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October 26, 1992
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Imagine three employees sitting beside each other at three computers, all of them writing and editing the same document at the same time. It may sound like “computers from hell,” but U-M researchers have created a software program, dubbed “ShrEdit,” and found that the parallel editing program results…
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October 26, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services U-M geologists may be close to determining the cause of an abrupt global “cold snap” that occurred about 10,000 years ago as the climate was warming and glaciers were retreating across North America at the close of the last Ice Age. Geologists Theodore C. Moore Jr. and David…
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October 26, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Tiny stones called otoliths that form within the inner ears of fish are actually paleothermometers preserving a record of seasonal temperature variations over the past 20 million years, according to a U-M graduate student. “By analyzing tiny bands of otolith material deposited on a daily basis, just like…
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October 26, 1992
In addition to presentations on various aspects of the College of Engineering and a 15-minute video tour of the unit, participants in this week’s orientation will receive a 27-page staff handbook. Among its more interesting and helpful items: —A full-page listing of 49 acronyms and their definitions, all relating only to the College of Engineering.…
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October 26, 1992
An endowed professorship will be established at the College of Pharmacy by the three children of Charles R. Walgreen Jr., retired chairman of the Walgreen Co. The professorship will be funded by a pledge of $1.5 million by Leslie Ann Walgreen Pratt of Estes Park, Colo.; James A. and Victoria D. Walgreen of Woodstock, Ill.;…
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October 26, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass Pre-testing of a “path-breaking” survey on alcohol and drug use on campus is under way, with a final survey expected to be administered in late winter. While design and content of the survey have drawn heavily on the Monitoring the Future survey of high school students and young adults done by…
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October 26, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Major universities need to find out how well they are training doctoral-level researchers, John H. D’Arms told Senate Assembly members last Monday. To that end the National Research Council is establishing a Committee for the Study of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States. The Council is the operating arm of the…
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October 26, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass New College of Engineering employees will receive a warmer welcome that they might have in the past thanks to the efforts of some of their colleagues. This Thursday, the College will host an inaugural orientation session for the its approximately 100 new staff members. The need for such a program was…
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October 26, 1992
From the Office of International Academic Affairs The University has joined the Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA). MUCIA’s goals include “undertaking human resource development and institution-building projects in the developing world and contributing to the internationalization of member universities.” In announcing the University’s membership, President James J. Duderstadt said that “cooperation with MUCIA…
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October 26, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Faculty will play a key role in The Campaign for Michigan, Joseph Roberson promises. Speaking to Senate Assembly Oct. 19, Roberson, associate vice president for development and executive director of The Campaign for Michigan, noted that faculty are involved in the creative activities for which funds are being raised. Faculty also…
