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May 23, 1994
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their May meeting. Administrative appointments Administrative appointments approved included: Richard G. Cornell, professor of biostatistics, will continue to serve as interim dean of the School of Public Health until Aug. 31, 1995, or until a permanent dean is appointed. Eugene Pijanowski, professor of art,…
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May 23, 1994
Be aware of your surroundings and trust your intuition. Walk near a curb or down the middle of the street when sidewalks are dark. Watch for lighted houses or businesses where you could seek help in an emergency. Wear shoes you can run in. Walk briskly and confidently. Vary your usual route. Carry a whistle…
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May 23, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Students, staff, faculty and campus visitors are urged to take extra safety precautions until the alleged serial rapist, who is believed to have attacked a number of Ann Arbor women over the past two years, is apprehended. On May 7, Christine Ann Gailbreath, a member of the Office…
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May 23, 1994
By Terry Gallagher U-M-Dearborn U-M-Dearborn’s School of Engineering has received a one-year grant of $250,000 from Ford Motor Co. The grant will support the Center for Engineering Education and Practice, an innovative program that incorporates practical experiences and traditional educational methods to help students develop proficiency in engineering practice, design, innovation and concepts of manufacturing…
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May 23, 1994
By Deborah GIlbert News and Information Services “I don’t know what to make of it. She’s a really good employee … when she’s here.” Supervisors who find themselves puzzling in a similar fashion over an employee’s chronic absenteeism should consider whether alcoholism is the cause. “But you have to be careful,” says Nora Gessert, a…
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May 23, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services When Shari Saunders walks into the classroom on the first day of her introductory course on elementary school teaching, her students usually ignore her. An assistant professor at the School of Education, Saunders slips in the door half an hour or so after the first class has started.…
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May 23, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Sweet white clover, Kentucky bluegrass and timothy go up in smoke each spring and fall at Dow Field in the Nichols Arboretum. While it may resemble a sudden wildfire, the prairie burn, administered by Robert E. Grese, associate professor of landscape architecture, is a carefully precalcuated method of…
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May 23, 1994
Recommendations for promotion and/or tenure of 153 faculty members on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses, effective the next academic year, were approved by the Regents at their May meeting last week. Of the total, 137 are at the Ann Arbor campus, nine at Dearborn and seven at Flint. Those at the Ann Arbor…
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May 23, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Research on women in mainland China surged suddenly about 10 years ago after the national press revealed the disturbing fact that female infanticide was still practiced in the countryside, according to Wang Zheng, a doctoral student in history at the University of California, Davis, and guest lecturer at…
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May 23, 1994
The Office of the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer is soliciting nominations for the third year of the Distinguished Staff Award Program for Business and Finance employees. The award, which includes recognition at an awards ceremony and dinner, a plaque and a cash award, recognizes “the indispensable contribution that staff make to the…
