September 25, 2000
From the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics The Department of Athletics’ operating deficit will be more than $1 million lower than expected for the 1999–2000 fiscal year, according to audited financial statements released Sept. 20. The operating deficit for FY2000 was $1.45 million, down substantially from the $2.6 million forecast earlier this summer, and the $2.8…
September 25, 2000
By Linda Hancock Green Michigan Administrative Information Services Patterson The Board of Regents approved the appointment of Laura McCain Patterson as associate vice president of administrative information systems at their meeting last week. The appointment was effective Sept. 22. Patterson will report jointly to Nancy Cantor, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, and…
September 25, 2000
Editor’s note: The letter below was sent by President Lee C. Bollinger to the University community Sept. 21. It reflects on the many and varied good things that have been happening at the University over the past several months. At the Regents meeting this week, I will report on several pieces of good–indeed, remarkably good–news…
September 25, 2000
Care Choices has this week informed the University that it is withdrawing from the Medicare + Choice market. This means the Care Choices U-M Group Senior Plan option will not be available to U-M retirees beginning Jan. 1, 2001. Care Choices will continue offering its regular HMO plan for U-M faculty and staff, and for…
September 25, 2000
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services An unprecedented increase in funding awarded to U-M researchers in 1999–00 strengthens the U-M’s claim to being the number one research university in the nation, according to Fawwaz T. Ulaby, vice president for research. “Our $200 million jump in research awards is momentous and puts Michigan in an…
September 25, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their September meeting. By Mary Jo Frank, Office of Communications, and Jane R. Elgass Department of Linguistics The Regents approved establishment of a Department of Linguistics in LS&A. LS&A created a Department of Linguistics in 1961 and it was reorganized into an interdisciplinary program…
September 25, 2000
Colin W. Clipson Professor Emeritus of Architecture Colin W. Clipson died Sept. 18 after an extended illness. He was 66. He received his B.A. degree and a graduate diploma from the University of Durham and a M.Sc. degree from the University of Technology, all in his native England. Prior to joining the U-M faculty in…
September 25, 2000
Miller First-year and some second-year students are eligible to take part in the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP), in which each student is paired with a professor who requests undergraduate students to work in his or her laboratory or research environment. Students choose from hundreds of projects and may work with other UROP students or…
September 25, 2000
Contractors reduced a convenience store and bank building to rubble last week, then began the process of cleaning up and hauling away the debris. In April the Regents approved the project and site for construction of a new Medical Research Laboratory Facility, one of the steps in President Bollinger’s efforts to join Central and Medical…
September 25, 2000
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Varmus The science of genetics was born 140 years ago when an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel noticed that the color and shape of garden peas were inherited traits. Today, you can log into a computer in Maryland and read the genetic code of a human being. Just…
