November 15, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle Do you have windows that need washing? Carpets that must be cleaned before 7 a.m.? Special clean-ups that need to be done after construction projects are completed? Plant Department’s Building Services division has formed an eight-person team that responds to customer requests for custodial services not generally provided by Building Services.…
November 15, 1993
The Stratford Theatre Festival company’s residency on the Ann Arbor campus this week includes a number of public events. Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest will be presented at 8 p.m. Tues. (Nov. 16) and 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wed. (Nov. 17) at the Power Center for the Performing Arts. Also scheduled is…
November 15, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Human Adaptation and Accommodation, Enlarged and Revised Edition of Human Adaptation, by A. Roberto Frisancho, research scientist, Center for Human Growth and Development, and professor of anthropology. Human Adaptation: A Functional Interpretation has long been the standard for understanding the mechanisms of human…
November 15, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Five staff members were honored at the second annual Business and Finance Distinguished Staff Award ceremony and dinner Nov. 8 at the Oxford Conference Center. Those honored for unusual and exemplary service to the University and for outstanding achievements in their work were Judy Ash, administrative associate, Purchasing and Stores; Jimmy…
November 15, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass The University and community will receive “an extraordinary gift of education and culture” this week during the residency of the Stratford Theatre Festival company. The group’s one-week stay here is the result of a luncheon conversation Kenneth C. Fischer had two and one-half years ago with Anne Charles, the Canadian general…
November 15, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The Institute for Social Research (ISR) has received a grant of nearly $2 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to continue ISR’s National Drug Abuse Treatment System Survey through 1994. The survey, which evaluates the operations of a national sample of 550 drug treatment units, was…
November 15, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services After five and one-half days of battling electrical system problems, 110-degree temperatures, plagues of locusts, and an intestinal virus that sent several students to hospitals and clinics, the U-M solar car team crossed the World Solar Challenge finish line in Adelaide last Friday at 1:17 p.m. Maize &…
November 15, 1993
Wife beating in Karnataka topic of CSSEAS brown bag “Wife Beating and Its Implications for Caloric Allocations to Children: A Case Study of a Potter Community in Rural Karnataka” is the topic of a brown-bag presentation by Vijayendra Rao, population studies and economics, at noon Fri. (Nov. 19) in the Lane Hall Commons Room. The…
November 15, 1993
On Dec. 1, some areas in Southeast Michigan, including the U-M-Flint campus, will begin to use a new area code. The 810 area code will be in effect for most of Genesee, Lapeer, Sanilac, St. Clair, Oakland and Macomb counties, and for portions of Wash-tenaw, Livingston, Shiawassee, Saginaw and Wayne counties. Areas that have been…
November 15, 1993
The University again has surpassed its United Way campaign goal. Peter Pellerito, the University’s campaign adviser, says that thanks to the “wonderful work of 375 volunteers,” $951,560 were raised. This year’s goal of $950,000 represented a 5.5 percent increase over last year’s. Washtenaw United Way and several human service agencies had asked the University to…
