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March 25, 1998
The University Record, March 25, 1998 ‘Sesame Street’ celebrated its 30th birthday with Wolverines last week when ‘Sesame Street Unpaved’ stopped at the Michigan Union as part of a nation-wide tour of college campuses to mark its landmark anniversary. Jerry Nelson, voice of the Count, along with the show’s writers, actors and producers, gave the…
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March 25, 1998
The University Record, March 25, 1998 Chandler Davis marked the passing of colleague Mark Nickerson March 13. Photo by Bob Kalmbach Eugene Roberts delivered the 8th Academic Freedom Lecture. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Kerry Colligan “Colleges and universities should be the citadels of inquiry and debate,” Eugene Roberts said to a full-house at the…
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March 25, 1998
The University Record, March 25, 1998 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their March meeting.Administrative appointments OK’d Administrative appointments included: Eugene Pijanowski, professor of art, was reappointed associate dean for undergraduate education of the School of Art and Design for a one-year term, effective July 1. Alexander D. Knysh, professor…
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March 25, 1998
The University Record, March 25, 1998 By Joel SeguineNews and Information Services Ward Connerly, former University of California regent and a leading proponent of California’s Proposition 209, asked for a chance to be heard, and a roomful of people, many primed to argue with him, temporarily settled down to listen March 18 in the Michigan…
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March 25, 1998
The University Record, March 25, 1998 Five-and-a-half-year-old Laura Stern samples the buffet at the reception with her father Lawrence following the Sarah Goddard Power Award ceremony last week. Her mother, Linda Groat, and Maria Comninou were presented with the 1998 awards. This year, recipients also were given a $500 cash award as well as the…
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March 25, 1998
The University Record, March 25, 1998 The Media Union is a popular site for the Office of State Outreach¼s ‘sneaker’ tour participants. Besides demonstrations in the virtual reality lab, community and business leaders, educators, technology coordinators and arts managers see the advanced visualization and animation lab, the electronic music and video/performance studios, and spend time…
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March 25, 1998
The University Record, March 25, 1998 Students from Detroit’s Osborn High School stop in the Dow Laboratory Building’s Atrium during their tour of campus. Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services By Jane R. Elgass Twenty-one ninth-grade students from Osborn High School in Detroit spent a day on campus earlier this month to learn how…
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March 25, 1998
The University Record, March 25, 1998 Robert Taylor Blackburn Robert Taylor Blackburn, 74, died March 1 at Arbor Hospice Residence. Blackburn’s principal faculty positions before joining the U-M were on the natural science faculty in Hutchins’ College at the University of Chicago, as an assistant and associate professor of physical science at San Francisco State…
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March 25, 1998
Gilbert S. Omenn detailed some of the steps the Health System is taking to ensure a solid patient base. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Jane R. Elgass The chief physician for Ford Motor Co. probably didn’t realize last fall that he had thrown down the gauntlet when he told a Grand Rounds audience at University…
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March 25, 1998
The University Record, March 25, 1998 Kenyon By Jane R. Elgass George L. Kenyon will be the dean of the College of Pharmacy, effective Sept. 1. His appointment to the post, as well as appointments as professor of pharmaceutical chemistry with tenure and as the Tom D. Rowe Collegiate Professor of Pharmacy, were approved by…
