October 23, 2000
By Britt Halvorson The heroic acts of U-M alumnus Raoul Wallenberg will be celebrated Oct. 25 with a lecture by his half-sister Nina Lagergren. “Raoul Wallenberg Remembered: His Sister Looks Back,” at 7:30 p.m. in Rackham Amphitheater, marks the 10th Annual Raoul Wallenberg Lecture. “On the 10th year, we wanted to focus on Raoul Wallenberg…
October 23, 2000
By Mary Jo Frank Office of the Vice President for Communications Generous state support has allowed the U-M to hold tuition growth to below 3 percent for the last two years, a trend the University would like to continue, Provost Nancy Cantor told the Regents at their October meeting. The University’s 2002 appropriation request calls…
October 23, 2000
Click here for new information on the Arthur Miller Symposium, updated Oct. 25. By Jane R. Elgass The life, work and University connections of alumnus Arthur Miller will be celebrated in a series of public events this week that include a “conversation” with Miller, a ceremony that recognizes the Arthur Miller Theatre, two days of…
October 23, 2000
By Joel Seguine News and Information Services Britt Emphasizing the need for an inner spiritual life in balancing family and career, award-winning Washington Post columnist Donna Britt delivered the ninth Elizabeth Charlotte Mullin Welch Lecture Oct. 17, presented by the Center for the Education of Women. The lecture series was established in honor of Welch,…
October 23, 2000
The School of Music’s annual Octubafest featured student soloists, international competition winners and others from the euphonium/tuba studio Oct. 20–22. Above, the big brass instruments sprouted like tulips at a pre-festival rehearsal last week under the direction of tuba/euphonium Prof. Fritz Kaenzig. Kaenzig, who joined the U-M in 1989, says the annual event began more…
October 16, 2000
By Joel Seguine News and Information Services The U-M, along with Harvard University, the Ohio State University, the University of California and the University of Notre Dame, released Oct. 6 the report of a team of independent consultants that the universities commissioned to gather and analyze information on apparel manufacturing. Termed the “Independent University Initiative”…
October 16, 2000
By Joel Seguine News and Information Services Three alumni of the School of Education who have distinguished themselves in higher education gathered around a table in the School’s Schorling Auditorium last month for a panel discussion and what amounted to an international call-in show. The subject for the afternoon was “Higher Education Vistas: Contemporary Challenges…
October 16, 2000
Editor’s Note: The Record contacted all of the candidates pursuing election to the Board of Regents, requesting biographical information and platform statements. Four responded, and that information is in this article. From SACUA, Senate Assembly, and News and Information Services Eight of the candidates vying for two seats on the Board of Regents in the…
October 16, 2000
By Barbara Weber Office of the Vice President for Development Wood With new business strategies and savvy needed in the emerging “green world,” the School of Business Administration and School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) are working together to foster ecologically sustainable commerce. Scientists and scholars have received a boost with a major gift…
October 16, 2000
From the Michigan Student Assembly The Peace and Justice Commission of the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) has created an educational series that began Oct. 15 related to the admissions lawsuits against the University, one involving LS&A and the other the Law School. The programs are intended “to provide the University community with the background information…
