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December 10, 1996
The University Record, December 10, 1996 Search committee will look for new chief financial officer By Rebecca A. Doyle A 15-member advisory committee has been appointed to search for candidates to fill the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer that will be vacant the end of this month when Farris W. Womack…
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December 10, 1996
The University Record, December 10, 1996 Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities scheduled for Jan. 20 By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services A keynote address by U-M alumna Mary Frances Berry, chairperson of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and musical performances by CeCe Winans and the Sounds of Blackness will highlight the University’s…
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December 10, 1996
The University Record, December 10, 1996 Two faculty elected to Institute of Medicine By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Reame Warner Two faculty members have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). They are Kenneth E. Warner, the Richard D. Remington Collegiate Professor of Public Health and…
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December 10, 1996
The University Record, December 10, 1996 Bollinger will begin term Feb. 1 Lee C. Bollinger will take office as the 12th president of the University on Feb. 1, interim President Homer A. Neal announced at the start of the Thanksgiving recess. Bollinger will move to Ann Arbor in early January and use the month as…
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December 10, 1996
The University Record, December 10, 1996 O’Connor will speak at U-M commencement Dec.15 Sandra Day O’Connor, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, will be the main speaker at the University’s winter commencement Dec. 15. Some 2,000 U-M students on the Ann Arbor campus expect their degrees this winter. The commencement exercises will begin at…
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November 26, 1996
The University Record, November 26, 1996 Museum of Art features religious works The Museum of Art features more than 17 works depicting such events as the Nativity of the Virgin, the Annunciation, and the Virgin and Child. This season the Museum adds to its collections a special exhibition of colorful 18th and 19th century prints…
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November 26, 1996
The University Record, November 26, 1996 ‘So Many Stars’ explores jazz Opera Star Kathleen Battle joins jazz notable Cyrus Chestnut (left) and others at 8 p.m. Dec 13 in Hill Auditorium for a performance featuring favorite spirituals, music by Duke Ellington, lullabies and love songs. Photo by David Katzenstein
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November 26, 1996
The University Record, November 26, 1996 Commission for Women celebrates Barbara Newell, the first president of the University’s Commission for Women, was the keynote speaker at the 25th anniversary celebration of the group. Other speakers included President Emeritus Robben Fleming, Provost J. Bernard Machen, Barbara Murphy and Laurita Thomas. Photo by Bob Kalmbach
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November 26, 1996
The University Record, November 26, 1996 Moths become media stars Meet the University’s latest media stars. This collection of Biston betularia cognataria, hidden away for the past 16 years in a drawer at the U-M Museum of Zoology, made the front page of the New York Times science section Nov. 12. The moths were collected…
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November 26, 1996
The University Record, November 26, 1996 Good speaks on research policy Mary L. Good, undersecretary for technology in the United States Department of Commerce, spoke at the U-M last week as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series on National Research Policy. Speaking on the `Future of the Academic Research Enterprise,’ Good said the best way…
