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September 8, 1992
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services “Less is more,” the credo adopted by modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, might describe plans to consolidate campus programs that focus on urban and regional planning. In July, the University’s doctoral program in Urban, Technological and Environmental Planning (UTEP) merged with the urban planning program in…
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September 8, 1992
By Stephen H. Goldstein UMH Child Care Center The University of Michigan Hospitals Child Care Center, which observed its first anniversary last month, offers a unique multicultural environment for children from infant to preschool age. Perched on a hill on Glazier Way just west of Huron Parkway, the sprawling, colorful one-floor building serves U-M employees…
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September 8, 1992
“Through its teaching, research and service, The University of Michigan has secured a place for itself among the country’s elite centers of higher learning. This position has been achieved and maintained, at least in part, by the University’s long tradition of continuously evaluating and improving its academic programs. Just as the University is continually looking…
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September 8, 1992
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles about M-Quality. Future articles will explore the underlying principles of the M-Quality approach, the rationale for the University’s interest in M-Quality, a look at quality teams already at work, and information on the experiences of other research universities. Comments on these articles by Record…
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September 8, 1992
From the Women’s Studies Program “Differences among Women: A Multicultural Research and Teaching Agenda for the Women’s Studies Program” has been awarded a $50,000 Presidential Initiatives Fund grant by President James J. Duderstadt. The grant will be matched by the Office of the Vice President for Research. In announcing the grant, Duderstadt said: “The program…
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September 8, 1992
By Michael Harrison Medical Center Public Relations For two weeks in August, 21 health care professionals from Japan were on campus finding out about University training opportunities in geriatrics and gerontology. Japan’s population is aging faster than that of any other country because of declining birth rates and longer life spans. Japanese life expectancy is…
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September 8, 1992
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services The role of Jews and converted Jews in Christopher Columbus’ exploration of America will be the subject of a conference here Sunday (Sept. 13). The conference, “Jews and Conversos in the Encounter,” is part of a year-long observance of the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s first voyage to the…
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September 8, 1992
When it comes to moving—personal belongings, expensive equipment or their offices—people often get uptight. But they don’t need to be anxious about campus moves, says Kenneth R. McCrath, who has arranged moves of millions of dollars of equipment for the College of Engineering’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). “I don’t even stand…
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September 8, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Moving and Trucking’s expert staff are movers, not shakers. Moving artistic masterpieces, sensitive scientific instruments and radioactive materials is all in a day’s work for the 13 movers, two stockkeepers, dispatcher and two foremen who work at Moving and Trucking. The trained millwrights and riggers even move whole departments, making the…
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September 8, 1992
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services Researchers at the Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences (CGLAS) have discovered a previously uncharted, “extraordinarily well-preserved” wreck of a 19th-century three-masted sailing ship on the bottom of Lake Huron. While there are hundreds of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, the U-M discovery is unique because the…
