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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…
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September 8, 1992
William C. Kelly, vice president for research, has announced that 23 research scientists from eight units have received promotions effective Sept. 1 . “The high quality of our primary research faculty strengthens the research enterprise in numerous units across the University,” notes Sarah Winans Newman, associate vice president for research. “We look forward to congratulating…
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September 8, 1992
Student organizations, individual students, faculty and administrators in-volved in community service projects may apply for one of 22 Michigan Generation Grants available for the first time this year. Applicants for the awards, $500 to $15,000, must show that their projects are innovative and link the campus and the surrounding community. Applicants must be prepared to…
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September 8, 1992
The University of Michigan Journalism Fellows has announced awards totaling $330,000 to 12 mid-career reporters, editors and broadcasters. The winners, who include a Pulitzer Prize recipient, represent a wide variety of types, sizes and locations of news organizations around the country. They will take an academic year off from work to pursue individually designed studies,…
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September 8, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass A $500,000 contribution from CBS correspondent and U-M alumnus Mike Wallace to purchase a “home” for the Journalism Fellows Program has capped “an astounding year” for the program’s fund-raising efforts, says Director Charles R. Eisendrath, who also is associate professor of journalism. The U-M program is one of three nationwide—the others…
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September 8, 1992
With the departure to Ohio State of Jerry A. May, associate vice president for development, a number of personnel changes have been made in the development office as the University prepares to launch its new major fund-raising effort. Four present development staff members have assumed new responsibilities and two other persons have joined the development…
