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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Michigan women’s basketball coach Sue Guevera has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year by her peers. Guevera took over the head coaching reins in July 1996 as an interim coach and was named permanent coach in February 1997. The women’s team is the #10 seed in the…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Hatcher and his wife, Anne, at a reception following a gathering of five U-M presidents in November 1992 celebrating the University¹s 175th anniversary. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Paula Saha Anne Berenberg fondly remembers cheering the Wolverines to their Rose Bowl championship earlier this year with her 99-year-old father,…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 From the Institute for Social Research “Social Science and Policy Making” is the focus of a national symposium Friday-Saturday (March 13-14) at the Rackham Building, one of the many activities marking the 50th anniversary of the Institute for Social Research (ISR). The free program is open to all interested…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Lovins By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Amory B. Lovins, co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and director of its high-profile Hypercar Center, will speak on “How Far Can Technology Take Us: A Look at the Automobile,” at 3:30 p.m. Thursday (March 12) in Auditorium B, Angell Hall.…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Harlan H. Hatcher President Emeritus Harlan H. Hatcher died Feb. 25 at age 99. Tremendous expansion of the U-M marked Hatcher’s term in office, which ran from 1951 to 1967. From 17,000 students in 1951, enrollment jumped to 37,000 students in 1967. The budget increased from $44.5 million to…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Onwurah (left) on the set of Welcome II the Terrordome. Photo courtesy Humanities Institute By Elizabeth Woodford Institute for the Humanities Picked on mercilessly in her British school because of her brown skin, Ngozi Onwurah underwent a remarkable transformation: from a child ashamed of her half-African background, she became…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Comninou Groat By Jane R. Elgass Maria Comninou and Linda Groat will receive the Sarah Goddard Power Award at ceremonies at 4 p.m. March 18 in the Hussey Room, Michigan League. The award is sponsored by the Academic Women’s Caucus and this year includes a $1,000 stipend, divided among…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 By Jane R. Elgass The “sleeping giant” sleeps no more. Floundering two years ago with a $265,000 deficit and a $1.5 million budget, low staff morale, a failing format and the prospect of losing its Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) funding, Michigan Radio was in desperate straits. With a…
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February 25, 1998
The University Record, February 25, 1998 By Jane R. Elgass Eugene L. Roberts Jr., considered by many to be the dean of American newspaper editors, will deliver the Eighth Annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom at 4 p.m. March 16 in Rackham Amphitheater. He will discuss “Free Speech, Free Press: Free…
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February 25, 1998
The University Record, February 25, 1998 By Kerry Colligan The Senate Assembly held its monthly meeting on Feb. 16. Included in the discussions were the General Counsel’s Advisory Committee, post-tenure faculty review, Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) nominations and several committee reports. At the December Regents’ meeting, President Lee C. Bollinger recommended the…
