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May 9, 1994
Ann Arbor Transportation Authority’s (AATA) Route 36, the U-M shuttle to and from Wolverine Tower, will begin 15-minute service on June 13. It now runs every half-hour. Faculty, staff and students with Uni-versity ID can ride AATA’s Route 36 and Oak Valley Route 16 free when going to and from Wolverine Tower; the University pays…
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May 9, 1994
Beginning May 15, drivers with four or more unpaid parking violations may find their vehicles have been towed. Previously, vehicles were towed after owners accumulated six unpaid tickets. William B. Krumm, associate vice president for business operations, says that for several years the University has had a contract with the city for collection of parking…
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May 9, 1994
By Margo Schneidman Medical Center Public Relaitons Committed to combating rising health care costs as well as declining coverage, Judith Feder, chief health policy analyst with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, took to the podium here last month to tout the benefits of President Clinton’s health care reform plan to provide universal…
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May 9, 1994
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival will enter its second decade in mid-June, celebrating the performing arts with three weeks of entertainment, food and fun for all. The Festival, which will run June 18–July 10, incorporates two concurrent activities: A series of diverse ticketed performances by nationally and internationally known artists in the Power Center for…
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May 9, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle “Organizations don’t do anything—people do,” asserted Farris W. Womack, vice president and chief financial officer, as he addressed team leaders and facilitators at the first M-Quality Forum for Business and Finance Units. “There is not another organization on campus doing what we are doing in pushing for betterment of this organization…
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May 9, 1994
Jeffrey Sean Lehman will be recommended as dean of the Law School. He will become the School’s 14th dean on July 1 if approved by the Regents at their May meeting. The current dean, Lee C. Bollinger, is leaving in June to become provost at Dartmouth College. Lehman is professor of law and public policy…
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May 9, 1994
By John Woodford News and Inforamtion Services The Dalai Lama told U-M students that Chinese leaders were wrong to tell critics of its Tibetan policy that human rights are not universal but relative, to be defined by different cultures and countries as they see fit. Tenzing Gyatso, Tibet’s spiritual and temporal leader, made the statement…
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May 9, 1994
Revisions of two Regents’ Bylaws have been proposed, and will be acted on by the Regents at their June meeting. Comments on the proposed revisions should be directed by May 16 to the Office of the General Counsel, 4020 Fleming Administration Building 1340, telephone 764-0304 or FAX 763-5648. Proposed additions are highlighted, and deletions are…
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May 9, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services As if writing a doctoral dissertation isn’t difficult enough, imagine having your research destroyed by a natural disaster, living weeks without water or electricity, conducting experiments in the midst of a military coup, working under the constant threat of attack by insurgent soldiers, and being mistaken for a…
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May 9, 1994
The Michigan Society of Fellows has selected four individuals to serve three-year appointments as postdoctoral scholars and assistant professors. Fellows are young scholars chosen for their independent scholarship and interdisciplinary intellectual interests. During their stay here they teach selected courses in their affiliated departments and continue their research. The new fellows, their affiliated departments and…
