September 7, 1993
Eleven University police, security and dispatch officers were sworn in and another four were honored recently at a Department of Public Safety (DPS) graduation and awards ceremony. Two contract security guards also received awards. Distinguished Service Citations were presented Aug. 12 to security officer Melissa J. Bolyard and police officer Gerald D. Steiner. Their quick…
September 7, 1993
Romanian-born poet, author and radio commentator Andrei Codrescu will speak at a screening of the film Road Scholar at 7 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 12) at the Michigan Theater. Codrescu’s commentaries are frequently heard on National Public Radio’s newsmagazine “All Things Considered.” He teaches English literature at Louisiana State University and is editor of Exquisite Corpse,…
September 7, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Michael R. Kapetan, sculptor and lecturer at the School of Art, will offer the public a rare glimpse of fine sculpture-in-progress during his six-month residence at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. An ecclesiastical sculptor who specializes in wood carving, Kapetan will be Artist-in-Residence at the cathedral beginning…
September 7, 1993
MartinusVeltman honored by European Physical Society Martinus J. Veltman, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics, has been awarded the 1993 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society. McVaugh book recognized Rogers McVaugh, curator emeritus of vascular plants and professor emeritus of botany, has received the Luz Maria Villarreal de Puga…
September 7, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle University education, research and administrative activities reported over the summer stretched from outer space to office space, from South Africa to Maryland, and back home to Ann Arbor. For those faculty and staff who were away for the summer months, the Record offers its annual summer news roundup. General Fund budget…
September 7, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Tired of feeling gloomy or grim? You have company. On average, most of us spend about three days out of every 10 trying to shake off a bad mood, according to a U-M study. But how we attempt to raise our spirits varies dramatically. “There are about 14…
September 7, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Scientists at the Biological Station report that rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) produce fundamental changes not only in plant growth rates, but also in microorganisms living in the soil and in the levels of carbon and nitrogen deposited in the soil. Results of their experiment were…
September 7, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Newlyweds who tell the story of their romance as a duet, giving each other equal time to perform variations on themes, are still likely to be much in love three years later. These shared marriage narratives are at the “heart of marriage building,” explain U-M research psychologists, “because…
September 7, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The nation’s population has become more geographically polarized along racial and socioeconomic lines during the past decade, according to a U-M study. It also identifies the pathways of modern migrants—players in a contemporary version of The Grapes of Wrath. The study, presented Aug. 10 at the Joint Statistical…
September 7, 1993
Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. will recommend to the Regents at their September meeting that Susan S. Lipschutz be named associate provost. If approved, Lipschutz will assume her new position Nov. 1. She now is assistant vice provost for academic affairs and senior associate dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies. She…
