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April 4, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Recent immigration is leading California to “export” poverty-level, low-skilled residents to Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona, according to a U-M study presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers. “A chain reaction seems to be occurring between the arrival of low-skilled immigrants to Los Angeles…
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April 4, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services With smoking on the rise among American teen-agers, the question of how to keep them away from cigarettes and other drugs has assumed renewed urgency. A U-M study suggests that part of the answer is to increase children’s educational success. Not only are students who get good grades…
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April 4, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Using space-age technology they developed, University of Michigan scientists will help NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour count trees in a 2,500-square-mile section of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The shuttle is scheduled for launch on Thursday (April 7). “The immediate goal of the experiment is to use radar imaging data from…
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April 4, 1994
Rate increases for long-term disability coverage that will affect departmental and/or staff member costs went into effect April 1. According to Craig Jorgeson, manager, Benefits Office, the increase was prompted by a 50 percent increase in the number of disabled individuals receiving benefits in the last two to three years. Prior to 1990, Jorgeson says,…
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April 4, 1994
The Public Safety Oversight Committee, required under Public Act No. 120, is comprised of two staff members, two students and two faculty members nominated and elected by their peers. The committee receives and makes recommendations regarding grievances against any public safety officer deputized by the University. The staff member positions on the committee are for…
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April 4, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services The bibliographic records of the Bentley Historical Library are now accessible through the U-M’s online catalog, MIRLYN. The Bentley houses both the Michigan Historical Collections, which document the history of the state of Michigan, and the University Archives, with documents dating back to the University’s founding in 1817.…
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April 4, 1994
E. Lawrence McMahon E. Lawrence McMahon, associate professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science, died March 25 at his home here. He was 62. A teacher, adviser and counselor to electrical engineering students for 34 years, he retired from the faculty in 1993. McMahon received his B.S. in electrical engineering in 1952 from Fournier…
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April 4, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Researchers at the U-M, the Univer-sity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Texas, Austin, have been awarded $4.5 million to establish a new Center for Optoelectronics Science and Technology (COST). The center will be one of four funded by the federal Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). “These…
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March 28, 1994
Frederick H. Wagman Frederick H. Wagman, former director of the University Library and professor emeritus of library science, died March 19 following a brief illness. He was 81. Wagman joined the U-M in 1953 as director of the University Library and professor of library science. “Fred was one of the great librarians of the University…
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March 28, 1994
The University has received Washtenaw United Way Campaign’s Gold Award for raising $950,161, the largest workplace campaign in the county. In presenting the award, Washtenaw United Way President Vincent S. Buccirosso said, “the University of Michigan has always strongly supported Wash-tenaw United Way, and 1993 was no different. Your commitment to our organization is second…
