October 17, 1994
Just over midway through its allotted time, the Campaign for Michigan has garnered $680 million—68 percent of its $1 billion goal. The Campaign was announced in 1990 and is scheduled to conclude in 1997. These figures were announced to a group of contributors at a Campaign celebration event held Sept. 23. Of the $1 billion…
October 17, 1994
Flint’s M-Link receives $54,000 M-Link, the collaborative program between U-M-Flint and Mott Community College (MCC), has received $54,000 in renewal funding from the Office of Minority Equity of the Michigan Department of Education through its College/University Partnership Program. M-Link, managed by Flint Admissions Director David James and Coordinator Kendall West, actively recruits qualified underrepresented minority…
October 17, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle The Office of Technology Transfer, Technology Management Office, Center for Information Technology Integration, and personnel from University placement offices, the College of Engineering and the School of Business Administration will join members of the University’s solar car team for a two-day business and technology expo hosted by the Ann Arbor Chamber…
October 17, 1994
By Sage Arron Closed since July 1993 for renovations, the Kelsey Museum of Archeaology will reopen Thursday (Oct. 20) with a Byzantium display titled “Byzantium: University of Michigan Collections and Expeditions.” Director Elaine Gazda says the museum’s renovation project “has not only provided a state-of-the-art, climate-controlled storage facility for the museum’s most environmentally vulnerable collections…
October 17, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Gov. John Engler and U-M officials announced last week the establishment of a new Institute for Manufacturing Technologies to be located in Ann Arbor. Responding directly to the needs of private industry, engineers at the not-for-profit institute will develop new technologies and solve specific problems in machining, auto…
October 17, 1994
Overall crime statistics for the U-M in 1993 fell for the third year in a row, according to a report released last week by the Department of Public Safety (DPS). But an increase in categories of serious crimes, including burglaries and aggravated assaults, has safety officials concerned about what they see as a growing trend…
October 17, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Sara S. Berry, one of the world’s foremost historians of African economic history, will be on campus Oct. 19–22 as the Alumni Association’s Alumna-in-Residence. Berry, professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, received her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in economics in 1965 and 1967 from the U-M. Berry…
October 17, 1994
Men and women walking alone at night on campus need to be aware of their surroundings and cautious, warns Department of Public Safety (DPS) Sgt. Kevin McNulty, who is investigating an armed robbery and assault that occurred around 3:30 a.m. Oct. 5 near the Engineering Arch. The victim, a physical science research associate, was approached…
October 17, 1994
If attending the M-Quality Expo later this week whets your appetite and you want to find out more about this initiative, check out GOpherBLUE. M-Quality news can be found in the Gopher folded titled University of Michigan and Ann Arbor. Among the information available: —The M-Quality Expo. Descriptions of all the exhibits and presentations. —Teams…
October 17, 1994
By John Woodford News and Information Services Is being polite the same thing as being good? The answer in England during much of the early modern era would have been yes, at least among the middle and upper classes, says Keith Thomas, professor of history at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University. Thomas, who is president…
