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March 18, 1998
The University Record, March 18, 1998 Editor’s Note: Record Editor Rebecca A. Doyle participated in Barnga, a cross-cultural simulation, at the Women of Color Task Force Career Conference. By Rebecca A. Doyle I didn’t have a clue. Even after people began to laugh, after they moved from table to table and began using hand signals,…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Editor’s Note: Peter Lurie, assistant professor in the departments of family and community medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics, and the Institute for Health Policy Studies at University of California, San Francisco, is currently a visiting assistant professor in the Residential College and visiting assistant research scientist, Institute for Social Research.…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Almaguer Amrine Lopez Patt Tinkle Ulaby By Wono Lee News and Information Services Six faculty members have been named to the Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship, which “recognizes and rewards faculty for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education.” The appointments were approved by the Regents at their February meeting. Those honored…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Panelists Marc Rosenbaum (second from left), Lance Jones, Maria Montoya and Margarita de la Vega-Hurtado spoke to students during the National Day of Action late last month. First-year law student Nicole Brovet (far left) moderated the panel discussion. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Rebecca A. Doyle Panel discussions, speakers,…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Matthaei Botanical Gardens hosted a media briefing in late February for this year’s Flower Show, the last one to be held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. Photo by Bob Kalmbach Julia Lovejoy joins her mother Lois in painting a backdrop for this year’s Flower Show, which starts March…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Christiansen Deskins Kossoudji Lawson Maloy Perakis Ward By Jane R. Elgass Seven members of Senate Assembly are running for three seats on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA). The election will be held at the Monday (March 16) Senate Assembly meeting. The winners will serve three-year terms…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Richard L. Christiansen “To build upon a foundation of excellence we should seek, stimulate, challenge, discover, generate new knowledge, learn the truth, report the truth, preserve the knowledge and impart the information of the ages to others. If we understand and believe our common mission, the winds of politics…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 By Jane R. Elgass The “sleeping giant” sleeps no more. Floundering two years ago with a $265,000 deficit and a $1.5 million budget, low staff morale, a failing format and the prospect of losing its Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) funding, Michigan Radio was in desperate straits. With a…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Comninou Groat By Jane R. Elgass Maria Comninou and Linda Groat will receive the Sarah Goddard Power Award at ceremonies at 4 p.m. March 18 in the Hussey Room, Michigan League. The award is sponsored by the Academic Women’s Caucus and this year includes a $1,000 stipend, divided among…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Onwurah (left) on the set of Welcome II the Terrordome. Photo courtesy Humanities Institute By Elizabeth Woodford Institute for the Humanities Picked on mercilessly in her British school because of her brown skin, Ngozi Onwurah underwent a remarkable transformation: from a child ashamed of her half-African background, she became…
