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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Dark and gray areas in this mouse muscle tissue, sampled one month after injection with the U-M viral vector, indicate regions containing the dystrophin virus. By Sally Pobojewski Medical Center Public Relations U-M scientists have developed a viral vector that delivers the gene for dystrophin, a protein critical for…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Keith Parks (foreground left), a third-year LS&A student, and Diane Nguyen, a first-year law student, moderated the panel at last week’s press conference hosted by a coalition of student organizations that support affirmative action. The coalition has been formed as a result of the lawsuit against the University’s admissions…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Karen Jania, UARP staff, examines files at the Bentley Historical Library. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Dark, dank basements and dusty, dry attics may seem like likely places to find the University’s old records, but this is an increasingly antiquated notion, according to…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 By Jane R. Elgass President Lee C. Bollinger met with Senate Assembly last week, setting forth issues he feels must be addressed and commenting on the admissions lawsuit. Pending issues Admitting that he has a tendency to make lists that “threaten to intimidate him to inactivity,” Bollinger nevertheless produced…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Built in about 1837, the historic Nathan Burnham House will be moved to Nichols Arboretum to house the James D. Reader Jr. Urban Environmental Education Center. Burnham sold the house and property to property developers Fuller and Ormsby in 1839 for $1,000. Photo courtesy School of Natural Resources and…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Thomas spoke to frequent applause and laughter. Photo by Rebecca A. Doyle By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Even a bomb scare didn’t frighten away more than 200 people from all over the state who attended “Life Worth Living: Creating Meaning in Later Life,” an Oct. 30 conference…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 From the Benefits Office The Benefits Office has received numerous questions about the new Medicare HMO plans offered to U-M retirees for 1998. The information below will be of interest to retired faculty and staff, and anyone contemplating retirement in 1998. Open enrollment ended Oct. 31. However, the adjustment…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Bailey Bornstein Powers Ross Schoenfeldt Scodel Walton Woods By Jane R. Elgass Ten faculty members have received 1997Ð98 Michigan Humanities or Michigan Arts Awards. The awards are presented annually to tenured, full-time faculty engaged in major scholarly and creative projects in relevant fields. The faculty members’ units receive funds…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 El Nino may cause Great Lakes waves to reach an all-time high in intensity, researchers say. File photo By Adam Marcus College of Engineering Most people associate El Nino with unusually good fishing on the West coast and warmer-than-usual winters in the East. Few links have been drawn between…
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November 5, 1997
The University Record, November 5, 1997 Anneke de Bruyn Overseth Anneke De Bruyn Overseth died Oct. 29 of pancreatic cancer. She was 63. Born in Amsterdam, Overseth moved to the United States in 1941, where her late father, Peter, was a professor of anatomy at the University of Chicago. As a young child, she won…
