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April 5, 1993
The Review Committee for the Department of Population Planning and International Health (PPIH) will hold a public forum 3–7 p.m. April 12 in the Vandenberg Room, Michigan League. The special committee appointed to review PPIH under the procedures set forth in Section 601.2 of the Standard Practice Guide will receive comments from students, staff, faculty…
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April 5, 1993
A series of seminars—The Asset Planning Conference—on pre- and post-retirement planning needs will be hosted by the Benefits Office April 12–14 at the Rackham Building. The conference seminars will focus on such topics as starting a retirement plan, preserving accumulations for estate considerations and long-term care. Seminar presentations will be made by representatives of TIAA-CREF…
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April 5, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank “The best teaching, the teaching that has the greatest effect on students not just for the moment but in the long run, is by dedicated researchers who take their classroom responsibilities seriously and know how to convey information and the results of research and to stimulate critical thinking.” History Prof. Sidney…
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April 5, 1993
Harry A. Towsley, professor emeritus of pediatrics and communicable diseases and of postgraduate medicine, died March 31 at his home in Ann Arbor. He was 87. When he retired from the U-M in 1971, Towsley’s record of accomplishments in pediatric medicine was described by the Board of Regents as “truly astonishing in its scope.” When…
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April 5, 1993
IF the Wolverines won their Final Four NCAA game on Saturday, fans will be able to watch the basketball team play at 8 p.m. tonight (April 5) on big screen TVs at Crisler Arena. Admission is free, on a first-come, first-served basis. The viewing and other activities, Michigan Madness ’93, have been organized by the…
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April 5, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services U-M chemists have synthesized the world’s largest pure hydrocarbon molecule—a gargantuan sphere with 100 times the volume of a buckyball and big enough to hold 1,000 carbon atoms with room to spare. Comprised of 1,134 carbon atoms and 1,146 hydrogen atoms, the mammoth molecule has a molecular weight…
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April 5, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services More than 30 years ago, Matina Horner and her husband came to town as U-M graduate students. She entered psychology and he went into physics. In 1969, they left for Harvard with Ph.D.s. In the interim, “three kids and two dissertations were born.” Her dissertation was the first…
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April 5, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass “Many faculty in our colleges believe that undergraduate education is important—indeed as important as research—but they do not think that others—faculty, colleagues, chairs, deans—share that belief. It seems that we need to get out of the way and let the faculty deliver on their commitment to their mission as educators.” That…
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March 29, 1993
Alice M. Kern Alice M. Kern, professor emeritus of music, died on Feb. 23 in Tucson, Ariz. She was 86. Kern joined the U-M in 1949 as an instructor in piano. She became a full professor in 1965 and retired in 1976. A native of Illinois, Kern studied at Alabama College, Eastman School of Music…
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March 29, 1993
Editor’s Note: Comments on the proposed new section of Regents Bylaw 1.14 on conflict of interest should be addressed by April 9 to the Office of the General Counsel, 4020 Fleming Administration Building 1340, 764-0304. Regental and Executive/Senior Officer Conflict of Interest Policy Regents and executive officers of the University of Michigan, and the senior…
