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March 28, 1994
The University Library has established a Program for International Initiatives, designed to support the Uni-versity’s goal to become a global institution providing distance-independent education. “Because the University of Michigan has a clearly articulated mission to promote and expand international research and education at Michigan,” says Uni-versity Library Dean Donald E. Riggs, “now is the perfect…
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March 28, 1994
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Board of Regents at its March meeting. 6 Distinguished University Professorships approved Six Distinguished University Professorships were approved, bringing the total to 18. “Individuals appointed to these prestigious professorships have attained national and international recognition for originality and scholarly achievement,” Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. said.…
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March 28, 1994
The Michigan Research Libraries Triangle (MRTL)—a consortium of the U-M and Michigan State and Wayne State university libraries—has been awarded a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title II-A program to link electronically their online catalogs and related files. The $300,000 grant has been used to purchase licenses from NOTIS Systems, Inc. for…
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March 28, 1994
Laurence H. Baker has been appointed deputy director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate chief of the division of Hematology-Oncology at the Medical Center. “We are pleased to be able to attract an individual of Baker’s stature for this important post,” says Max Wicha, center director. “He will bring not only exceptional clinical research…
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March 28, 1994
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Water Distribution in Ancient Rome: The Evidence of Frontinus by Harry B. Evans, professor of classics, Fordham University. Over a span of several centuries, Rome supplied itself with a system of aqueducts that brought water to many neighborhoods and allowed the city to…
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March 28, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Thanks to increased traffic-safety efforts in Michigan, more and more automobile drivers and motorcyclists are taking measures to protect themselves on roadways, according to a U-M study. Researchers stationed at 168 intersections and freeway exits throughout the state last fall observed 64.4 percent of drivers and front-seat passengers…
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March 28, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Thomas M. Dunn, Ronald J. Lomax and Alfredo Montalvo will begin serving three-year terms on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) May 1. Dunn and Montalvo were elected at the March 21 Senate Assembly meeting to succeed John Birge and George Cameron. Lomax, who is completing a one-year term,…
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March 28, 1994
Avern Carroll, professor of anthropology, was given the emeritus title by the Regents at their March meeting. When Carroll joined the U-M in 1972, “he had an international reputation, both as a leading comparativist of the languages, societies, cultures, and populations of the South Pacific, and as an innovator in anthropological fieldwork methodologies,” the Regents…
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March 28, 1994
The University Library has been awarded a second year of funding by the U.S. Department of Education’s Title II-C program for a project to catalog 5,500 retrospective serial titles from the Labadie Collection in the Special Collections Library. The budget for year two is $81,850. The Labadie Collection is known for its extensive materials on…
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March 28, 1994
Three receive grants from arts groups Michael K. Daugherty, Gay Delanghe and Peter D. Sparling have received funds from the Creative Artist Grant Program, a partnership program of the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs. Daugherty is associate professor of music. His grant funds a new composition…
