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January 18, 1993
A new exhibit, “Tale of Two Lakes: Aquatic Studies by John and Donna Lehman,” is on display in the Exhibit Museum Rotunda. The display highlights some of the research of John T. Lehman, professor of biology and research scientist, Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences, and Donna Lehman, natural science research associate, Department of…
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January 18, 1993
Medzihradsky receives Fogarty International Fellowship Fedor Medzihradsky, professor of biological chemistry and of pharmacology, has received a Fogarty Senior International Fellowship to carry out sabbatical research on protein-lipid interaction in neural cell membranes at the universities of Utrecht and Wageningen in the Netherlands. Horne heads orientation group Pam Horne, director of orientation and the Campus…
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January 18, 1993
The Mona A. East Book Endowment Fund has been established in honor of the late librarian who was affiliated with the University Library for 40 years. East joined the U-M in 1945 as a junior order librarian, searching book lists and handling gifts, duplications and filing. When she retired in 1985 she was assistant director…
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January 18, 1993
Approval of the final design and budget for the proposed Parking Structure Office Building (PSOB) on the Medical Campus was given by the Regents at their December meeting. To be built atop the proposed North Entrance Parking Structure (NEPS), the PSOB will have 170,000 gross square feet and is estimated to cost $43,270,000, according to…
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January 18, 1993
A number of colleges and universities nationwide are using a U-M-designed survey to help them comply with an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirement. Title II of the ADA requires all public institutions with 50 or more employees to perform by Jan. 26 a self-audit of all programs and services to determine how accessible they…
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January 18, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle Mechanical engineering students get a taste of the real world in their senior design class, this year building 22 prototypes to prove out their design theories. The prototypes, many of which were co-sponsored by local industry, were on display in the atrium of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building last…
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January 18, 1993
Renovation projects for the 1239 Kipke Drive Building (formerly Associated Springs), recently acquired by the University, were approved by the Regents at their December meeting. “The acquisition provides the University with an opportunity to solve a number of immediate and long-range academic and administrative space needs,” said Vice President Farris W. Womack. These include: —Relocating…
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January 18, 1993
Editor’s Note: These summaries of research projects were presented to the Regents at their December meeting by William C. Kelly, vice president for research. The material here was prepared for the Record by the staff of ResearchNews, a publication of the Division of Research Development and Administration. Liberalization and Its Limits: State Formation and State…
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January 18, 1993
The following citation was presented by the Regents at their December meeting to Bernard Klein, interim chancellor at U-M-Dearborn. “The Regents are once again indebted to Dr. Bernard Klein for his service as interim chancellor of the Dearborn campus since September of this year. “As he did in 1979–80, Dr. Klein has once again brought…
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January 18, 1993
A search advisory committee for a director of undergraduate admissions has been appointed by Mary Ann P. Swain, associate vice president for academic affairs. The committee will hire an outside consultant to assist in the search and currently is developing criteria for the position. Swain hopes to fill the position by Aug. 1. The group…
