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April 30, 1996
The University Record, April 30, 1996 Five named first recipients of Johnson Diversity Award By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The first recipients of the newly established Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award have been announced by Lester P. Monts, vice provost for academic and multicultural affairs. The winners, chosen by a special campus…
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April 30, 1996
The University Record, April 30, 1996 Whitaker to seek and develop cost-effective applications of technology in higher education By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr., professor of business economics at the Business School and former provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, is launching a research project on behalf of…
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April 30, 1996
The University Record, April 30, 1996 Netscape implements U-M-developed standard for directory services By Janet Eaton Information Technology Division A giant step toward having global directory service on the Internet was taken today when the University of Michigan and Netscape announced that Netscape will incorporate Lightwe ight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory service technology developed…
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April 30, 1996
The University Record, April 30, 1996 74 recognized at annual Technology Transfer luncheon Mark Meyerhoff, professor of chemistry (left), and Victor Yang, associate professor of pharmaceutics, were two of 74 U-M faculty, research scientists and graduate students who received patents or licensing agreements in 1995. Yang and Meyerhoff’s patent is for a heparin-selective polymer membrane…
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April 30, 1996
The University Record, April 30, 1996 Provost names search committee for new Medical School dean By Rebecca A. Doyle Provost J. Bernard Machen has named 13 members to the committee that will search for the next dean of the Medical School. Dean Giles G. Bole, who has served as dean since 1991, will return to…
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April 30, 1996
The University Record, April 30, 1996 Committee recommends 1,100+ employee reduction for U-M Health Systems By Rebecca A. Doyle “Over the last several months we have been imparting to our employees our growing recognition that we are going to have to have a smaller workforce in the future in order to meet the needs of…
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April 23, 1996
The University Record, April 23, 1996 ‘Sneaker Tour’ visits Media Union The Office of the Vice President for University Relations sponsored its first ‘Sneaker Tour’ of campus April 15. The tours are designed to expose business and community leaders to U-M’s resources that can be used to improve their own communities. A group from Grand…
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April 23, 1996
The University Record, April 23, 1996 Salk Laboratory Dedicated The U-M and the March of Dimes (MoD) teamed up to dedicate the Jonas E. Salk Epidemiology Research Laboratory for Vaccine Research on March 12, in memory of Salk. Pictured are (from left) Thomas Landry, board member of the Southeastern Michigan Chapter of the MoD; Jane…
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April 23, 1996
The University Record, April 23, 1996 REGENTS’ ROUNDUPNote: Regents’ Roundup appears as a semi-regular feature in The Record. See bottom of this page for more information. Gifts total $6.5 million At their April meeting the Regents formally accepted a total of $6,514,308 in gifts received by the University during March of this year. The total…
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April 23, 1996
The University Record, April 23, 1996 In Brief… Flower sale coming to Botanical Gardens For loads of advice from knowledgeable plant experts and a choice of more than 30,000 perennials ranging from rock garden plants to wildflowers, visit the Botanical Gardens’ Friends Spring Perennial Sale 10 a.m.–4 p.m. May 4–5 at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens.…
