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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Klaus-Peter Beier (left), adjunct associate professor and research scientist at Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME), and Steffen Heise, NAME international intern, take turns with stereo glasses that allow them to see the environment in thr ee dimensions in the CAVE¨ (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) at the Virtual Reality…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Tiffany Powell works in a pharmacy lab. By Kerry Colligan Last summer, five Ann Arbor area high school students and two area high school teachers came to labs to learn new skills and interact with graduate students and faculty as part of the College of Pharmacy’s National Center for…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Johnston By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The Monitoring the Future Study at Institute for Social Research (ISR) received a five-year, $23 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to continue annual surveys of smoking, drinking and illicit drug use by American young people. Started in…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Failed Invoices and Invoice Payment Notices/Retrieving Invoice Status Information via IMS Transactions You will learn what you need to do when an invoice fails audit, resulting in a payment delay. We will also review the information available on the Invoice Payment Notice and what you need to do when…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Scientists from the Medical School presented research results last week at the American Society for Human Genetics meeting in Baltimore. Ancient ‘master control’ gene directs limb/genital development from mice to men One tiny mutation passed on for six generations in the genes of a Michigan family gave Jeff Innis…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their October meeting. Other actions were reported in the Oct. 29 issue of the Record. $14 million in private gifts accepted The Regents accepted $14,601,556 in gifts received in September. The total included $10,402,985 from individuals, $1,430,345 from…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Anneke de Bruyn Overseth Anneke De Bruyn Overseth died Oct. 29 of pancreatic cancer. She was 63. Born in Amsterdam, Overseth moved to the United States in 1941, where her late father, Peter, was a professor of anatomy at the University of Chicago. As a young child, she won…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 El Nino may cause Great Lakes waves to reach an all-time high in intensity, researchers say. File photo By Adam Marcus College of Engineering Most people associate El Nino with unusually good fishing on the West coast and warmer-than-usual winters in the East. Few links have been drawn between…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Bailey Bornstein Powers Ross Schoenfeldt Scodel Walton Woods By Jane R. Elgass Ten faculty members have received 1997Ð98 Michigan Humanities or Michigan Arts Awards. The awards are presented annually to tenured, full-time faculty engaged in major scholarly and creative projects in relevant fields. The faculty members’ units receive funds…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 From the Benefits Office The Benefits Office has received numerous questions about the new Medicare HMO plans offered to U-M retirees for 1998. The information below will be of interest to retired faculty and staff, and anyone contemplating retirement in 1998. Open enrollment ended Oct. 31. However, the adjustment…
