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April 12, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank A growing number of U-M students apparently concur with at least the first part of 16th-century English philosopher Francis Bacon’s statement: “Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.” And, says William E. Nolting, director of the Overseas Opportunities Office in the…
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April 12, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The Department of Anthropology ranks first in the nation in anthropological archaeology, according to a survey by the Society for American Archaeology. The survey of 163 archaeologists with Ph.D.s employed in professional positions ranked the U-M department first among the nation’s archaeology Ph.D. programs, followed by the University…
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April 12, 1993
Gibala honored for paper Ronald Gibala, chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has received the Outstanding Materials Division Paper Award for 1992, along with co-authors Ronald D. Noebe of the NASA Lewis Research Center and Ph.D. candidate Amit Misra. “Plastic Flow and Fracture of B2 NiAl-based Intermetallic Alloys Containing a Ductile Second…
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April 12, 1993
While everyone might agree that certain weeks of the year seem to fly by, we’ve probably never seen a whole week reduced to just 2.5 hours. But that’s how long the spring fund drive at Michigan Radio—“The Incredible Shrinking Week”—lasted this year. Originally scheduled for April 1–7, on-air fund raising began at 6 a.m. and…
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April 12, 1993
By Harriet Teller Michigan Radio Michigan Radio’s award-winning program “Remnants,” a Holocaust remembrance, will be broadcast at 8 p.m. April 20 and 12:30 p.m. April 23. “Remnants” was awarded an honorable mention in the 18th Annual National Commendation Awards of the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television. The Michigan Radio Theatre production of…
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April 12, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Teaching children at home won’t make them social misfits, a U-M study suggests. The detailed study of 53 adults who were taught at home by their parents is one of the first to examine the long-term effects of home schooling—a practice now followed by as many as 300,000…
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April 12, 1993
“In terms of general resources on both academic and work programs and other experiential programs, the Michigan office is as good as it gets,” says William Hoffa, editor of the Guide to Education Abroad for Advisers and Administrators. The book includes an article by William E. Nolting, director of the Overseas International Opportunities Office in…
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April 12, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services There are some striking parallels between Eleanor Roosevelt, who entered the White House in 1933, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, who moved in 60 years later. “Each was attacked and mocked in the press, but refused to be silent,” said Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of the controversial but highly…
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April 12, 1993
Members of the Initiative on Alcohol and Other Drugs encourage individuals who received the survey on alcohol and other drugs to complete it and return it in the postage-paid envelope. “If there are questions you prefer not to answer, please skip them. We need your response,” explains Initiative member and survey designer Andrea Foote. “You…
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April 12, 1993
By Kathy Hulik School of Business Administration Consumers Power has announced a grant of $100,000 to the School of Business Administration toward the creation of a new Corporate Environmental Management Program. The five-year grant from the Consumers Power Foundation, the utility’s philanthropic arm, continues Consumers Power’s long tradition of support for the University, which has…
