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April 9, 1996
The University Record, April 9, 1996 U-M, GEO scheduled for state mediation tomorrow The University’s bargaining team and representatives of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) had not reached an agreement at Record press time despite numerous negotiating sessions last week. GEO members had earlier voted in support of a work stoppage that was scheduled to…
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April 9, 1996
The University Record, April 9, 1996 Support program for international graduate teaching assistants to be established Following a number of meetings with members of the GEO and with the Director of the International Center, Rackham Interim Dean Robert Weisbuch and LS&A Associate Dean John Cross have developed a program designed to provide support for new…
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April 9, 1996
The University Record, April 9, 1996 HIV/AIDS overview will be Health Night Out topic for April 16 “HIV/AIDS: How our community is meeting the challenge” is the Health Night Out Topic 7:30–9:30 p.m. April 16 in the Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium. Powel Kazanjian, director of the U-M HIV/AIDS Program, and K.C. Quirk, coordinator of the…
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April 9, 1996
The University Record, April 9, 1996 U-M-Dearborn prof design robot vehicle Yi Lu Murphey, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UM-Dearborn, is developing technology that will make it easier for unmanned military and commercial vehicles to operate in hazardous areas. On a multiprocessor video compression system provided by the U.S. Army, Murphey applies…
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April 9, 1996
The University Record, April 9, 1996 Grand prize for Envirothon winners: trip on the Laurentian By Janet N. Mendler News and Information Services A trip aboard the U-M research vessel Laurentian awaits the winners of this year’s Envirothon, an environmental “Olympics” that pits teams of high school students from across the state in a day-long…
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April 9, 1996
The University Record, April 9, 1996 Watch for the Owl in Michigan’s April skies, Teske says The Owl Nebula flies high in Michigan’s April night skies, passing almost straight above us by the middle of the evening, says astronomer Richard Teske. It is located just below the bottom of the Big Dipper’s bowl, nestled next…
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April 9, 1996
The University Record, April 9, 1996 Study shows U’s recycling is 35 percent office paper From Grounds and Waste Management Services During the week of March 18–22, Grounds & Waste Management Services conducted a paper characterization study to determine what composes a typical week’s worth of paper put out for recycling. Since September, all types…
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April 9, 1996
The University Record, April 9, 1996 LS&A faculty adopts changes in distribution requirements, gender-neutral language During their last meeting of the academic year on April 1, LS&A faculty members approved changes to the faculty code that will make area distribution requirements easier for students to understand and increase the number of qualified science courses. Although…
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April 9, 1996
The University Record, April 9, 1996 OBITUARY Robert H. Super Robert H. Super, professor emeritus of English language and literature, died March 29 after a massive stroke. He was 81. Super, who taught at the U-M from 1947–1984, was well known for his 1954 complete bibliography of the works of Walter Savage Landor, the only…
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April 2, 1996
The University Record, April 2, 1996 MITS rises to the challenge By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Want to open a burger stand in Central America and need to know if there’s any competition? Call MITS. Need to know more about de-icing an aircraft, Spain’s growing pharmaceutical industry, how gender affects business negotiations or…
