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October 15, 1997
The University Record, October 15, 1997 By Jane R. Elgass Gifts to the Campaign for Michigan, a strong market and the results of changes in investment strategy begun 10 years ago moved the University’s endowment fund to a valuation of $2 billion as of June 30, the highest it’s ever been. Income from the endowment…
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October 15, 1997
The University Record, October 15, 1997 From the Benefits Office What’s New for 1998? There are no major plan changes for 1998, but there are some adjustments you need to know about as you make your Open Enrollment decisions. For all faculty and staff Change to “You + one dependent” rate There was a last-minute…
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October 15, 1997
The University Record, October 15, 1997 By Jane R. Elgass Brian Ellerbe, who joined the basketball coaching staff in May, will supervise practices, which begin Saturday (Oct. 18), and manage the program under Goss’s supervision until a new head coach is named. Ellerbe came to the U-M from Loyola College in B altimore, where he…
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October 15, 1997
The University Record, October 15, 1997 By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services University of Michigan scientists have found that iron chelators‹medications used to “soak up” excess iron in the bloodstream‹can prevent deafness in guinea pigs exposed to antibiotics that damage delicate hair cells in the inner ear. If clinical trials show that iron chelators…
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October 8, 1997
The University Record, October 8, 1997 By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent to the University Sept. 30 for pioneering gene transfer technology developed in 1987 by researchers at the Medical School. The patent broadly covers use of DNA viruses as vectors to introduce new genes…
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October 8, 1997
The University Record, October 8, 1997 Some of the Crisler Arena crowd that gathered last week for the UMatter celebration, ‘Tailgate for Champions.’ Photo by Bob Kalmbach Amos By Kerry Colligan We’ve all been in this situation. You’re attending a lecture, a conference or some other presentation, and the speaker begins with enthusiasm, “Aloha” (okay,…
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October 8, 1997
The University Record, October 8, 1997 By Jane R. Elgass President Lee C. Bollinger announced last week that Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates have been invited to help the University develop “a new overarching master plan” for the campus. Robert Beckley, dean emeritus of the College of Architecture…
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October 8, 1997
The University Record, October 8, 1997 From University Audits The online version of the Standard Practice Guide (SPG) is the only official version of the SPG. The online SPG can be accessed at: http://www.umich.edu/~spgonlin/. Be sure to check out the menu selection Revisions and New Sections to stay up-to-date with changes. The following new or…
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October 8, 1997
The University Record, October 8, 1997 From the Office of the Vice President for Research Robert Robb, director of the Technology Management Office (TMO), is leaving the U-M for southern California to nurture start-up companies as the first president of a new venture capital company under formation by Research Corporation Technologies Corp. (RCT). The change…
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October 8, 1997
The University Record, October 8, 1997 By Kerry Colligan Is divestiture of University holdings in tobacco stock a smart move? What is the proper role of faculty in the governance of the University? These are two of the questions put before the Senate Assembly at its meeting Sept. 29. “We’ve got to be proactive rather…
