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July 19, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services A U-M researcher studying artemisinin, an ancient Chinese fever remedy now recognized as an effective anti-malarial drug, has discovered the biochemical mechanism that makes it work. The drug turns the malaria parasite’s food into poison. Steven R. Meshnick, a parasitologist at the School of Public Health, also reports…
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July 19, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services A high molecular weight cellulose derivative may turn out to be a safe and highly effective new drug for lowering cholesterol, according to Jennifer B. Dressman, associate professor of pharmaceutics and leader of research on the compound at the College of Pharmacy. Three studies conducted at the Clinical…
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July 19, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski New and Information Services A U-M experiment on the space shuttle Endeavour, launched in late June, will help scientists learn more about what happens when liquids boil. The objective of the experiment, according to Herman Merte Jr., professor of mechanical engineering, is to understand the basic mechanisms that control what scientists call…
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July 19, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Roughly one out of four of us may choose to feel bad rather than feel nothing at all, according to preliminary research at the University. Such a choice may depend in part on an inherent regulator in the brain called a “stimulus intensity modulation mechanism,” according to Randy…
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July 19, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Workers who have offices with a view of nature report more enthusiasm for their jobs, less frustration, more patience, and fewer physical ailments, according to two studies by a U-M researcher. “A window with a natural landscape reduces workers’ ‘directed attention fatigue,’” explains Rachel Kaplan, professor of psychology…
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July 19, 1993
The following resolution was presented by the Regents to members of the Solar Car Team. “The Regents of the University of Michigan wish to commend the University of Michigan Solar Car Team for their extraordinary success in winning the national championship in Sunrayce 93, a solar car race from Arlington, Texas, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, for…
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July 19, 1993
By Lew Morrissey U-M-Flint An 11-member search committee to recommend a successor to U-M-Flint Chancellor Clinton B. Jones has been appointed by President James J. Duderstadt. “Given the importance of this search to the community and the University, nominations for the committee were considered from both inside and outside the Flint campus, and those recommendations…
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July 19, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services To play the piano, today’s child needs to develop good mouse technique and learn how to get around a computer keyboard, according to Barton Polot, an assistant professor at the School of Music. Computer-based technologies are transforming traditional music education, says Polot, who is one of the instructors…
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July 19, 1993
By Andrea Jackson Record Special Writer Are you afraid of the dentist? A new University museum may help you get over some of your fears. The School of Dentistry recently opened the Gordon H. Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry, offering a special perspective on the world of dentistry before electricity, Novocaine and other improvements that today’s…
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July 19, 1993
Appointments of two U-M-Dearborn faculty members and one other individual to administrative posts were approved by the Regents at the June meeting. Economics Prof. Richard W. Roehl has been appointed associate dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters. (CASL). Julie Dziekan will serve as assistant dean of the School of Management. Chemistry Prof.…
