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February 18, 1998
The University Record, February 18, 1998 Crocodile God Sculpture, limestone, Roman period, from the U-M excavation at Karanis, Egypt. Photo courtesy Kelsey Museum From the Kelsey Museum “The Ancient Near East and Egypt,” the permanent installation of the Kelsey Museum’s archaeological collections from Egypt to Iran, opened Feb. 20. Items in the collections range in…
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February 18, 1998
The University Record, February 18, 1998 Walker By Rebecca A. Doyle Man arrested for obstructing officer A 37-year-old man not affiliated with the University was arrested Jan. 17 and charged with resisting and obstructing a police officer. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) officer was responding to a report of fighting in the Anderson Room…
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February 18, 1998
The University Record, February 18, 1998 Participants in the panel on ‘The Ethical Climate’ were (from left), moderator David Smith, Veronica Barcelona, Steven Kunkel, Joshua Margolis, Karen Muskavitch and Julie A. Reyes. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Jane. R. Elgass Genetic research and regulation. Human cloning. Expectations placed on investigators, competition for grants. The real…
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February 18, 1998
The University Record, February 18, 1998 Recreational Sports staff members take a break from their normal routine to build a team of their own. The activities that trained staff members will bring to individual offices as part of the new Challenge Program mini-course include this one, in which team members try to get balls to…
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February 18, 1998
The University Record, February 18, 1998 Members of Craig Scott’s graduate studio, ‘Sinte Gleska University: Mirroring, Scaling, Nesting . . . Investigations toward Inhabiting the Lakota Landscape,’ critique models prepared by the class. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services From numerology to traditional systems of movement and rest, students in…
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February 18, 1998
The University Record, February 18, 1998 Bakarsic This photo of the interior of the former National and University Library in Sarajevo shows remnants of the books it once held. By Rebecca A. Doyle In 1984, the city of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, stood proudly between the mountain ranges that would host skiers and bobsledders that winter in…
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February 18, 1998
The University Record, February 18, 1998 By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Which is the most important factor influencing student performance in mathematics: A good teacher? Innate intelligence? Home environment? Studying hard? They’re all important, of course. But differences in how Asians and Americans answer the question help explain the U.S. disadvantage in math…
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February 11, 1998
The University Record, February 11, 1998 By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services It has become an anthem sung for decades at weddings across the country. Yet, Carrie Jacobs-Bond’s saccharine 1901 melody and words were first published as one of the offerings of “Seven Songs.” “I Love You Truly” was written by the widow who,…
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February 11, 1998
The University Record, February 11, 1998 By Jane R. Elgass Recommendations that will result in more coordination and more opportunities for collaboration between the University’s teaching and research communities will be presented to the Regents at their Feb. 19–20 meeting by President Lee C. Bollinger. The recommendations will result in a closer integration of the…
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February 11, 1998
The University Record, February 11, 1998 Edwin A. Engel Edwin A. Engel, professor emeritus of English, passed away Jan. 23 at the Rosa Coplon Nursing Home in Buffalo, N.Y., from the effects of a stroke suffered in May. He was 90. Engel had been a member of the Department of English for nearly 40 years,…
