September 7, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Newlyweds who tell the story of their romance as a duet, giving each other equal time to perform variations on themes, are still likely to be much in love three years later. These shared marriage narratives are at the “heart of marriage building,” explain U-M research psychologists, “because…
September 7, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The nation’s population has become more geographically polarized along racial and socioeconomic lines during the past decade, according to a U-M study. It also identifies the pathways of modern migrants—players in a contemporary version of The Grapes of Wrath. The study, presented Aug. 10 at the Joint Statistical…
September 7, 1993
Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. will recommend to the Regents at their September meeting that Susan S. Lipschutz be named associate provost. If approved, Lipschutz will assume her new position Nov. 1. She now is assistant vice provost for academic affairs and senior associate dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies. She…
September 7, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services America has long attracted the world’s huddled masses yearning to improve their lots. But a U-M study, the first to compare poverty-escape rates in the United States and eight other Western, industrialized nations, shatters the myth that America offers the brightest hope to those at the bottom of…
September 7, 1993
The Institute for the Humanities has appointed 10 Visiting Fellows for 1993–94, all of whom will work in areas relevant to the Institute’s theme, “The Geography of Identity.” Visiting fellows share in the interdisciplinary community of the Institute during visits lasting from one week to a full term, joining the seven Michigan faculty and five…
September 7, 1993
Listed below are the members of the primary research faculty who have been promoted, effective Sept. 1. LS&A: Florence S. Wagner, research scientist. Medical School: Michael D. Uhler, biological chemistry, associate research scientist; Kirk A. Frey, internal medicine, Mental Health Research Institute, associate research scientist; Richard A. Altschuler, otorhinolaryngology, research scientist; Yehoash Raphael, otorhinolaryngology, assistant…
September 7, 1993
Turner Geriatric Clinic’s Learning in Retirement program will offer a series of weekly mini courses this fall taught by emeritus professors. An open house to kick off the program will be held at 3 p.m. Wed. (Sept. 8) at the 20/20 Cafe, Kellogg Eye Center. Courses offered this fall include: B.C.: A Panorama of Life…
September 7, 1993
One of the provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, signed Aug. 10, reinstates the exclusion from income of employer-provided educational assistance, retroactive to July 1, 1992, through Dec. 31, 1994. As a result, tuition refunds to staff members will no longer be taxed or reported as income. Changes have been made in…
September 7, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA) has added a new route, a U-M shuttle to and from Wolverine Tower, to its schedule. Faculty, staff and students with University ID can ride Route 36 free and Oak Valley Route 16 free when going to and from Wolverine Tower; the University pays the fare.…
