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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 By Dave Wilkins Health System Public Relations Only about one-third of the teenagers who experiment with tobacco go on to smoke regularly. What makes them different from kids who try a cigarette or two and decide smoking is not for them? Although social factors such as peer pressure undoubtedly…
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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 A portrait of former president and U-M football player Gerald Ford keeps watch over the collection of all the trophies the Wolverines won this year. Photo by Bob Kalmbach
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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles on the Year 2000 computer problem and how it is being addressed at the U-M. By Kerry Colligan You’d have to be crawling around under a rock to miss the latest media blitz known as the millennium bug.…
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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Private-agency adoptions, which account for about two-thirds of all adoptions in Michigan, increased 19 percent in 1996, according to a new study by the University and the Michigan Federation of Private Child and Family Agencies. Of the 2,334 children placed for adoption…
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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 Herb buyer Jill Brown from Ann Arbor’s Whole Foods Market measures out a portion of Echinacea, a popular herb that is said to increase the body’s natural immunity. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Nancy Ross-Flanigan News and Information Services Can you spice up your love life with ginseng or…
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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 Pilot program funds food waste recycling program Waste that is generated during food preparation in U-M residence halls has been recycled as part of a composting pilot program funded by the Washtenaw County Department of Public Works. Photo Services file photo by Bob Kalmbach By Ginger L. Zabel News…
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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 U-M to track CO2 as part of nationwide AmeriFlux network AmeriFlux tower at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Photo courtesy D. Baldocchi ‘The Biological Station was selected for the network because it is located on the boundary between the hardwood forests and the boreal [spruce] forests of…
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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 Professor Alexander Winchell designed Ann Arbor’s octagon house based on Orson S. Fowler’s invention, and built the house on the site where Hill Auditorium was later erected. Photograph and illustration courtesy Bentley Historical Library By Patricia S. Whitesell Did you know that a house shaped like an octagon once…
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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 Hillary Rodham Clinton’s appearance here April 28 is free and open to the public, but a ticket is required for admission to Hill Auditorium. U-M students will have priority when requesting tickets. Tickets are available today (April 22) through April 27 at the Michigan Union Box Office according to…
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April 22, 1998
The University Record, April 22, 1998 Marilyn Roubidoux, associate professor of radiology, reads mammogram film. Michigan’s standards of mammography have been a model for stricter federal quality standards, which were enacted in October. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Dave Wilkins Health System Public Relations Michigan’s strict mammography regulations, enacted in 1989 and beefed up in…
