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September 25, 2000
Starting in July and continuing through October, new signs have been cropping up at the Hospitals and Health Centers. Signs above East Medical Center Drive are similar to ones seen in airports. They direct patients and visitors to both buildings and parking structures. Inside, new signs and direction resources are highly visible and color-coded to…
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September 18, 2000
By Jay Jackson School of Information Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at Stanford University, told his audience that maintaining an Internet environment without corporate or government control is as important as preserving the ozone layer. Photos by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services Environmentalists in the physical world often see lawyers as adversaries, but they might…
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September 18, 2000
By Cathy Mellett Human Resources/Affirmative Action The Benefits Office has announced the 2000 Open Enrollment schedule. Open Enrollment is the time period when you make your benefit choices for 2001. Benefits enrollments or changes you make during Open Enrollment are effective Jan. 1, 2001. Open Enrollment 2000 for your 2001 benefits is Oct. 9–27. Review…
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September 18, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Michigan Radio, the University’s public radio system, is branching into television production. With initial grants totaling $288,377 from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the C. S. Mott Foundation, Michigan Radio will create the Great Lakes Television Consortium (GLTC) to produce environmental documentaries for public television. Over the…
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September 18, 2000
By Amy Reyes News and Information Services Detroit children participating in a School of Public Health asthma research project recently visited the school to learn more about asthma research. The children toured research labs at the School of Public Health and at the Medical School. Pictured (from left) are Danielle Smith of Detroit; Toby Lewis,…
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September 18, 2000
From News and Information Services, and Health System Public Relations Janis M. Marchyok, a secretary in the Medical Genetics Division of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical School, was struck by a campus bus and killed on Sept. 11. Heavy rains lowered visibility and played a part in the accident, according to Ann…
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September 18, 2000
By Julie Peterson News and Information Services The search committee for the position of vice president for student affairs has invited four finalists to begin meeting with members of the campus community over the next few weeks. The finalists are: F. Javier Cevallos, vice chancellor for student affairs, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; John Lewis Ford, the…
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September 18, 2000
By Rebecca A. Doyle Two local youths detained in connection with car theft A 16-year-old man and a 19-year-old man are being held in connection with the theft of a 1999 Jeep Wrangler reported stolen Sept. 13. The two also are suspects in a number of breaking and entering of vehicles that have been reported…
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September 18, 2000
Editor’s Note: In response to increasing prescription drug costs, the University is raising the co-pays for prescription drug benefits to $7 for generic drugs and $14 for brand-name drugs in most health plans, effective Jan. 1, 2001. This is the second of five articles from the Benefits Office to provide background on the reasons behind…
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September 18, 2000
Gary Bird The University has received word of the death of Gary Bird, assistant professor of music, who died Sept. 12 in Courbevoie, France. He was 49. Bird came to the U-M in 1994 from East Carolina University where he headed a degree program in musical theater in 1991–94. He also taught at Utah State…
