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April 19, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Palmyra and Its Empire: Zenobia’s Revolt Against Rome by Richard Stoneman, senior editor of classical studies and travel at Routledge. This is the first comprehensive historical treatment in any language of Roman Syria, the revolt of Zenobia, and the city of Palmyra. Stoneman…
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April 19, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Board of Regents at its April meeting. Stadium renovation plan moves to phase III In 1990, the Regents approved a multiple repair and maintenance program for Michigan Stadium, estimated at $7.9 million in 1990 dollars, to be carried out over the next several years. The University…
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April 19, 1993
“Preventing Falls,” a critical consideration in maintaining good health among older adults, will be discussed 1–3 p.m. Wednesday (April 21) at the Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium in a seminar sponsored by Turner Geriatric Services. Neil B. Alexander, assistant professor of internal medicine and research scientist at the Institute of Gerontology, will lead the seminar, which…
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April 19, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Computer theft under investigation University Police are investigating the April 9 breaking and entering and theft of eight computers valued at more than $37,000 from the G.G. Brown Building. Lt. James R. Smiley asks that individuals with information about the theft contact the Department of Public Safety (DPS) detective bureau, 763-3434.…
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April 19, 1993
Tired of waiting in line to get your paycheck … and then waiting in another line to cash or deposit it? Tired of relying on the U.S. Postal Service for timely delivery of your paycheck? Help is here for everyone, thanks to the Payroll Office’s development of a new direct deposit system that uses the…
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April 19, 1993
The Regents approved the following resolution at the April meeting: The Regents of the University of Michigan take great pride in being the only university governing board in the nation this year to be able to adopt back-to-back resolutions commending the men’s basketball team and its coaches for their second consecutive participation in the NCAA…
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April 19, 1993
A crowd of more than 50,000—graduating students and their families and friends—will stream into Michigan Stadium May 1 for spring commencement, where Hillary Rodham Clinton will become the first first lady to give a U-M commencement address. When she and candidate Bill Clinton were on campus in October, more than 13,000 students and community residents…
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April 12, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services If Adam had been a better father, things might have turned out differently for Cain and Abel. Fathers, it appears, play a critical role in helping siblings learn to get along with each other, according to U-M and Pennsylvania State University psychologists who study family dynamics and sibling…
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April 12, 1993
By Sharon S. Drobny Cancer Center Public Relations Researchers at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, along with scientists at Washington University in St. Louis, have found that a particular gene reverses the cancer-like growth characteristics of human melanoma cells. Melanoma is an often fatal form of skin cancer whose incidence is increasing faster than any…
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April 12, 1993
By Cindy Fox Aisen Medical Center Public Relations Francis S. Collins, co-discoverer of the genes for cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis and Huntington’s disease, has been named to head the National Center for Human Genome Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). His appointment was announced April 7 by Donna Shalala, secretary of Health and Human…
