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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 March is Women’s History Month; U-M units schedule activities Stewart to speak on current issues In honor of Women’s History Month, Abigail J. Stewart, professor of psychology and director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, will speak at a brown bag at noon today (March 12)…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT/UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS Jerome B. Wiesner Symposium brings government, industry, universities together University administrators, industry leaders and government officials met on the U-M campus Feb. 26 to begin charting the future of university science and technology research and higher education in a time of shrinking budgets…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 Faculty Perspectives: Flights from Reality By Bruce Oakley Professor of Biology It was on Valentine’s day that Dr. Andrew Rosschair of American Studies at NYU fluttered into town, as a leading consort of the wing of academe with the lofty ambition of curing our modern miasma. The biologists were…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 M-CARE receives one-year NCQA accreditation M-CARE, the managed care organization designed by the University of Michigan, has received a one-year accreditation for its HMO product from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). NCQA accreditation is a nationally recognized evaluation that health care purchasers, regulators and consumers can use…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 Long-term disability benefits to cost more From the Benefits Office The Benefits Office has announced rate increases for the Long Term Disability Plan (LTD) coverage, effective March 1. The chart below shows how the changes will affect departmental cost or cost to the staff member. Marty Eichstadt, director of…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 Newly named Michigan Health System faces budget challenges By Rebecca A. Doyle Explaining that a projected $19 million loss for the current fiscal year is offset by interest on cash reserves, U-M Hospitals Executive Director John D Forsyth told the Regents last month that the Clinical Delivery System at…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 Humanities Institute fellowships go to 8 faculty, 5 students From the Institute for the Humanities The Institute for the Humanities has awarded fellowships to eight faculty and five graduate students for work they will pursue while in residence at the Institute during 1996–97. All of the projects are connected…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 Six faculty members will hold Thurnau professorships The Regents last month named six faculty members to the Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship which “recognizes and rewards faculty for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education.” Those honored are Kathleen M. Canning, associate professor of history; Paul N. Courant, professor of economics and…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 Robertson named center director Richard E. Robertson, professor of materials science and engineering, has been appointed director of the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Center. Robertson has served on the faculty of the Materials Science and Engineering Department and the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Center for the past 10 years.…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 March visiting writer series features poetry, non-fiction, short stories By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Poet, legal scholar and alumnus Lawrence Joseph heads up the list of writers presenting their works in the Visiting Writers Series in March. Authors Sharon Oard Warner, who teaches at the University of…
