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September 21, 1992
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Srvices Two years ago, the Women’s Studies Program launched an ambitious lecture series, “Feminist Scholarship: Thinking Through the Disciplines,” which drew 14 nationally recognized feminist scholars to the University. Faculty and graduate students from 10 LS&A departments attended the lectures and met formally and informally with the scholars. So,…
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September 21, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass A progress report on the Michgian Mandate from 1988 to 1991 has been released by the Office of the President, observing the fourth anniversary of the University’s blueprint for diversity. The report highlights accomplishments that have been made in meeting the Mandate, described by President James J. Duderstadt as “a vision,…
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September 21, 1992
Jorge C. Castaneda, visiting professor of public and international affairs at Princeton University, heads a list of prominent scholars who will help the U-M-Flint commemorate the Columbian Quincen-tennial Oct. 5–10. Castaneda, co-author of Limits to Friendship: The United States and Mexico, will deliver the keynote address 7–8:30 p.m. Oct. 10 in the Happenings Room on…
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September 21, 1992
The U-M has maintained second place in academic reputation among public schools cited in the latest U.S. News & World Report survey of colleges and universities. And while the University has dropped from 22nd to 24th place in overall rankings, U-M administrators “are gratified that the University is among the top 25 in the country,”…
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September 21, 1992
William Uttal authors book William R. Uttal, professor emeritus of psychology, is the author of The Swimmer: An Integrated Computational Model of a Perceptual-Motor System, published in the Scientific Psychology Series by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Uttal is professor of engineering at Arizona State University. Donahue recognized for student advising Craig J. Donahue, associate professor…
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September 21, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass The skies were not maize and blue last Friday, but the spirit inside the Power Center for the Performing Arts was. Nearly 1,000 members of “Team Michigan” gathered there for the official launch of the University’s Campaign for Michigan. A 75-minute slide/video program, which at times tugged at the heartstrings, gave…
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September 21, 1992
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Board of Regents at its September meeting. Maya Lin sculpture approved for North Campus The plan for a courtyard sculpture for the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building now under construction on the North Campus was approved. “The building, for the Department of Aerospace Engineering, is funded substantially by…
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September 21, 1992
“Political Communication in an Election Year: Involvement or Alienation” will be the subject of a series of seven free, public talks at the U-M this fall that are sponsored by the Department of Communication. John Zaller, professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles, will deliver the first lecture, “Nature and Origins…
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September 21, 1992
Two faculty members were granted emeritus status by the Regents at their September meeting. They are: Kenneth A. Lockridge, professor of history In 1970 Lockridge joined the U-M and published his first major book, A New England Town: The First Hundred Years. “By 1985, when an expanded edition was published, more than 130,000 copies of…
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September 21, 1992
Expenditures in the General Fund of the U-M’s three campuses in 1991–92 totaled $665,592,000, a 2.6 percent decrease from the previous year, the Regents were informed at their September meeting. The General Fund relies largely on student fees and state appropriations, and pays for teaching, research, library services, student scholarships and fellowships, and maintenance and…
