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October 30, 2000
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services More than 150 people attended the Lane Hall dedication ceremonies Oct. 20. Photos by Bill Wood, U-M Photo Services Even the weather cooperated as faculty, staff, students and friends of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Women’s Studies Program gathered Oct. 20 to…
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October 30, 2000
Costumed conductors took a pre-performance break last week to pose in what they might—or might not—be wearing to the annual Hallowe’en Concert. (They didn’t want to spoil the surprise by telling us.) One of the year’s most popular events, the concert this year featured such appropriate classical hits as ‘The Gnome’ from Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at…
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October 23, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services From ‘Women’s Voices: Early Years at the University of Michigan.’ Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services By 1924 there were nearly 10,000 women who had attended the University of Michigan since females were first admitted in 1870. An alumni survey issued in 1924 resulted in more than…
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October 23, 2000
By Amy Reyes News and Information Services Cantor Provost Nancy Cantor, School of Public Health Dean Noreen M. Clark and Sherman A. James, professor of public health and chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, were elected Oct. 16 to the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine. Their election to the…
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October 23, 2000
By Monica Finch Human Resources/Affirmative Action Participants will be able to take advantage of new convenience in claims processing in the University’s Health Care and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts in 2001. Beginning Jan. 1, 2001, SHPS, a company that specializes in processing and servicing claims, will handle claims processing for Health Care and Dependent Care…
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October 23, 2000
By Mary Jo Frank Office of the Vice President for Communications Waring Michael A. Waring, vice president of government relations for the National Association of Broadcasters, has been appointed the executive director of federal relations and director of the University’s Washington, D.C., office. The Regents approved Waring’s appointment, effective Oct. 22, at their October meeting.…
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October 23, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass The University closed its fiscal year June 30, 2000, with unusually strong investment returns—a 43.6 percent total return on its portfolio for fiscal 2000—according to a report presented to the Regents Oct. 20 by Robert Kasdin, executive vice president and chief financial officer. “Our return this year is most striking,” Kasdin…
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October 23, 2000
See www.umich.edu/~urecord/0001/Oct23_00/11.htm for a complete article on the Miller Symposium. Playwright and alumnus Arthur Miller, scheduled to be honored at a three-day symposium beginning Oct. 26, suffered three broken ribs in a fall last week and will be unable to attend in person. Symposium events will go on as planned, but Miller will connect with…
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October 23, 2000
Editor’s Note: Click here for an article on Reimbursement Accounts. By Cathy MellettHuman Resources/Affirmative Action Open Enrollment 2000 for 2001 benefits ends this week. Here are some reminders that you may find helpful about the Open Enrollment season and process. Do you need to call BEL? If you wish to make changes to your benefits…
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October 23, 2000
Editor’s Note: G&L Strategies is a consulting firm, located in New York and Washington, D.C., working on behalf of the 20 corporations that filed the amicus brief. From G&L Strategies Twenty of America’s largest and best known corporations announced Oct. 16 that they had filed a legal brief strongly supporting the University in the lawsuits…
