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February 7, 1994
Robert C. Hughes, director of the Housing Division since 1978, has been named executive director of development and external relations for student affairs, effective Feb. 1. In announcing Hughes’ appointment last week, Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen A. Hartford said she is “very pleased to have Bob Hughes moving to this new post. We…
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February 7, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Three campus units are collaborating on a futuristic building project that will require very little, if any, bricks, mortar or steel. Rather, it will use electronic tools to build an organized network of information resources ranging from book-length, on-line texts to digital slide collections, to multimedia tools. The…
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February 7, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Jean L. Loup will chair the nine-member Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) beginning May 1. SACUA Chair Henry C. Griffin will serve as vice chair. Loup, University librarian and assistant to the dean of the University Library, and Griffin, professor of chemistry, were elected to one-year terms at the…
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February 7, 1994
The Medical Center has been named one of the nation’s top 10 academic medical centers, according to a study released by Baltimore-based HCIA Inc., a leading health care information company, and Mercer Management Consulting. In another study, 87 U-M physicians are included in the 1993–94 edition of The Best Doctors in America, some for more…
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February 7, 1994
F. Thomas Juster, research scientist in the Institute for Social Research’s Survey Research Center and professor of economics, will present the University Senior Research Scientist Lecture at 4 p.m. Feb. 14 in Rackham Amphitheater. He will discuss “Microdata, Economic Theory, and the Production of Scientific Knowledge: Recent Innovations in Measurement Strategies and Some Speculations about…
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February 7, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services What Michigan voters and physicians think about aid-in-dying will be the topic of a survey this spring by the Institute for Social Research (ISR). The survey is funded by the Michigan Health Care Education and Research Foundation (MHCERF), the research and philanthropic affiliate of Blue Cross and Blue…
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February 7, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle “The performance of the technology is way, way, way out in front of our understanding of how to use it,” Daniel E. Atkins III told his audience at the second lecture in the Rackham Conversations on Academic Priorities series. His talk, “Creating the Future: Information Technology and the Mission of the…
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February 7, 1994
CEW workshop looks at proposal writing “Proposal Writing and Grant Seeking,” a workshop designed primarily for post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty and doctoral students, will meet 9–11:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at the Center for the Education of Women (CEW), 330 E. Liberty St. Workshop topics include locating research sponsors and organizing and writing effective proposals for…
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February 7, 1994
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education will hold a public hearing 9 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Vandenberg Room, Michigan League. Senators scheduled to hear testimony include subcommittee chair John J.H. Schwarz, R-Battle Creek; Jon Cisky, R-Saginaw; and Jackie Vaughn, D-Detroit. Speaking on behalf of the U-M will be Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker…
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February 7, 1994
Paul’s book examines modern Hollywood horror and comedy William J. Paul’s book Laughing Screaming, Modern Hollywood Horror & Comedy has been published by Columbia University Press. Paul is associate professor of English and film and video studies. Laughing Screaming is the first book about gross-out, a mode of address that became widespread in Hollywood films…
