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September 28, 1992
A kiosk fire discovered by Campus Security officers at 1:45 a.m. Sept. 19 on the Diag in front of the Undergraduate Library has caused at least $100,000 in damage to fiberoptic and coaxial cables, located in steam tunnels beneath the Diag, that provide computer, telephone and electrical service to many Central Campus buildings. The Diag…
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September 28, 1992
An open house will mark the completion of 20,000 square feet of additional laboratory and office space at the College of Pharmacy. University faculty, students and staff are invited to stop by between 3 and 5 p.m. Friday (Oct. 2) to inspect the new, four-story “wing” that connects the Pharmacy Building with the C.C. Little…
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September 28, 1992
Jay Hartford wants to tap the practical streak hidden within the “outstanding basic researchers” working at the College of Engineering. “We’re not trying to make radical changes here,” says Hartford, the College’s newly appointed executive director of technology transfer. “The central emphasis on basic research and education is appropriate and will continue. “But we hope…
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September 28, 1992
“The Faculty Member’s Role and Rewards in Technology Transfer”—the first in a series of seminars for faculty interested in issues related to starting a small business, marketing, patents and disclosures, or consulting—will take place 4–6 p.m. on Oct. 6 in Room 133, Chrysler Center. Speakers will include President James J. Duderstadt; William C. Kelly, vice…
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September 28, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The University of Michigan is embarking on a mission that could have a positive impact on the Midwest economy and create new faculty research opportunities by strengthening a network of partnerships between U-M researchers and private industry. It’s called technology transfer, a term used to describe a broad…
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September 28, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Faculty, staff and students are best described as “colleagues,” not customers, says Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. In these roles, we serve one another, but are not servants, Whitaker told Senate Assembly Sept. 21. During the past year at Senate Assembly meetings and other public forums, faculty members have criticized efforts…
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September 28, 1992
By Rebecca A. Doyle More than 14 tons of cardboard were collected this year by Plant Ground and Waste Management crews during move-in week. The corrugated cardboard comes from boxes students use to transport books, clothing and personal items to their residence hall rooms each term. The amount collected, says Erica M. Spiegel, special projects…
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September 28, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services College of Engineering Dean Peter M. Banks wants to look out his office window at 5 p.m. on a Friday and see students coming to North Campus, rather than leaving. He’d like the ambience to be a little less like an industrial park and a little more like…
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September 28, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank The Senate Assembly and Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) have been asked by President James J. Duderstadt to lead faculty discussion on revisions of the University’s 1988 interim policy on Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment by Faculty and Staff in the University Environment. SACUA Chair Ejner J. Jensen reported at…
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September 28, 1992
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services All large trucks in the United States may soon sport bands of candy-striped reflective tape to make them more visible at night, if recommendations of U-M researchers are adopted. A federally funded study by the U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) indicates that making trucks more conspicuous to other…
