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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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October 17, 1994
Rhetaugh G. Dumas, vice provost for health affairs, has received the Hall of Fame President’s Award from the National Women’s Hall of Fame “for achievements that are leading women into the 21st century.” The Hall of Fame noted that throughout her career, Dumas has “pioneered significant advances in nursing education and research that are having…
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October 17, 1994
Staff members who use the Benefits Enrollment Line (BEL) to select their benefits for 1995 will be sent a confirmation statement soon after they record their elections. Many staff members will be required to sign and return this statement by Nov. 11, 1994. The Benefits Office cannot complete the staff member’s enrollment without the signed…
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October 17, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle “Society sees dying as ominous and scary,” says Diane Trew, an intern at Hospice of Washtenaw. “But this is something people should talk about. Everybody asks me if it isn’t depressing working with people who are dying, but I’ve worked with victims of sexual assault and abused teens, too. Which is…
