October 18, 1993
The Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the Law School met for the first time last Friday. Theodore J. St. Antoine, the James E. and Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law, is chair of the committee appointed by Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. Whitaker said the search will be national in scope and his…
October 18, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass University officials are surprised and pleased with the results of a survey that shows most staff members on the Ann Arbor campus are aware of M-Quality. Overall, survey respondents expect M-Quality to have a positive impact on their own department or unit as well as on the University as a whole.…
October 18, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Lester Monts is a man with a mission—infusion of multiculturalism in all areas of academic affairs at the University—and he’s counting on collaboration with units across campus to achieve that goal. Monts is vice provost for academic and multicultural affairs, succeeding Charles D. Moody Sr., who was the U-M’s first vice…
October 18, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Alice Freeman Palmer: The Evolution of a New Woman by Ruth Bordin, research affiliate, Bentley Library. In this first biography of Alice Freeman Palmer (1855–1902), educator, president of Wellesley College, and first dean at the University of Chicago, Bordin illuminates a fundamental period…
October 18, 1993
The Center for the Education of Women (CEW) is accepting applications for administrative internships that will begin in January. Internships are open to women considering re-entry into the job market or a change in careers. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree, interest in developing marketable skills, and a commitment to finding a job after the…
October 18, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The School of Public Health has received a three-year grant of more than $1.1 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The grant will support the School’s participation in the foundation’s new Scholars in Health Policy Research Program. The goal of the program is to “foster the development…
October 11, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their September meeting. Renovation projects OK’d The Regents approved these Ann Arbor campus renovation projects: A large area in the C.C. Little Building, vacated when the Biological Science Instructional Laboratories moved to the Dow Laboratory, has been assigned to the College of Pharmacy and…
October 11, 1993
October evenings offer Michigan sky watchers a naked-eye view of a galaxy more than two million light-years away and a fine vista of the Great Square in the constellation of Pegasus, the Flying Horse of Greek mythology, according to astronomer Richard G. Teske. The body of the horse is outlined by the four stars of…
October 11, 1993
Debby Tang, counselor at Wayne State University’s University Counseling and Placement Services, will discuss “Women and Power: Understanding It and Thriving with It” noon–1 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 13) in the Michigan Room, Michigan League. Her lecture is the first in a series of Commission for Women programs this academic year about empowerment. According to Tang,…
October 11, 1993
David William Cohen, director of the new International Institute and professor of history, will be the first presenter in the “Rackham Conversations on Academic Priorities” series 4–6 p.m. Oct. 19 in Rackham Amphitheater. His topic: “Constituting International Expertise: Who, What, Where, Why, How?” Cohen will present a brief position paper outlining his thoughts on a…
