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January 25, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services In the mid-1960s, the Parker family became one of the few African American families in Little Rock, Ark., to send most of its 11 children to college. “How can you afford to pay their tuitions and lose their help in the fields?” neighbors asked the Parkers, who were…
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January 25, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Punishing incidents of racial insensitivity on college campuses makes moral sense, says philosopher Anita Allen. Allen, associate professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and a U-M alumna, discussed “Why Punish Demeaning Expression,” at a Department of Philosophy Martin Luther King Jr. Day program. Using a 1991 “Ugly Woman Contest”…
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January 25, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The civil rights movement of the 1990s must shift its focus to one of quiet reflection and emotional healing, says author Bebe Moore Campbell. “We must love ourselves back to emotional health first and economic well-being will follow,” Campbell told an audience of about 500 who attended her…
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January 25, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services A multidisciplinary team of U-M researchers has been awarded $3.9 million in National Science Foundation funding over five years to develop a new type of computer and communications technology called a research “collaboratory.” A combination of “collaboration” and “laboratory,” the U-M project will merge advanced NeXT computer systems…
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January 25, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle For students who have spent much of their lives in static and comfortable environments of predominantly one race and religion, the multicultural medley at the U-M can be confusing, if not overwhelming. Facilitators for the Program on Intergroup Relations and Conflict presented a panel discussion as part of Martin Luther King…
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January 25, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Americans of all races must learn to work together—to take advantage of our country’s natural diversity—if the United States is to remain a world leader, Shirley Chisholm told School of Business Administration students last Monday. Speaking to a standing-room only crowd in Hale Auditorium, the former New York congresswoman said that…
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January 25, 1993
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services In three cities in Alabama that were important in the history of the civil rights movement, those who are old enough to remember life before the movement are stunned by the changes that have taken place, while those too young to remember are dismayed by the persistence of…
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January 25, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services A quarter of a century after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, society has failed to attain the slain leader’s dream of brotherhood, racial harmony and equal opportunity, according to Oscar Barbarin, director of the Center for the Child and the Family. Barbarin led off a U-M panel discussing…
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January 25, 1993
Four faculty members were given the emeritus title by the Regents at their Jan. 21 meeting. They are: Nathalie A. Drews, associate professor of social work Drews was “one of the School of Social Work’s leading instructors in the area of interpersonal practice and was an authority on the family life cycle, particularly in the…
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January 25, 1993
The Museum of Art again this year is offering a trip to Italy, focusing on Italian villas and palaces. The trip is scheduled April 30–May 13. From bases in Florence and Venice, the tour will visit some of the most beautiful villas and gardens in Italy. Home base in Florence will be the U-M’s Villa…
