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February 7, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Women know that sexual discrimination exists in the work place, but rarely believe it applies to them. The working woman’s “not me” attitude is an example of the “denial of personal disadvantage” phenomenon, according to psychologists at the U-M and Smith College. Diana I. Cordova of the Institute…
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February 7, 1994
The University’s Chicano History Week, Feb. 6–12, commemorates the life of human rights leader Cesar Chavez with events dedicated to his memory. “We feel it is important to reflect on his life, what his death means for many people, and to publicly recognize the passage of a man who shaped history—labor history, Chicano history and…
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February 7, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank New student orientation today goes far beyond the traditional three-day campus visit during the summer. It’s an ongoing process of keeping in touch, beginning at the time the student is admitted and continuing through the student’s first term on campus, says Pamela T. Horne, director of orientation and the Campus Information…
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February 7, 1994
Igor Bogdanov, president of the International Academy of Business and Banking in Togliatti, Russia, recently sent a message to Stephen F. Hallam, dean of U-M-Flint’s School of Management, to thank the faculty for a gift of more than 300 textbooks. The city of Flint and Togliatti, Russia’s automotive capitol, have a long-standing relationship. Each has…
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February 7, 1994
Sibley W. Hoobler Sibley W. Hoobler, professor emeritus of internal medicine, died Jan. 25 of a heart attack in Tucson, Ariz., while vacationing with his wife Catherine. He was 82. Internationally recognized for his pioneering work in high blood pressure research and patient care, he retired from the U-M in 1976 and became professor of…
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February 7, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services U-M researcher Harold W. Stevenson and colleagues have been awarded a $1,068,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support a three-year comparative study of teaching and learning in the United States, Germany and Japan. The study will involve intensive case studies of kindergarten through 11th-grade students…
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January 31, 1994
The Colored Museum Project, created to explore the function of theater in the next century with special emphasis on multi-ethnic theater, is sponsoring a series of events Feb. 10–16. Production of George C. Wolfe’s award-winning play The Colored Museum, from which the project got its name, highlights activities. Performances will be held at 8 p.m.…
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January 31, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank National fellowship programs that provide sustained financial support for graduate students don’t always produce quick trips (six years or less) through the doctoral maze, or even a Ph.D. Surprisingly, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation learned in the late 1980s that “multi-year fellowship programs in the humanities and related social sciences have…
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January 31, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The Women’s Studies Program will launch an interdepartmental Ph.D. program in fall 1994, “which, as far as we know, is the first of its kind in the country,” says Abigail J. Stewart, director of the Women’s Studies Program and professor of psychology. Initially, the degree will be offered…
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January 31, 1994
Allan F. Smith, professor emeritus and former dean of the University of Michigan Law School, died Jan. 21 in Sarasota, Fla. Smith, who served as interim president in 1979, was a respected scholar in real estate transactions and personal property law, and a beloved teacher. “Allan Smith had an extraordinary impact on the University of…
