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January 18, 1993
Just a reminder—the University commemorates Martin Luther King today through a symposium and number of unit-sponsored events. Classes have been suspended and supervisors are encouraged to provide release time for staff to attend programs of interest to them. Opening the symposium at 11 a.m. will be Author Bebe Moore Campbell. Columnist Julianne Malveaux will close…
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January 18, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services U-M astronomers analyzing X-ray emissions from NGC 891, a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way, have found the first direct evidence for the existence of active “weather” patterns or giant galactic storms. These violent storms take place in the galactic halo—a diffuse cloud of gas molecules…
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January 18, 1993
From the School of Business Administration Students and faculty using the Kresge Business Administration Library now can search the catalog online through MENTOR. MENTOR (Michigan Electronic Network to Online Resources) provides call number and bibliographic information on books, periodicals, working papers and dissertations available in the library’s extensive collection. The collection includes 115,000 volumes catalogued…
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January 18, 1993
A new exhibit, “Tale of Two Lakes: Aquatic Studies by John and Donna Lehman,” is on display in the Exhibit Museum Rotunda. The display highlights some of the research of John T. Lehman, professor of biology and research scientist, Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences, and Donna Lehman, natural science research associate, Department of…
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January 18, 1993
Medzihradsky receives Fogarty International Fellowship Fedor Medzihradsky, professor of biological chemistry and of pharmacology, has received a Fogarty Senior International Fellowship to carry out sabbatical research on protein-lipid interaction in neural cell membranes at the universities of Utrecht and Wageningen in the Netherlands. Horne heads orientation group Pam Horne, director of orientation and the Campus…
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January 18, 1993
The Mona A. East Book Endowment Fund has been established in honor of the late librarian who was affiliated with the University Library for 40 years. East joined the U-M in 1945 as a junior order librarian, searching book lists and handling gifts, duplications and filing. When she retired in 1985 she was assistant director…
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January 18, 1993
Approval of the final design and budget for the proposed Parking Structure Office Building (PSOB) on the Medical Campus was given by the Regents at their December meeting. To be built atop the proposed North Entrance Parking Structure (NEPS), the PSOB will have 170,000 gross square feet and is estimated to cost $43,270,000, according to…
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January 18, 1993
A number of colleges and universities nationwide are using a U-M-designed survey to help them comply with an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirement. Title II of the ADA requires all public institutions with 50 or more employees to perform by Jan. 26 a self-audit of all programs and services to determine how accessible they…
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January 18, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle Mechanical engineering students get a taste of the real world in their senior design class, this year building 22 prototypes to prove out their design theories. The prototypes, many of which were co-sponsored by local industry, were on display in the atrium of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building last…
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January 18, 1993
Renovation projects for the 1239 Kipke Drive Building (formerly Associated Springs), recently acquired by the University, were approved by the Regents at their December meeting. “The acquisition provides the University with an opportunity to solve a number of immediate and long-range academic and administrative space needs,” said Vice President Farris W. Womack. These include: —Relocating…
