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June 25, 1996
The University Record, June 25, 1996 Registrar’s Office staff win award The staff of the Office of the Registrar has received the Staff of the Year Award from the Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (MACRAO). The office will display a plaque, and individual staff members received certificates to commemorate their accomplishments. University…
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June 25, 1996
The University Record, June 25, 1996 Therapy shows promise in fight against non-Hodgkins lymphoma An innovative treatment using radioactive antibodies that target and destroy cancer cells appears to shrink tumors in patients who have failed numerous conventional therapies for the most common form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers presented findings from a Phase…
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June 25, 1996
The University Record, June 25, 1996 Media Union will be a key to state of Michigan’s future U-M chemical engineering lecturer John T. Bell demonstrated Vicher I—one of two virtual reality educational modules he has developed for engineering students—at an open house for the new Media Union on June 21. Using the head-mounted display an…
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June 25, 1996
The University Record, June 25, 1996 Now users can route, track requests for data access Users who request access to administrative data on the Data Systems Center (DSC) mainframe and servers will now have more control over the authorization approval process. The new process, implemented by the Information Technology Division (ITD) Operations Management Administrative Data…
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June 25, 1996
The University Record, June 25, 1996 Use of Social Security #s by U databases to be phased out by 2002 In a recent memo to more than 190 U-M deans, directors and department chairs, J. Bernard Machen, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; Farris W. Womack, executive vice president and chief financial officer;…
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June 25, 1996
The University Record, June 25, 1996 Students gear up for phase one of FutureCar Challenge U-M engineering students make last-minute modifications to a 1996 Ford Taurus, which they configured to run on diesel fuel and electricity for the national FutureCar Challenge. Students and their car competed against 11 other student-designed hybrid vehicles June 17–24 in…
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June 25, 1996
The University Record, June 25, 1996 Business and Finance Distinguished Staff nominations due July 15 Nominations for the 1996 Business and Finance Distinguished Staff Awards Program are being accepted for staff members in the Business and Finance Division. Since 1992, the division has honored outstanding staff members who make a difference in their departments by…
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June 25, 1996
The University Record, June 25, 1996 Observatory room named for Regent Emeritus Connable Former Regent Alfred B. Connable and his wife, Tenho, admire a plaque presented to Connable at a ceremony June 19 naming the Alfred B. Connable Conference Room in the Observatory. Connable was a Regent in 1942-57 and one of 16 U-M graduates…
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June 25, 1996
The University Record, June 25, 1996 Three journalists receive Livingston awards; Peters wins new Clurman Award A blue-ribbon panel of print and broadcast journalists has awarded $10,000 Livingston Awards to three young journalists for excellence in local, national and international reporting, and has created a fourth prize honoring the late Richard M. Clurman, one of…
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June 25, 1996
The University Record, June 25, 1996 Media Union formally opened Michigan Gov. John Engler (left), U-M President James Duderstadt (center) and Regent Philip Power (right) were among hundreds of faculty, students, staff and guests who attended the dedication of the Media Union on June 21. The Media Union will house digital libraries, virtual reality laboratories,…
