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September 8, 1992
Debra L. Cain, who joined the University Sept. 1 as the new coordinator of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC) brings 14 years of experience with the issues of sexual assault and domestic violence to the post. Since 1977 she has been the executive director of HAVEN, a non-profit agency that deals with…
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September 8, 1992
Helen Suzman, former senior front-bencher in South Africa’s House of Assembly, will deliver the annual Raoul Wallenberg Lecture, titled “South Africa in Transition: Past and Present Influences,” at 8 p.m. Sept. 16 in the Rackham Auditorium. President James J. Duderstadt will present the Raoul Wallenberg Medal to Suzman. The lecture and medal were established in…
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September 8, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Four out of five freshmen who enroll at the U-M this fall will graduate within six years, assuming they are as successful as recent grads. The U-M’s 83.6 percent graduation rate, which jumped more than 20 percentage points in one decade, is among the highest in the nation. Of the 4,461…
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September 8, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services College of Pharmacy researchers have developed a biochemical “Trojan horse” designed to smuggle oral medication through gastrointestinal tract membranes and into the bloodstream before the drug is destroyed during the digestive process. In recent tests of the technique using alpha-methyldopa (marketed as Aldo-met)—a common generic drug used to…
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September 8, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services A U-M scientist has added a critical piece to the rapidly emerging picture of nitric oxide—a mysterious gas that appears to control blood vessel dilation, kill parasitic pathogens and regulate the transmission of nerve impulses in the brain. Michael A. Marletta, who in 1985 discovered the key role…
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September 8, 1992
Peter M. Banks, dean, College of Engineering; Giles G. Bole Jr., dean, Medical School; Jon Cosovich, vice president for development; James J. Duderstadt, president; Edie N. Goldenberg, LS&A Dean; Walter Harrison, executive director, university relations; Maureen A. Hartford, vice president for student affairs; Robert S. Holbrook, associate vice president for academic affairs; Clinton B. Jones,…
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September 8, 1992
Manfred Lachs, justice on the International Court of Justice, The Hague, will present the William W. Bishop Lectureship in International Law at 4 p.m. Wed. (Sept. 9) in Room 250, Hutchins Hall, Law School. The lecture hall is wheelchair-accessible. The lectureship honors the late William W. Bishop Jr., the Edwin DeWitt Dickinson Professor of Law,…
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September 8, 1992
By Harriet Teller Michigan Radio Michigan Radio, USC Radio (University of Southern California) and Carlson Marketing Group Automotive Division (CMG Automotive) have announced a major grant to fund local underwriting in Michigan and Los Angeles of Marketplace, American Public Radio’s daily program on business and the global economy. The show can be heard weekdays at…
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September 8, 1992
This fall, students in selected high schools in Madison Heights, Bloomfield Hills, Northville, Walled Lake and Detroit will be able to connect their classroom workstations to the Internet, allowing them access to such things as data from Voyager II, political debate with students in Japan and mentoring programs with U-M faculty. Project Connect, a partnership…
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September 8, 1992
“Studies Seeks Subjects” listings are subject to a $25 per listing, per issue fee. Account numbers, to be billed monthly, must accompany request for listing. Listings are due by 5 p.m. the Tuesday preceding publication. Healthy men or women ages 21–48 needed for sleep study. Participants must be social drinkers with no drug use and…
