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April 25, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass Opened 13 months ago, the University’s Lansing Service Center is receiving rave reviews from those who have used and plan to use its facilities. It’s a major contact point for the University in its outreach efforts on the west side of the state, and a location that is particularly pleasing to…
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April 25, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services A new agreement between the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) and the state of Michigan will address and research the state’s pressing resource management issues. The agreement, initiated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ (MDNR) divisions of fisheries and wildlife, provides full funding for new…
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April 25, 1994
By John Woodford News and Information Services Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama who is both the spiritual and secular leader of Tibet, says that the goal of humanity as it faces the 21st century is “to build a happier world.” In the 20th century, the Dalai Lama told an audience of 9,000 attending the…
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April 18, 1994
When Albert Wheeler died April 4, he left a legacy of accomplishments for others to build on both at the University and within the greater Ann Arbor community. A persistent and vocal leader who raised community consciousness and fought for human rights, Wheeler “pioneered in the field of higher education to grant full access and…
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April 18, 1994
The appointment of English department chair Robert A. Weisbuch as associate vice president for research and associate dean for faculty programs in the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies was approved by the Regents last week. His Office of the Vice President for Research appointment is effective May 1, the Rackham appointment on July…
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April 18, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Brian P. Coppola, lecturer in chemistry and winner of the 1994 Golden Apple Award for outstanding teaching, urged an audience of several hundred enthusiastic undergraduates in Rackham Auditorium last Wednesday evening to go out and tell somebody about the dog. The image of a dog, hidden in a…
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April 18, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services As the University enters the 21st century a few years early, “we see a shift from the preservation and transformation of knowledge, to the creation of knowledge itself,” in an age characterized by fiber optic highways of information unrestricted by time, space and reality, says President James J.…
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April 18, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The University is launching a bold initiative that it hopes will foster the professional success of women faculty, staff and students. The initiative, the “Michigan Agenda for Women: Leadership for a New Century,” sets the year 2000 as a target date for becoming “the leader among American universities…
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April 18, 1994
The offices of the Vice Provost for Academic and Multicultural Affairs, the Vice Provost for Information Technology and the Vice President for Student Affairs will sponsor a community forum on hate messages and electronic mail at 4 p.m. today (April 18) in the Koessler Library, Michigan League. The forum is an opportunity to discuss the…
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April 18, 1994
We are outraged over the recent incident that involved the use of a stolen University of Michigan student account name and password to send a racist electronic message through the Internet computer network to computer systems worldwide. We personally and collectively denounce such incidents within our institution, and as executive officers of the University, we…
