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January 25, 1993
Editor’s Note: These summaries of research projects were presented to the Regents at their January meeting by William C. Kelly, vice president for research. The material here was prepared for the Record by the staff of ResearchNews, a publication of the Division of Research Development and Administration. Porgy and Bess: An American Opera The opera…
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January 25, 1993
By Andrea O. Jackson Record Special Writer “Without the library to inspire children to read, think and imagine, they cannot dream, and without dreams, they will end up rotting and then die,” says Gloria Naylor, who attributes much of her success to libraries. “I grew up in libraries,” Naylor told 250 people in the Michigan…
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January 25, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Rackham Auditorium was packed last Monday as hundreds of students, health professionals and supporters gathered to hear Faye Wattleton, president of Planned Parenthood in 1978–92, reflect on “Equality and Justice: Women’s Unfinished Health Care Agenda.” Her talk was part of the University’s Martin Luther King Day celebration. “Women…
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January 25, 1993
By John Woodford Executive Editor, Michigan Today Carol Ann Carter, associate professor of art, told the 65 attendees that the format chosen for the School of Art’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day program “might seem too ’60s, like a sensitivity session, but we’re trying to show the parts that make the whole.” The School’s informal…
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January 25, 1993
By Ryan Solomon News and Information Services Martin Luther King Jr. should be thought of as an economist as much as a minister or civil rights leader, says economist and writer Julianne Malveaux. Malveaux spoke at the closing ceremony marking the U-M’s sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Symposium. The San Francisco Sun reporter,…
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January 25, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services In the mid-1960s, the Parker family became one of the few African American families in Little Rock, Ark., to send most of its 11 children to college. “How can you afford to pay their tuitions and lose their help in the fields?” neighbors asked the Parkers, who were…
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January 25, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Punishing incidents of racial insensitivity on college campuses makes moral sense, says philosopher Anita Allen. Allen, associate professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and a U-M alumna, discussed “Why Punish Demeaning Expression,” at a Department of Philosophy Martin Luther King Jr. Day program. Using a 1991 “Ugly Woman Contest”…
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January 25, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The civil rights movement of the 1990s must shift its focus to one of quiet reflection and emotional healing, says author Bebe Moore Campbell. “We must love ourselves back to emotional health first and economic well-being will follow,” Campbell told an audience of about 500 who attended her…
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January 25, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services A multidisciplinary team of U-M researchers has been awarded $3.9 million in National Science Foundation funding over five years to develop a new type of computer and communications technology called a research “collaboratory.” A combination of “collaboration” and “laboratory,” the U-M project will merge advanced NeXT computer systems…
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January 25, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle For students who have spent much of their lives in static and comfortable environments of predominantly one race and religion, the multicultural medley at the U-M can be confusing, if not overwhelming. Facilitators for the Program on Intergroup Relations and Conflict presented a panel discussion as part of Martin Luther King…
