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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 Fund raising benefits arthritis research By Jared Blank Do you know somebody who suffers from some form of arthritis? According to a recent survey conducted by the Washtenaw County Health Improvement Plan, chances are pretty good that you are acquainted with someone who lives with the pain associated with…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 Cantor stresses need to build network during graduate studies By Mary Jo Frank University Relations Networking will be an important part of your future success, Rackham Graduate School Dean Nancy Cantor told students attending a forum last week that focused on issues confronting women in graduate school. “The old…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 U-M-Flint’s Regional Groundwater Center to complete analysis By Patricia Mansour U-M-Flint The U-M-Flint Regional Groundwater Center has contracted with Fenton Township to complete a groundwater vulnerability analysis. The analysis is a package of descriptive maps and an accompanying report that will determine which areas of the township are most…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 Vandermeer will receive Sokol Award, lecture on rainforests Oct. 28 John Vandermeer, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of biology, will receive the 1996-97 Margaret and Herman Sokol Faculty Award in the Sciences for his contributions to graduate education and research. The award will be presented at a public…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 Pritchard, University Wallenberg lecturer, became a rescuer in 1942 By Mary Jo Frank University Relations Photo of Marion van Binsbergen Pritchard Failing to acknowledge the heroic efforts of Jewish rescuers during the Holocaust “is a distortion of history that should not be,” asserts Marian van Binsbergen Pritchard, this year’s…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 Lurie Engineering Center will be the ‘front door’ By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Friends of the College of Engineering gathered Oct. 18 to officially open the College’s new “front door”—the Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center. Named in honor of College of Engineering alumnus Robert H. Lurie, the…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 Bell Tower dedication pulls out all the stops By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services From Richard Strauss’s Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare through the world premiere of Chip Davis’s True Blue, and Mussorgsky’s The Great Gate of Kiev, the dedication of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower on North…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 $1 million trust endows chair of U-M-Dearborn Polish studies By Terry Gallagher U-M-Dearborn Frank and Mary Padzieski have established a $1 million trust to endow a chair of Polish studies at U-M-Dearborn. The position, to be called the Frank and Mary Padzieski Endowed Chair in Polish Studies, will be…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 MBA program receives #2 ranking from Business Week In a meteoric leap, the Business School has risen to number two in the nation in Business Week magazine’s latest rankings of the best business schools. U-M was ranked sixth in the last survey, done in 1994. Wharton, at the University…
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October 21, 1996
The University Record, October 21, 1996 On privacy, confidentiality and honor In his closing comments to the Regents, PSAC Chair Jeffrey Lehman offers the committee’s assistance and made a strong point about the importance of honor in protecting the candidates’ confidentiality. First, you have asked us for our advice, and we have come here publicly…
