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February 6, 1996
The University Record, February 6, 1996 Commons to be renamed in honor of Pierponts By Mary Jo Frank University Relations Wilbur K. Pierpont, vice president emeritus and professor emeritus of accounting, and his wife, Maxine, will be honored at a ceremony celebrating the naming of the Pierpont Commons, formerly known as North Campus Commons, at…
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January 30, 1996
The University Record, January 30, 1996 ‘Racism runs in the bloodstream of life,’ Johnson says By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Speaking to a relatively small audience of University development staff assembled in the Business School’s Hale Auditorium, Arthur Johnson left no doubt that racism continues to exist in numerous aspects of American society.…
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January 30, 1996
The University Record, January 30, 1996 Race and gender—do they really matter? By Matthew Thorburn News and Information Services Faculty and students gathered in the Rackham East Conference Room on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for “Diversity and the Academic Disciplines: Do Race and Gender Really Matter?” The event featured a video presentation of two…
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January 30, 1996
The University Record, January 30, 1996 South African architect wants to rebuild country By Janet Nellis Mendler News and Information Services “Now that we have a democracy, I want to work with the government and with fellow architects in rebuilding the country,” South African architect Jo Noero told an audience of more than 300 at…
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January 30, 1996
The University Record, January 30, 1996 Bentley’s gargoyles sit on shelves, not gutters Not mounted on a building’s gutter, but housed in bound volumes, these gargoyles, copies of U-M’s Gargoyle dating from 1909, are now housed at the Bentley Historical Library. Authorized by the University’s Board in Control of Student Publications in 1908, the Gargoyle…
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January 30, 1996
The University Record, January 30, 1996 Institute for the Humanities conference on `Unruly Emotions, Disorderly Conduct’ begins Feb. 8 Taslima Nasrin, a writer whose work is banned in Bangladesh for its candid treatment of religious oppression and women’s rights, will open the Institute for the Humanities’ two-day conference, “Unruly Emotions, Disorderly Conduct,” at 8 p.m.…
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January 30, 1996
The University Record, January 30, 1996 Galileo space probe findings, experiences will be discussed at Evening at Rackham University of Michigan scientists involved in the Galileo spacecraft’s exploration of the planet Jupiter will share their experiences—along with new information from the Dec. 7 probe of the planet’s atmosphere—in a free, public lecture titled “Galileo Probes…
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January 30, 1996
The University Record, January 30, 1996 U-M delegation spends week on economic development in Israel By Jared Blank A delegation from the U-M spent one week in the Central Galilee region of Israel in December as part of the Detroit Jewish Federation’s Partnership 2000 program, which aids regions of Israel with economic development. Walter Harrison,…
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January 30, 1996
The University Record, January 30, 1996 DPS, FBI team up to recover art stolen 30 years ago Sketches by Pablo Picasso and Henry Moore, stolen from a U-M traveling exhibit almost 30 years ago, were recovered in Los Angeles Jan. 24. The pieces were recovered by the Los Angeles office of the FBI, with assistance…
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January 30, 1996
The University Record, January 30, 1996 MQR releases volume two of special centennial issue on movies By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Although many film students today regard the golden age of cinema as a topic of classroom discussion only, many of the writers in the second volume of the Michigan Quarterly Review’s (MQR)…
