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…
September 7, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services America has long attracted the world’s huddled masses yearning to improve their lots. But a U-M study, the first to compare poverty-escape rates in the United States and eight other Western, industrialized nations, shatters the myth that America offers the brightest hope to those at the bottom of…
September 7, 1993
The Institute for the Humanities has appointed 10 Visiting Fellows for 1993–94, all of whom will work in areas relevant to the Institute’s theme, “The Geography of Identity.” Visiting fellows share in the interdisciplinary community of the Institute during visits lasting from one week to a full term, joining the seven Michigan faculty and five…
September 7, 1993
Listed below are the members of the primary research faculty who have been promoted, effective Sept. 1. LS&A: Florence S. Wagner, research scientist. Medical School: Michael D. Uhler, biological chemistry, associate research scientist; Kirk A. Frey, internal medicine, Mental Health Research Institute, associate research scientist; Richard A. Altschuler, otorhinolaryngology, research scientist; Yehoash Raphael, otorhinolaryngology, assistant…
