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…
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…
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…
September 28, 1992
By Kathy Hulik School of Business Administration Change is the order of the day if the United States is to continue as a successful competitor, according to two speakers at the School of Business Administration’s Campaign for Michigan kickoff program on Sept. 18. Marina Whitman, Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, called…
September 28, 1992
A 41-year-old master’s degree student was found dead by U-M Police and housing officials shortly before noon Sept. 22 in his student housing apartment at 1657 University Terrace. Police Lt. James Smiley said Kenneth Karl Kovacs had been dead for approximately 36 hours. Preliminary investigation indicates he died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to…
September 28, 1992
By Janet Nellis Mendler News and Information Services Should politicians and public figures ever expect to keep their private lives private? Should their families and friends, too, give up their rights to privacy? In an improvisational drama, Under the Rock, a cast of Michigan journalists and politicians will argue those questions and the use of…
September 28, 1992
By Laurie Fenlason Office of University Relations With federal funding significantly outpacing state support for the University, the direct impact of federal legislation on U-M programs and students is increasingly evident. A critical legislative milestone was reached in July when Congress passed the Higher Education Act of 1992, a compromise House-Senate bill crafted largely under…
September 28, 1992
From the Dance Department The Dance Department’s Fifth Annual Guest Artist Series will feature three visiting companies in October. The series leads off Sunday (Oct. 4) with “Dance & Film,” an evening of movement and film animation, created and performed by choreographer/dancer Lorn MacDougal and cinematographer/composer/dancer Alain Le Razer. The program offers an unusual and…
September 28, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass Version 10.2 of the proposed Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities will go back to the editing table this week for revisions that address a number of student concerns. The concerns were voiced over the past several weeks at a number of focus groups with student organizations that involved Vice President…
September 28, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Officially, the U.S. recession began in the third quarter of 1990. It appears to have lasted only three quarters, and domestic production has increased in each of the past five quarters (second quarter 1991 through second quarter 1992). Why does it still hurt? “Compared to our own history, we’re doing a…
