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November 16, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Product warning labels—meant to protect you from the potential dangers of consumer products like pesticides and drain cleaners—may be hazardous to your health, according to a study by a U-M doctoral student in engineering. “The current practice of separating warnings from the directions for use increases the chances…
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November 16, 1992
Aleksandra Ligita Rozentals Aleksandra Ligita Rozentals, lecturer in French, died of Hodgkin’s disease on Nov. 3. She was 29. Rozentals was born Sept. 9, 1963, in Kalamazoo. She was a graduate of Kalamazoo College and of Michigan State University (master’s degree in art) and attended the University of Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. She was a…
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November 16, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Five University presidents, whose leadership has spanned more than four decades, last Tuesday shared insights on a variety of topics, including student life and public financing of higher education. President James J. Duderstadt (1988–present) and past presidents Harlan H. Hatcher (1951–67), Robben W. Fleming (1968–79), Allan F. Smith (1979) and Harold…
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November 9, 1992
Slavens’ book published Introduction to Systematic Theology by Thomas P. Slavens, professor of information and library studies, has been published by University Press of America. The book helps readers think systematically about meanings of faith and its significance for behavior as well as in striving for consistency and order in understanding the teachings of Jesus…
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November 9, 1992
Israeli novelist and short-story writer Amos Oz will deliver the Tanner Lecture on Human Values, titled “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict—Tragedy, Comedy and Cognitive Block: A Storyteller’s Point of View,” at 4 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 12) in Rackham Auditorium. A panel of three influential scholars will respond to Oz’s lecture in a symposium at 1:30 p.m. Friday…
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November 9, 1992
Now that faculty members can teach beyond the age of 70, what, if any, policy changes should be enacted by the University? The Ad Hoc Task Force on Mandatory Retirement, established by the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs and Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr., is considering the potential consequences of a state law, which…
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November 9, 1992
Commemoration of Native American Month continues today (Nov. 9) with a panel discussion on “Native Americans in Journalism” at 7 p.m. in the Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union. Speakers are Paul DeMain, Oneida, editor of Indian Country and president of the Native American Journalists Association; Miles Morrisseau, Metis, editor of Native Beat; and Bud White Eye,…
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November 9, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Five staff members will be honored at the first Distinguished Staff Award ceremony and dinner Thursday (Nov. 12) in the Kalamazoo Room of the Michigan League. Those to be honored for unusual and exemplary service to the University and for outstanding achievements in their work are Cynthia A. Kabza, manager of…
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November 9, 1992
Democrats Laurence B. Deitch and Rebecca McGowan will take office as Regents Jan. 1. Deitch and McGowan, elected to eight-year terms Nov. 3, will replace Veronica Latta Smith of Grosse Ile, who didn’t run for re-election, and Neal D. Nielsen. Smith and Nielsen are Republicans. Deitch, a lawyer from Bloomfield Village, earned a B.A. in…
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November 9, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass A 10-year statistical profile of faculty, staff and students of color at the University has been released by the Office of Affirmative Action and the Office of Minority Affairs (OMA). The report “is designed to let the University community know in terms of numbers, where we are, what our accomplishments have…
