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April 12, 1993
By Sharon S. Drobny Cancer Center Public Relations Researchers at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, along with scientists at Washington University in St. Louis, have found that a particular gene reverses the cancer-like growth characteristics of human melanoma cells. Melanoma is an often fatal form of skin cancer whose incidence is increasing faster than any…
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April 12, 1993
By Cindy Fox Aisen Medical Center Public Relations Francis S. Collins, co-discoverer of the genes for cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis and Huntington’s disease, has been named to head the National Center for Human Genome Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). His appointment was announced April 7 by Donna Shalala, secretary of Health and Human…
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April 12, 1993
If you’re tired of playing hide and seek to get the data you need, “InfoQuest: Expanding your Information Horizons” may end your search—or at least start you in the right direction. The free, day-long information fair, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. April 20 in the Vandenberg Room, Michigan League, will demonstrate computerized information retrieval techniques and services…
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April 12, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle Going off for a two-day retreat, even with the most venerated world leaders, won’t solve the mysteries of the world. But a two-day retreat with the Management Institute can help solve some of the mysteries of the University of Michigan. For the second time, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Farris…
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April 12, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank A growing number of U-M students apparently concur with at least the first part of 16th-century English philosopher Francis Bacon’s statement: “Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.” And, says William E. Nolting, director of the Overseas Opportunities Office in the…
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April 12, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The Department of Anthropology ranks first in the nation in anthropological archaeology, according to a survey by the Society for American Archaeology. The survey of 163 archaeologists with Ph.D.s employed in professional positions ranked the U-M department first among the nation’s archaeology Ph.D. programs, followed by the University…
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April 12, 1993
Gibala honored for paper Ronald Gibala, chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has received the Outstanding Materials Division Paper Award for 1992, along with co-authors Ronald D. Noebe of the NASA Lewis Research Center and Ph.D. candidate Amit Misra. “Plastic Flow and Fracture of B2 NiAl-based Intermetallic Alloys Containing a Ductile Second…
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April 12, 1993
While everyone might agree that certain weeks of the year seem to fly by, we’ve probably never seen a whole week reduced to just 2.5 hours. But that’s how long the spring fund drive at Michigan Radio—“The Incredible Shrinking Week”—lasted this year. Originally scheduled for April 1–7, on-air fund raising began at 6 a.m. and…
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April 12, 1993
By Harriet Teller Michigan Radio Michigan Radio’s award-winning program “Remnants,” a Holocaust remembrance, will be broadcast at 8 p.m. April 20 and 12:30 p.m. April 23. “Remnants” was awarded an honorable mention in the 18th Annual National Commendation Awards of the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television. The Michigan Radio Theatre production of…
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April 12, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Teaching children at home won’t make them social misfits, a U-M study suggests. The detailed study of 53 adults who were taught at home by their parents is one of the first to examine the long-term effects of home schooling—a practice now followed by as many as 300,000…
