March 7, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Perry J. Samson wants to bring the world of weather to the desk of every elementary and secondary school student in Michigan. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Samson and his students are developing a full-color interactive software package called Blue-Skies that will provide access to…
March 7, 1994
Rhetaugh Graves Dumas, dean of the School of Nursing, will be recommended to the Regents at their March meeting as the University’s vice provost for health affairs, effective July 1. In announcing the recommendation, Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. said the primary responsibility of the position will be to work with him to foster cooperation…
March 7, 1994
Donahue honored Thomas M. Donahue, the Edward H. White II Distinguished University Professor of Planetary Science, has received the 1994 Atwood Award from the College of Engineering. Hoff named to professorship Julian T. Hoff, professor of surgery and section head, Department of Neurosurgery, has been named the first Richard C. Schneider Professor of Neurosurgery. The…
March 7, 1994
The University is rapidly approaching the end of the fiscal year when 20 percent of energy savings for the year will be returned to the participating colleges under the “20 percent plan.” With that in mind, David B. Anderson, coordinator of energy management, Office of the Plant Director, offers some tips that may help increase…
March 7, 1994
Prof. Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar of the School of Education will hold the Jean and Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professorship of Reading and Literacy. Her appointment to the endowed chair, effective Feb. 1, was approved by the Regents at their February meeting. Since joining the U-M in 1989, she has received the Raymond B. Cattell Early…
March 7, 1994
Authors Micheal O’Siadhail, Julie Ellison, Rei Terada and Jane Smiley will present their works in the Visiting Writers Series this month. Sponsored by the Department of English and Borders Book Shop, the series features fiction and poetry readings by more than two dozen writers. Most readings are free to the public. Those scheduled for March…
March 7, 1994
Accounts Payable and Travel Audit will offer a series of seminars this week at the Michigan League and North Campus Commons. Seminar topics include: Failed Invoices and Invoice Payment Notices—A new invoice payment notice will be discussed. Participants will learn what to do when an invoice fails audit, resulting in a payment delay. Travel Reimbursement…
March 7, 1994
The recently discovered and restored 1948 film Undzere Kinder (Our Children), the last Yiddish feature film made in Poland, will be shown at 7 p.m. Sunday (March 13) at the Natural Science Building Auditorium, followed by a panel discussion. “Suppressed by the post-war Polish Communist government as ‘pro-Zionist’ and lost for over 30 years, Our…
March 7, 1994
President James J. Duderstadt will formally accept the Holocaust Memorial statue for the U-M at a dedication ceremony beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday (March 13) in Rackham Auditorium. The program at Rackham includes musical selections performed by Marilyn Krimm and choir, and a keynote speech by Todd Endelman, the William Haber Professor of Modern Jewish…
March 7, 1994
The 15th Annual Conference on the Holocaust, March 12–19, will address modes of communicating the experience and memory of the Holocaust intergenerationally. Planned by students, faculty, members of the Ann Arbor community and Hillel Foundation, the conference will include a 24-hour vigil on the Diag; lectures, discussions and films; and the dedication of the Holocaust…
