September 6, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Consider the dilemma of the scientist who must choose between hundreds of potential research subjects—all desperate to participate in a study testing a promising new treatment for their terminal cancer. What criteria determines who is accepted? Who decides? Or the scientist who discovers that one of her now-healthy…
September 6, 1994
To provide new U-M photo identification cards to faculty, staff and students as efficiently as possible, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is in the process of scheduling building and departmental sessions during the fall and winter terms. Faculty and staff have been responding in extraordinary numbers to an Aug. 15 Record announcement that all…
September 6, 1994
A number of campus units moved to new locations during the spring and summer. Here’s a list of the units and their addresses: Wolverine Tower, corner of South State and Eisenhower Benefits Office, Room G405 1278 Division of Research Development and Administration, first floor 1274 Financial Aid Systems Team, Room 1084 1284 Financial Analysis and…
September 6, 1994
By Donna Ullrich-Eaton U-M-Flint U-M-Flint has launched a 27-credit certificate program in Personal and Corporate Productivity for adult students who wish to enhance their productivity by integrating current technologies and knowledge from three fields of study: computer science, English and communications. Sponsored by Flint’s Extension and Continuing Education Program, the program is designed to benefit…
September 6, 1994
The University has established a fact-finding committee to gather information on any possible involvement of the Uni-versity with respect to federally sponsored human radiation studies conducted between 1930 and 1974. Creation of the committee, chaired by pathology Prof. Gerald D. Abrams, is in response to a federal Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments that is…
September 6, 1994
By Cathy Houlihan Medical Center Information Technology Five Medical Center technology groups have combined their efforts and become a single organization. Included in the new Medical Center Information Technology group are the former information technology providers of U-M Hospitals Information & Networking Services; Information, Technology & Networking Office of the Health Sciences; Medical School Information…
September 6, 1994
Richard Snyder honored by Aerospace Medical Association Richard G. Snyder, professor emeritus of anthropology and research scientist emeritus, recently received the Aerospace Medical Association’s John Paul Stapp Award. The award is given annually to recognize outstanding contributions in the field of aerospace biomechanics and to promote progress in protection from injury resulting from ejection, vibration…
September 6, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Jun Ni, associate professor of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, is one of 30 scientists and engineers named by President Bill Clinton to receive a 1994 Presidential Faculty Fellow Award. The award recognizes young college and university faculty members who demonstrate excellence and promise both in scientific or…
September 6, 1994
The Business and Finance Division is forming a Workplace Violence Task Force to develop a comprehensive response to workplace violence. Representatives from several Central Campus offices have been asked to form a lead team to begin the process. They include Keith Bruhnsen, manager of the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program; Leo J. Heatley, director of…
September 6, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Michigan’s game against Boston College last weekend not only marked the opening of the 1994 football season for the Wolverines, it also featured the return of Michigan Radio and long-time announcer Tom Hemingway to the football airwaves after a six-year hiatus. Hemingway, WUOM sports director and the play-by-play…
