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January 16, 1996
The University Record, January 16, 1996 Legislators unveil recommendations to make universities more accountable to citizens and to remedy funding inequities By Jane R. Elgass Three members of the Legislature were on campus last Wednesday to unveil a report that calls for fairer funding for the state’s 15 public universities and affordable higher education for…
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January 16, 1996
The University Record, January 16, 1996 Yamada leaves Medical Center to head Healthcare Services for SmithKline By Margo Schneidman Medical Center Public Relations Tadataka Yamada, the John G. Searle Professor of Internal Medicine and chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, announced Jan. 10 that he is leaving the University to become president of Healthcare…
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January 16, 1996
The University Record, January 16, 1996 Fruit fly study may help explain genetic development By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services A U-M biologist has discovered that subtle variations in “master control” genes which regulate embryonic development in animals are responsible for the fact that most of us end up looking pretty much the same.…
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January 16, 1996
The University Record, January 16, 1996 LS&A faculty to vote on change in admission requirements By Rebecca A. Doyle LS&A faculty will vote next month on revisions to the faculty code that would require first-year students entering the U-M in the academic year 2000-2001 to have completed a minimum of four years of English, two…
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January 16, 1996
The University Record, January 16, 1996 Woolliscroft,first endowed chair in medical education By Bruce Weintraub Medical Center Public Relations The Medical School has been awarded $2 million by the New York-based Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation to establish the nation’s first endowed chair in medical education. The appointment of James O. Woolliscroft, professor of internal medicine…
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January 16, 1996
The University Record, January 16, 1996 James Richards recommended to be interim Pharmacy dean Pending final approval by the Regents in February, Associate Dean James Richards will serve as interim dean of the College of Pharmacy while the search continues for a successor to Ara Paul, who retired as dean in December after 20 years…
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January 16, 1996
The University Record, January 16, 1996 Faculty to be surveyed on their perceptions of their environment By Jane R. Elgass A survey designed to find out “what is going well with faculty and what needs attention” was mailed yesterday to all instructional faculty on the Ann Arbor campus. Sponsored by the Center for the Study…
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January 16, 1996
The University Record, January 16, 1996 Duderstadt eager to continue work on Women’s Agenda Mary Jo Frank University Relations President James J. Duderstadt will use the next six months to continue his strong advocacy for equity and opportunities for women. After that he will continue to promote diversity. “I will still work to effect change…
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January 16, 1996
The University Record, January 16, 1996 Higher education law specialist is next speaker in ‘Change’ series Steven G. Olswang, vice provost at the University of Washington in Seattle, will be the first winter term speaker in the series “Changing in a World of Change: The University and Its Publics.” Olswang, who also is professor of…
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January 16, 1996
The University Record, January 16, 1996 Residents of western part of state want president who can almost ‘walk on water’ By Julie Peterson News and Information Services U-M alumni and members of the Grand Rapids community shared with Regents last week a list of qualities for a new president so ambitious that, as more than…
