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September 26, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle If words like uniqname, X.500 or viewable imaging make you run screaming from your computer terminal to the telephone, preferring voice mail to trying to send or receive electronic messages, take heart. The Information Technology Division (ITD) assures you that things will get better. On the road from a centralized computing…
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September 26, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle Investing in Ability Week will be celebrated at the University Oct. 3–8 with a number of events that encourage a focus on what people can do rather than on disabilities they might have. Bill Demby will launch the celebra-tory week with a talk about his experiences in rehabilitation and how sports…
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September 26, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Trying to infuse multiculturalism into the curricula of American colleges and universities simply by adding courses on minority groups or requiring students to study the works of minority scholars does not work. That was the message delivered by Molefi Asante, chair of Temple University’s Department of African-American Studies,…
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September 26, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank The University’s Endowment Fund has topped the $1 billion mark for the first time in the U-M’s 176-year history. “It is a milestone we should all be proud of,” Farris W. Womack, executive vice president and chief financial officer, told the Regents at their September meeting. “We need to extend our…
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September 26, 1994
Authors Michael Hofmann, Maurice Kilwein Guevara, Jon Manchip White and Michael Martone will present their works in the Visiting Writers Series during October. Sponsored by the Department of English and Borders Books and Music, the series features readings of fiction and poetry by more than two dozen writers throughout the academic year. Most readings are…
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September 26, 1994
M.R.C. Greenwood, associate director for science in the President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, will present a public lecture and participate in a symposium titled, “The New Context of Science,” which will focus on the Clinton Administration’s new science policy report, “Science in the National Interest.” The lecture is scheduled 1:30–2:30 p.m. Oct. 3…
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September 26, 1994
Raoul Kopelman, professor of chemistry, will also hold the Kasimir Fajans Professorship of Chemistry, Physics and Applied Physics. His appointment, effective Sept. 1, was approved by the Regents at their September meeting. In recommending the appointment, LS&A Dean Edie N. Goldenberg said, “Prof. Kopelman’s first studies established experimental methods for obtaining exciton parameters in molecular…
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September 26, 1994
Nine faculty members were given the emeritus title by the Regents at their September meeting. Those retiring are: Walter A. Castelli, professor of anatomy Castelli, who joined Michigan’s faculty in 1966, “conducted research on periodontal disease, taught medical and dental gross anatomy, and was director of the Inteflex gross anatomy course for many years,” the…
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September 26, 1994
Total expenditures in the General Fund of the U-M’s three campuses in 1993–94 totaled $758,453,000, a 6.6 percent increase over the previous year. Revenues totaled $758,728,000, an increase of 6.6 percent, said Farris W. Womack, executive vice president and chief financial officer, in his annual financial report to the Regents at their September meeting. The…
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September 26, 1994
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their September meeting . $32 million received in gifts The Regents accepted a total of $32,084,637 in gifts received by the University in June, July and August of this year. The total included $16,941,345 from individuals, $7,593,925 from corporations, $4,775,589 from foundations, and $2,773,778…
