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March 22, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle To help manage the more than 150 programs they administer for student financial aid, the Office of Academic Affairs and the Office of Financial Aid have purchased the Student Aid Management (SAM) system. They hope to have it in place by February of next year. Initially, says Harvey P. Grotrian, director…
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March 22, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Editor’s Note: The following topics were presented or discussed at the March 15 Senate Assembly meeting. Editorial Advisory Board named Senate Advisory Committee for Uni-versity Affairs Chair (SACUA) Ejner J. Jensen announced that the new Editorial Advisory Board for the Faculty Perspectives Page to appear in the Record will be chaired…
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March 22, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, will be the University’s Alumna-in-Residence, Friday and Saturday (March 26–27). While here, she will meet with students, faculty and staff at the Institute of Public Policy Studies to discuss international trade issues. She also will attend a lunch hosted by the Student Alumni…
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March 22, 1993
Six faculty members have been named to Arthur F. Thurnau Professorships, which “recognize and reward faculty for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education.” Those honored are Richard I. Ford, professor of anthropology; Richard G. Lawton, professor of chemistry; Terrence J. McDonald, professor of history; Kim Lane Scheppele, associate professor of political science and public policy; James…
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March 22, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle The team studying the U-M computing environment and its future requirements has released a report, “User Requirements for Implementation of Michigan’s Computing Transition,” which is available to the entire University community. The report is intended as a guideline for transition from an MTS-centered computing environment to a distributed computing environment. It…
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March 22, 1993
Members of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) and University negotiators have agreed to submit their differences for mediation by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. No date has yet been set for mediation talks. Although both sides felt they had come close to reaching an agreement, the contract expired March 15 without a pact. GEO represents…
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March 22, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Using frog cartoons, the human face, and billiard balls, John H. Holland showed an audience of U-M colleagues attending his March 16 Henry Russel Lecture that computers can learn and evolve in strikingly human ways. Considered a visionary in the areas of cognition and artificial intelligence, Holland is…
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March 22, 1993
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services The historic triumphs of Black women, a soldier’s memory of entering the coastal waters of Vietnam, a migrant farm worker’s dreams of studying social work, a young voter’s outrage over the Congressional banking scandal, the Teton Sioux’s Supreme Court battle for the Black Hills. What do they have…
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March 22, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle Three U-M undergraduate students will be among those representing more than 200 colleges and universities at the National Conference of Undergraduate Researchers in Utah this week. Edward Gehres III, Antoinette Robinson and Daren Hubbard will discuss the research they have been doing through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP). UROP matches…
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March 22, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass “She’s a gracious old lady who shows her age very well.” That’s the assessment of Angell Hall by Henry D. Halloway, assistant to the LS&A dean, facilities. And his smile sweeps widely across his face as he envisions the wonders that will be worked when renovations begin on the building, named…
