October 23, 2000
Editor’s Note: The Regents approved the following items at their October meeting. By Mary Jo Frank, Office of the Vice President for Communications, and Jane R. Elgass Endowed, titled professorships Six faculty members were appointed to endowed or titled professorships. Mahdi Asgari, assistant professor of mathematics; Mark E.T. Dickinson, assistant professor of mathematics; and Thomas…
October 23, 2000
Stone carver Chip Letts (above) joined staff from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Oct. 15 when the Museum invited the public to join in a day celebrating ancient Roman society and art. Visitors could make a mosaic, participate in a scavenger hunt, hear a ‘firsthand’ report of the volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii in A.D.…
October 23, 2000
It is a ‘big tent’ and all of us fit under it, Rev. Jesse Jackson told the crowd gathered in the Law Quad on Oct. 19. Jackson visited campus to show his support for students who had organized to defend affirmative action at the U-M. Above, students listen intently to his remarks. At right, Jackson…
October 23, 2000
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services President Lee C. Bollinger announced Oct. 18 that he has selected two prominent scientists—a biochemist from the U-M and a cell biologist from the University of California, San Diego—to serve as lead scientists and co-directors of the Life Sciences Institute. The appointments were approved by the Regents at…
October 23, 2000
The 40th anniversary of the Peace Corps was celebrated here Oct. 13–14 with an address by Director Mark Schneider and a reunion of returned Peace Corps volunteers. The volunteers were feted with a reception that was followed by a walk from the Michigan Union to the Diag and a candlelight vigil back at the Union…
October 23, 2000
U-M current and former student athletes and swimming coach Jon Urbanchek, who participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, gathered on Regents Plaza after being honored by the Regents for their accomplishments. Twenty individuals with ties to the U-M returned with nine medals (4 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze)—the most for U-M-affiliated athletes in boycott-free…
October 23, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Sadashi Inuzuka, assistant professor of art, watches a piece of clay grow into art under the hands of Liz Erlewine, a junior in the School of Art and Design. Through his programs for visually impaired children, funded by the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program and the Center for Japanese…
October 23, 2000
By Nancy Ross-Flanigan News and Information Services Kyger C. Lobman, professor of geological sciences, and two Syracuse University researchers have discovered the reason behind a mass extinction of shell-bearing creatures in the Gulf Coast 34 million years ago. Using a new technique that is revolutionizing the way scientists study ancient climate and temperature change, the…
October 23, 2000
By Barbara Weber Office of the Vice President for Development A new type of gift option that has not been available to U-M donors—charitable gift annuities—was approved by the Regents at their July meeting. U-M faculty, staff and alumni now can take advantage of this popular charitable giving opportunity that provides a fixed income for…
October 23, 2000
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Sharp regional shifts in America’s voting-age population since 1990 are shaping the results of the 2000 presidential election, according to U-M demographer William H. Frey (www.frey-demographer.org), first author of an article on voters on the new, regional politics in the October issue of Population Today (www.prb.org/pt/). According to…
