January 10, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass Students who wanted to attend the University applied in record numbers for fall term 1993 entry, according to Director of Undergraduate Admissions Theodore L. Spencer. In a presentation to the Regents at their December meeting, Spencer noted that 19,000 students applied for fall term admission, the most ever. The University admitted…
January 10, 1994
J. Robert Willson J. Robert Willson, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1964–78, died Dec. 17. He was 81. Willson chaired the department through some strong growth years and was noted for his teaching—much of which is remembered through quotations. When asked about his treatment of prolonged labor, he said “I prevent…
January 10, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank LS&A faculty members are expected to approve today a quantitative reasoning requirement for all LS&A students, beginning with those who enter in fall 1994. The LS&A faculty meeting begins at 4:10 p.m. in Auditorium B, Angell Hall. Last April, LS&A faculty passed “in principle” a proposal from the Task Force on…
December 6, 1993
A subcommittee of the University’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Policy Council is working on changes to the University smoking policy that will make the U-M a smoke-free campus. The group’s study of the issue is prompted by new concerns about the health hazards of environmental tobacco smoke. The council reports to George D. Zuidema, vice…
December 6, 1993
The U-M Press has established the Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET). The society will acquire, produce and disseminate scholarly electronic editions of Old Norse, Old English and Middle English texts. According to U-M Press editor Ellen Bauerle, “SEENET will combine the full capacities of computer technology with the highest standards of…
December 6, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services If spiders and silkworms could talk, U-M scientist David Martin has a few questions he’d like to ask. For instance, how and why does a spider change the consistency and chemical structure of its web? How do substances like salt and water cross the membrane barrier into a…
December 6, 1993
Acoma (New Mexico); Apache: 8 groups in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma; Arikara, North Dakota; Brule Sioux (South Dakota); Cherokee (North Carolina); Crow (Montana); Hopi (Arizona); Iowa (Oklahoma); Isleta (New Mexico); Jemez (New Mexico); LacVieux (Michigan); Laguna (New Mexico); Navajo (Arizona); Grand Traverse (Michigan); Pawnee (Oklahoma); Gila River Pima (Arizona); Potawatomi (Michigan); Quapaw (Oklahoma); Saginaw…
December 6, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services At its November meeting, the Board of Regents authorized the University to negotiate with relevant Native American groups in compliance with a federal law that requires universities and museums to return to Native American groups, upon request, human remains and certain cultural objects shown to be affiliated with…
December 6, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The Center for Human Growth and Development has received a three-year, $900,000 grant from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health. The grant will fund international research conducted abroad by U-M’s minority faculty and students. Nine faculty, 18 graduate students and 18 undergraduates will conduct…
December 6, 1993
By Lew Morrissey U-M-Flint The appointment of Lawrence D. Kugler as interim chancellor at U-M-Flint, effective Jan. 1, will be recommended by President James J. Duder-stadt to the Regents at their December meeting. Kugler is a professor of mathematics and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He will lead the Flint campus…
