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January 31, 1994
Neighborhood program names director Charlene Johnson of Highland Park has been appointed program director for the Michigan Neighborhood Partnership, a group of community-based organizations working together to help promote economic and social development in Detroit. Announcement of the appointment was made by Larry Coppard, director of the School of Social Work’s Office of External Relations…
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January 31, 1994
Burt serving as member of NIH study section Brian A. Burt, professor of dental public health and chair of the Department of Community Health Programs, the School of Public Health, will serve as a member of the Oral Biology and Medicine Study Section, Subcommittee I, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health. Lam named…
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January 31, 1994
By John Woodford Executive Editor, Michigan Today “We have to make it possible for all our kids to succeed,” Yale University child psychiatrist James P. Comer told a large audience in the Power Center for the Performing Arts. Failure to do so, he predicted, will lead inevitably to national decline by the turn of the…
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January 31, 1994
System administrators and computing service managers need to answer these questions for faculty and staff in their units: Is undeliverable mail discarded, examined for delivery clues, or automatically returned to sender? Is message content stripped from rejected or undeliverable mail? Are messages stored in clear text or encrypted while waiting to be delivered? How are…
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January 31, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The interplay of geography and identity will be examined at the winter conference of the Institute for the Humanities Friday and Saturday (Feb. 4–5) at the Rackham Building. The free, public conference, “Culture, Time, Place,” will feature architects, artists, poets, historians and geographers addressing “the intense drive among…
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January 31, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics has been recognized by the University’s History and Traditions Committee for its 1992–93 annual report, which includes a written and pictorial history of the department from 1868 to the present. Chair Panos Y. Papalambros accepted the citation at a ceremony held last week.…
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January 31, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle A new policy governing privacy of electronic mail and computer files has been incorporated as section 601.11 of the Standard Practice Guide (SPG). The policy, plus sections on guidelines and interpretations, standards for postmasters, and interpretive guidelines and procedures for system administrators and computing service managers, comprise a six-page addition to…
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January 24, 1994
Leland Stowe Leland Stowe, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign and war correspondent and professor emeritus of journalism, died here Jan. 16. He was 94. A journalist, radio commentator and author, Stowe gained international acclaim for his vivid accounts, exclusive stories and “scoop” reporting of World War II. “Leland Stowe was one of the most honored American journalists…
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January 24, 1994
The University of Chicago; University of California, Berkeley; Northwestern University; and the U-M have been drawn together under a $700,000 umbrella provided by Ameritech Foundation. The funds will be used to create a university consortium that will analyze regional, national and international public telecommunication policies. Douglas E. Van Houweling, vice provost for information technology, will…
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January 24, 1994
The appointment of Julie A. Peterson as director of News and Information Services has been announced by Walter Harrison, vice president for university relations. Peterson, who now is managing editor of the Indiana University News Bureau in Bloomington, will assume her U-M post April l. She succeeds Joseph H. Owsley, who retired July 1. “I…
