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September 12, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank One month into fall term, many first-year students find the U-M isn’t as big or as daunting as they expected, according to a survey of randomly selected first-year and new transfer students. The Office of Orientation’s Reach Out ’93, a telephone survey conducted last October, provides insight into the impressions and…
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September 12, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services David L. Featherman will be director of the Institute for Social Research (ISR). Featherman, who has been president of the Social Science Research Council in New York City since 1989, is an internationally renowned social scientist whose expertise is in life-span development and behavior. Featherman’s U-M appointment will…
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September 6, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank For Rosemary Kuderick, the challenge of the chase rivals the thrills of capturing and releasing her quarry. Known by her grateful fans as “Bat Lady,” Kuderick rescues faculty, staff and students from encounters with ants and cockroaches, bees and wasps, squirrels and raccoons—and, of course, bats. Kuderick is a pest management…
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September 6, 1994
By Jane Meyers Office of Development AlliedSignal Inc. of Morristown, N.J., has made a $300,000 gift to the Michigan Joint Manufacturing Initiative (MJMI), an interdisciplinary program administered by the College of Engineering and the School of Business Administration. The program is designed to address the acute shortage of broadly trained professionals who understand both the…
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September 6, 1994
By Terry Gallagher U-M-Dearborn U-M Dearborn anthropology Prof. Daniel E. Moerman has been appointed to the William E. Stirton Professorship for a five-year term. His appointment was approved by the Regents at their July meeting. Moerman, a member of the Dearborn faculty since 1973, specializes in medical ethnobotany, and his catalog, Medicinal Plants of Native…
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September 6, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Smoking is now prohibited in almost all University leased and owned facilities. The policy, which went into effect Sept. 1, says: “In recognition of environmental tobacco smoke health risks, the University will provide as close to a smoke-free environment as practicable for its faculty, staff, students and visitors. The right of…
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September 6, 1994
By Janet Nellis Mendler News and Information Services The University and the Michigan Neighborhood Partnership (MNP), a coalition of Detroit community groups, will receive a first-year grant of $750,000 as one of the state’s first AmeriCorps programs. A “domestic Peace Corps,” the Ameri-Corps program is an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service…
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September 6, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Despite the tremendous increase in the number of older Americans, only 5 percent of ads sampled over the last 100 years in two of the largest national magazines portrayed older people. And the images of older adults that have appeared tend to reinforce stereotypes about both aging in…
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September 6, 1994
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles on changes in benefits. Open enrollment, a time to enroll in or change benefit options, will be Oct. 10–28, one week longer than previous years. There will be changes for most staff members. In addition, four new programs, the beginning of flexible benefits, will…
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September 6, 1994
The University spent the summer on the move both physically and intellectually. Physically, many units completed the move to new quarters in Wolverine Tower while programs grew in size and scope. For those faculty and staff who were away for the summer months, the Record offers its summer news roundup. JOBNET process changes Interim changes…
