject to photographers’ imagination, children’s delight and urban legend, the 15-foot-high painted CorTen steel cube serves as an identifying landmark for the University and city. Commissioned by the Class of…
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November 6, 2000
By Amy Reyes News and Information Services Wang City policy-makers and participants in a public health research project called “photovoice” recently met in Flint to unveil Strength To Be: Community Visions And Voices , a pictorial book of the Flint project. The project is headed by Caroline Wang, assistant professor of public health and the…
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November 6, 2000
By Cathy Mellett Human Resources/Affirmative Action Open Enrollment for 2001 benefits, which will take effect Jan. 1, is over. Confirmation Statements are being mailed to everyone who is eligible for benefits at the University. Faculty and staff should check their statement carefully to make sure it is correct. The statement will show benefits selections for…
