June 5, 2000
From the Nichols Arboretum Through June 18, the Arboretum will present “A Celebration of a Cherished Landscape,” welcoming spring and summer through art, lectures, tours and special gift items. Individuals are invited to visit the peony garden, located outside the James D. Reader Jr. Urban Environmental Education Center, where more than 780 herbaceous peonies are…
June 5, 2000
By Rebecca A. Doyle Green shows the medals she won at the 1999 Festival of Champions. “I was a teenager when I first realized there were horses in the Olympics,” says Mary Green, “and it has been my dream since then to represent my country in the Olympics.” This year the 4-foot-8-inch office assistant in…
June 5, 2000
Editor’s Note: The full text of the letter is on the Web at www.umich.edu/~urel/LS . Hard copies are available by sending a request to
[email protected] . By Jane R. Elgass Accomplishments-to-date and ongoing activities related to the University’s Life Sciences Initiative were detailed in a letter from President Lee C. Bollinger that has been sent…
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services School of Art and Design student Jason Matter (seated) with classmates (from left) Emily Stibitz and Kristina Spitale, and Kelli Gierz and Ray Kennedy, representatives of Herman Miller for the Home. The students in Shaun Jackson’s class were challenged to design and build a fold-away home office that…
June 5, 2000
By Joel Seguine News and Information Services Higher education plays a central role in preparing students to live and work in a society where one out of three Americans will be a member of a racial/ethnic minority and most of the growth in new jobs will require a college degree. What new skills do students…
June 5, 2000
By Nancy Ross-Flanigan News and Information Services Using engineered skin and gingiva (gum tissue) cells, researchers at the School of Dentistry have produced complete bones with the same hard outer coating, spongy interior and marrow core as naturally produced bone. The researchers used the method to replace large areas of missing bone in living rats,…
June 5, 2000
By Wanda Monroe Office of the Chief Information Officer The University has received nearly $117,000 in computing equipment from the IBM Corp. The new equipment replaces older machines in classrooms and training areas, and provides equipment for the new Faculty Studio located in the Media Union. The Faculty Studio is designed to help faculty with…
June 5, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Illustration courtesy Hatcher Graduate Library Not even the predicted unusually hot and dry summer will keep these flowers from blooming. They are indoors as part of the University’s “Flowers: Rare Books and Prints” exhibition in the Special Collections Room on the 7th floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library.…
June 5, 2000
By Amy Reyes News and Information Services A reproductive health project in Latin America recently received a much-needed boost from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that pledged $5 million to expand family planning and reproductive health services to women, men and adolescents in Brazil, Bolivia and possibly several other countries. The project, whose principal…
June 5, 2000
By Wono Lee News and Information Services Twenty-one faculty members were given the emeritus title by the Regents at their May meeting. Those retiring are William J. Anderson, professor of aerospace engineering; Spencer L. BeMent, professor of electrical engineering and computer science; William R. Dunham, senior distinguished research biophysicist; Sheila C. Feld, professor of social…
