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October 9, 1995
Since joining the University of Michigan faculty in 1992, Professor Santiago Colas has established himself as a major presence in the fields of Spanish and Latin American literature and comparative literature, in the classroom and in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. One of the most important and visible young interdisciplinary scholars working in…
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October 9, 1995
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Everything you always wanted to know about physics, but were afraid to ask, will be covered in a series of multimedia lectures to be presented by U-M research fellows starting Saturday (Oct. 14). Designed for general audiences, the lectures are an opportunity to hear physicists discuss their work…
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October 9, 1995
Founder and the first chair of the English Composition Board, Daniel N. Fader is recognized as the father of the writing-across-the-curriculum movement in the United States. A member of the University faculty for 34 years, Professor Fader still teaches with passion. He is deeply committed to his students and to perfecting the art of teaching.…
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October 9, 1995
In conjunction with the International Institute and the Korean Studies Program, the Museum of Art will host the 1995 Korean Cultural Program with two events on Wednesday (Oct. 11). Initiated by the Korea Foundation and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in 1990, the Korean Culture Program combines performances and lectures to introduce American…
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October 9, 1995
Lincoln B. Faller is a scholar and critic of great depth and range. He enjoys the admiration and respect of his colleagues and students, and he demonstrates a deep commitment to the University of Michigan and to the Department of English. Professor Faller’s two recent books published by Cambridge University Press mark him as one…
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October 9, 1995
By Jane R. Elgass Did the efforts of a coalition of research universities to increase awareness of the importance of federal research funding shift congressional thinking toward the positive during budget debates this year? While difficult to measure, Vice President for University Relations Walter Harrison thinks it helped, and along the way, those institutions also…
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October 9, 1995
A recognized leader among social scientists who study race relations in the United States, Reynolds Farley is among the top echelon of social demographers, a leading authority on the demography of African Americans, and a penetrating and creative analyst of racial and ethnic relations over the past 40 years. His pioneering studies of the causes…
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October 9, 1995
By Jane R. Elgass No, he has no interest in becoming the Wolverines’ football coach. No, he’s not planning to become the next dean of the College of Engineering. No, he’s not planning to take up the presidency of another University. And, no, he’s not planning to try to stay on as president What President…
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October 9, 1995
Laurence A. Goldstein, a perceptive literary critic and poet in his own right, explores the beginning of a little-examined tradition in American verse—poems about the movies—in his book The American Poet at the Movies: A Critical History , published by University of Michigan Press. A lifelong movie lover and a native of Culver City, California—”The…
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October 2, 1995
The University Record, October 2, 1995 By Jane R. Elgass Tenure, the rights and responsibilities thereof and the possibility of sanctions for not meeting those responsibilities: Those are the issues that were at the heart of a point-counterpoint discussion at the Sept. 18 Senate Assembly meeting that featured George Brewer and Kurt Brandle (point) and…
