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September 28, 1992
Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. last week told Senate Assembly members that the University must make better use of existing resources for a number of reasons, including: —Appropriations from the state are flat due to a sluggish economy and may decrease. Passage of Proposal C in November would reduce property taxes by 30 percent and…
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September 28, 1992
Banyan Vines users on Central Campus and the Medical Campus now will be able to share resources, data and mail, according to local area network analyst Gale Boyajian. The two large local area networks have been combined. Before Sept. 15, the Central Campus Vines Network (CVN) and the Medical Campus Vines Network (MCVN) existed independently…
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September 28, 1992
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services In 1977, Sara Duvall, U-M alumna and executive producer of the acclaimed film Fried Green Tomatoes, was a media specialist laboring in the workrooms of the Lincoln School district. “Then one day, I decided to make movies rather than show them,” she said, “and headed for the London…
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September 28, 1992
Faculty and staff who normally park in the Thayer Street structure were surprised this fall to find it still closed due to major renovation work. In the past couple of years, the structure was closed during the summer but reopened in September. Susan A. Kirkpatrick, manager of University Parking Services, says the University decided to…
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September 28, 1992
A kiosk fire discovered by Campus Security officers at 1:45 a.m. Sept. 19 on the Diag in front of the Undergraduate Library has caused at least $100,000 in damage to fiberoptic and coaxial cables, located in steam tunnels beneath the Diag, that provide computer, telephone and electrical service to many Central Campus buildings. The Diag…
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September 28, 1992
An open house will mark the completion of 20,000 square feet of additional laboratory and office space at the College of Pharmacy. University faculty, students and staff are invited to stop by between 3 and 5 p.m. Friday (Oct. 2) to inspect the new, four-story “wing” that connects the Pharmacy Building with the C.C. Little…
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September 28, 1992
Jay Hartford wants to tap the practical streak hidden within the “outstanding basic researchers” working at the College of Engineering. “We’re not trying to make radical changes here,” says Hartford, the College’s newly appointed executive director of technology transfer. “The central emphasis on basic research and education is appropriate and will continue. “But we hope…
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September 28, 1992
“The Faculty Member’s Role and Rewards in Technology Transfer”—the first in a series of seminars for faculty interested in issues related to starting a small business, marketing, patents and disclosures, or consulting—will take place 4–6 p.m. on Oct. 6 in Room 133, Chrysler Center. Speakers will include President James J. Duderstadt; William C. Kelly, vice…
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September 28, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The University of Michigan is embarking on a mission that could have a positive impact on the Midwest economy and create new faculty research opportunities by strengthening a network of partnerships between U-M researchers and private industry. It’s called technology transfer, a term used to describe a broad…
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September 28, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Faculty, staff and students are best described as “colleagues,” not customers, says Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. In these roles, we serve one another, but are not servants, Whitaker told Senate Assembly Sept. 21. During the past year at Senate Assembly meetings and other public forums, faculty members have criticized efforts…
