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April 18, 1994
Judith Feder, chief health policy analyst with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will speak about the Clinton health care reform plan at noon April 26 in Heath Auditorium, School of Public Health. Feder’s talk is part of the University’s FORUM on Health Policy Reform, a two-year series of educational events tracking…
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April 18, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank The Department of Mathematics has received LS&A’s 1994 Departmental Award for Contributions to the Undergraduate Initiative. The department will receive $25,000 for its innovative efforts to improve undergraduate education. Donald J. Lewis, chair and professor of mathematics, will recommend the department use the money to furnish a commons room for students…
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April 18, 1994
The first annual Hispanic Student Leadership Award celebration will be held at 5 p.m. Tues. (April 19) in the Tribute Room, School of Education. Six students will receive $300 scholarships, awarded by the Michigan Educational Opportunity Fund Inc., the Office of Minority Student Services and the Programs for Educational Opportunity at the School of Education.…
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April 18, 1994
The University has received a $12 million commitment from Ann Lurie of Chicago, to establish the Robert H. Lurie Fund, in the name of her late husband, a member of the College of Engineering Class of 1964. The fund will be allocated to new campus buildings, including a carillon tower on North Campus. “The exceptional…
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April 11, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank The LS&A Curriculum Committee has approved a proposal from the College’s Languages Across the Curriculum (LAC) Committee that will encourage students to use languages other than English in regular LS&A courses. The change is part of the U-M’s increased focus on international topics. Students will be able to earn certification in…
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April 11, 1994
During the recent debate over increasing federal funding for Project Head Start, the preschool program for disadvantaged children, supporters cited numerous studies documenting the immediate gains in children’s academic and social skills. Opponents cited studies showing that by third or fourth grade, the advantages gained from Head Start had vanished. Now a U-M study indicates…
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April 11, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The advent of spring brings warm weather, blooming flowers and the baseball season, but it also means potholes, pavement upheavals and rough roads. “People blame the highway departments for having poor roads, but we need to recognize that, in Michigan, the environmental conditions are rather adverse to the…
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April 11, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Scientists need to teach their students ethics for two reasons, says philosopher and ethicist David H. Smith: Education alters character. Science as a collective enterprise is built on honesty and trust. Smith, director of the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University, spoke last Monday…
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April 11, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle Predictably, the 50-foot clear-air zone and proposed ban on smoking in virtually all University facilities were the focus of comments from the 20 University faculty, staff members and students who attended two open forums on revisions to the University’s current policy on smoking. The proposed policy would prohibit smoking in all…
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April 11, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Although recently ranked as the top graduate program of its kind in the United States, the School of Social Work and its faculty are not content to rest on their laurels in research, teaching and service. “One of the dangers is that when one does get recognition, there…
