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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 Five renovation projects are given the go-ahead Renovation projects approved by the Regents at their September meeting include: A $314,500 project for the tunnel between the Central Power Plant and the Rackham Building will include replacing the expansion joints in the low pressure and high pressure steam lines. The…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 FACULTY AWARDS Photos by Bob Kalmbach Philip H. Bucksbaum, Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award Philip H. Bucksbaum ranks among the elite in the field of atomic-optical physics. His work is characterized by a blend of deep theoretical understanding, technological innovation, and an intellectual boldness that moves him into exciting new…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 News correspondent John Hockenberry will kick off Investing in Ability Week By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Emmy Award-winning news correspondent John Hockenberry of “Dateline NBC” and the new MSNBC news network will share his experiences as a broadcast journalist and paraplegic in a campus talk 8 p.m.…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 October Visiting Writers series begins Saturday Author Stuart Dybeck and poets Alice Fulton, a U-M English professor, and Kathleen Halme, a U-M alumna, will present their works during the University’s October Visiting Writers Series. Sponsored by the Department of English and Borders Books and Music, the series features fiction…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 MQR features poetry, essays, fiction in part one of special fall issue By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The pages of this fall’s Michigan Quarterly Review (MQR) will “provide a showcase for the vitality of mind and the originality of language we associate with the vocation of poetry,”…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 Workshops look at critical issues in social work By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Alcohol treatment options, couples therapy, successful aging, and women and sex are among the topics to be discussed in the University’s fourth annual Workshop Series on Critical Issues in Health Care Social Work. Sponsored…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 Check out what’s new in physics on Saturday mornings at U-M Back by popular demand, the Department of Physics has organized a second series of its Saturday morning multi-media physics lectures for general audiences. Beginning Oct. 12, the lectures are an opportunity to hear physicists explain their work in…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 $3.5 million from Vlasic establishes first endowed deanship By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The University has received a $3.5 million gift to establish an endowed deanship in the College of Engineering to be known as the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering. It is the first endowed…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 U policy on drug-free workplace The Federal Government requires that the University annually publish its policy on the Drug Free Workplace Act. The acts, detailed below, are a good way to remind us about alcohol and drugs in the workplace, although alcohol and drug abuse is not a predominant…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 Peace Neighborhood Center offers haven for 1,200-plus each year Bonnie Billups (left), a volunteer at Ann Arbor’s Peace Neighborhood Center, counsels teenager in an after-school program. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Jared Blank Now in its 25th year, Peace Neighborhood Center (PNC) provides programming for residents of Ann Arbor’s…
