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October 3, 1994
Informational fairs will be held in five University locations during open enrollment this year. Staff members are invited to attend the fairs and ask questions of the insurance companies, or pick up information. The coverage comparison chart, which compares the benefits of the various health care plans, will be available at each fair. At each…
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October 3, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The College of Engineering will lead a multimillion-dollar, three-year research initiative to develop advanced computer simulations and modeling techniques for design of all types of ground-based vehicles. A $7.5 million grant to establish the new research center comes from the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering…
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September 26, 1994
Peter J. Lenk, associate professor of statistics and management science, will also hold the Sanford R. Robertson Associate Professorship of Business Administration. His appointment, effective Sept. 1, was approved by the Regents at their September meeting. “Funding for the Robertson Professorship is provided through a pledge from Sanford R. Robertson as part of the U-M…
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September 26, 1994
Frank E. Richart Jr. Frank E. “Bill” Richart Jr., the Walter Johnson Emmons Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, died Sept. 16 at his home. He was 75 years old. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Richart joined the U-M as professor and chair of the Department of Civil Engineering in 1962. He served…
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September 26, 1994
Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, now the chief moderator in the national health care debate, will discuss the ethical imperative for health care reform in a free, public lecture at 8 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Rackham Building Auditorium. Koop, who currently teaches at Dartmouth College, is the U-M’s DeRoy-Graf Visiting Professor in…
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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…
