April 17, 2000
By Judy Malcolm Office of Development Susan (left) and Rich Rogel President Lee C. Bollinger announced last week that Richard (B.B.A. ’70) and Susan Rogel are making a gift of $22 million in support of financial aid for undergraduate, non-resident students at the University. This is the largest gift ever made to the University for…
April 17, 2000
By Mary Jo Frank Office of Communications Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy (right) credited former President Gerald R. Ford (left) with stopping the Vietnam War. ‘Four previous presidents could have done the same thing,’ he asserted. Photo by Bob Kalmbach A flood of grisly images from Southeast Asia flashing on American’s nightly television news in the…
April 17, 2000
Ferris Haberstam Hermelin Kasdan Reagon Veltman David Halberstam, author and journalist, and Bernice Johnson Reagon, musician and historian, will give commencement addresses at graduation ceremonies at the end of this month. Honorary degrees will be awarded to Halberstam; Reagon; David Hermelin, former U.S. ambassador to Norway; Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter and film director; and Martinus J.G.…
April 17, 2000
By Janet N. Mendler News and Information Services State protocols make it difficult for emergency medical workers to honor the wishes of patients who do not want to be resuscitated, according to John Beckerman, visiting professor of law and a state-certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in his home state of New Jersey. State law permits…
April 17, 2000
Editor’s Note: Additional coverage of “After the Fall: Vietnam Plus Twenty-Five” is available by clicking here . By Mary Jo FrankOffice of Communications During the panel discussion on ‘Politics and the Media,’ journalist Bernard Kalb (far left) asked former President Gerald R. Ford (second from left) to assess the objectivity of the media coverage of…
April 17, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass “It is the role of a university to think about what it means to be human, to think about the physical world and also about the human world,” President Lee C. Bollinger told the Regents at the start of their April 13 meeting. He was commenting on the inclusion of “How…
April 17, 2000
A lifelong interest in anthropology and natural history led MFA student Marco Garcia to create ‘e-volution,’ his final student project at the U-M, shown here as it was displayed in the Slusser Gallery last week. Garcia characterizes the multimedia display as a blend between museum dioramas and fine art. His figures and background incorporate leaves,…
April 10, 2000
Kids’ preferences in dentists, new approaches to growing bone, insights into childhood cavities are among topics faculty discussed at international meeting By Nancy Ross-FlaniganNews and Information Services From cellular processes to societal issues, U-M faculty discussed a wide range of dental research topics at the International Association for Dental Research meeting in Washington, D.C., April…
April 10, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass ‘What do I do now?’ Attacking the visual clutter of multiple signs that send mixed messages in the State Street area is high on the list of priorities suggested by the multidisciplinary U-M team that conducted the State Street Development Project. To improve the ‘streetscape,’ the team recommended that single poles…
April 10, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass LaVerne Prager (center) with her children Debra and Kevin. Her $500,000 endowment gift has been matched by the Knight Foundation to fund the Karsten Prager Fellowship in International Journalism in the Michigan Journalism Fellows Program. The fellowship honors her late husband, who was an international journalist with Time magazine. Photo by…
