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February 28, 1994
Stephen Lee, associate professor of chemistry, will receive the Henry Russel Award, an annual award given to young faculty members for scholarly achievement and promise. The award will be presented March 15 in Rackham Amphitheater, followed by the annual Henry Russel Lecture given by a senior member of the faculty. This year’s lecturer is Elizabeth…
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February 28, 1994
How big? How many? How does it compare? These are a few of the many questions about the University that are answered in Facts About Michigan, prepared by News and Information Services as a reference source. The 155-page book contains information about the University in nine categories: Budget, Dimensions, Firsts, Gifts, Media, Rankings, Research Advances,…
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February 28, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Faculty at research universities such as the U-M are literally “creating tomorrow,” Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. recently testified at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education hearing. The U-M is developing society’s leaders for the future, and the ideas and technologies that will characterize that future, Whitaker explained. Also speak-ing…
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February 28, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services U-M scientists studying the loss of stratospheric ozone, the rise in ground-level UV-B radiation, and the impact of UV-B on plants, animals and human health will have some new instruments in their tool kit this spring. In April, the Biological Station in Pellston will join with nine other…
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February 28, 1994
Three members of the College of Engineering have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. They are Don B. Chaffin, the G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering and professor of industrial and operations engineering; Elmer G. Gilbert, professor of aerospace engineering and of electrical engineering and computer science; and George I.…
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February 28, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services President Clinton’s recent executive order for federal actions to address environmental injustice validates seven years of work for School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) faculty members Bunyan Bryant and Paul Mohai. Bryant and Jerry Poje, of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, co-facilitated a symposium that…
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February 28, 1994
“From Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol: Portraits and Self-Portraits from the University of Michigan Museum of Art,” a collection of prints, drawings and photographs from the Museum’s collection, is on display through March 27 at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. The exhibition is composed of 19th- and 20th-century portraits and self-portraits, and was selected…
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February 28, 1994
A rate increase of 3.95 percent for residence halls and 3.3 percent for family housing apartments for next year was approved by the Regents at their February meeting. The basic rate for a double room in the traditional residence halls, now $4,428.18 for two terms, will be $4,659.20. Other rates will range from $1,872.64 (now…
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February 28, 1994
Two leading experts on lead poisoning will speak at a one-day meeting at the School of Public Health Friday (March 4). Ellen Silbergeld, a toxicologist at the University of Maryland, will speak on “New Perspectives on Environmental Exposure to Lead,” and Herb Needleman, of the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of…
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February 28, 1994
Larry Selinker, professor of linguistics, was given the emeritus title by the Regents at their February meeting. He joined the U-M in 1977 as professor of linguistics and director of the English Language Institute. He served in the latter position until 1982. “Although his primary appointment was in the English Language Institute, Prof. Selinker was…
