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December 12, 1994
DRDA’s on-line research information server (RIS), available to campus computer users through GopherBlue, displays research funding opportunities, application deadlines, U-M policies concerning sponsored research, campus research resources and more. At the “which host?” prompt, enter “UM-GopherBlue:” then open “U of Michigan and Ann Arbor,” then open “DRDA.” DRDA (The Division of Research Development and Administration)…
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October 31, 1994
The University has scheduled a number of free, public events in connection with Alcohol Awareness Week: Sunday (Nov. 6) Filmfest: Days of Wine and Roses, 9 p.m., State Theater. Monday (Nov. 7) Crashed Car, from an alcohol-related accident, displayed on the Diag. Self-Help Panel Discussion, including Moderation Management, Alcoholics Anonymous, Women for Sobriety, Rational Recovery…
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October 31, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank As a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) volunteer at the SOS Community Crisis Center, Sandy Haas distributed food to the hungry, found shelter for the homeless, did crisis counseling and even hung gutters. Seven years later, Haas, academic secretary in the Fellowships Office of the Horace H. Rackham School of…
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October 31, 1994
Basu wins National and Peace Fellowship Susanto Basu, assistant professor of economics, has received a post-doctoral National and Peace Fellowship from the Hoover Institution for 1994–95. The fellowships provide scholars an opportunity to spend one year at the Hoover Institution to conduct independent research on historical and public policy issues of the 20th century. Thiele…
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October 31, 1994
The University and NIKE have joined in a project that will, among other things, create two women’s athletic scholarships and fund the nation’s first fellowship for sports reporters in the Michigan Journalism Fellows Program. Athletic Director Joe Roberson announced the agreement Oct. 20. Through separately negotiated agreements, NIKE will become the exclusive on-field supplier of…
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October 31, 1994
Its renovations and face lift almost completed, the Undergraduate Library has been renamed the Harold T. and Vivian B. Shapiro Library. The name change was approved by the Regents at their October meeting. In presenting the request for renaming, Regent Philip A. Power noted that Shapiro is the only former president for whom a building…
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October 31, 1994
From Medical Center Public Relations The Board of Regents, at its October meeting, approved the site master plan for a new ambulatory care medical campus in northeast Ann Arbor. The East Medical Campus, which will provide primary and secondary care in a patient-centered environment, will be built in an area bounded by Plymouth and Earhart…
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October 31, 1994
To provide a quicker turnaround in the reimbursement process for hosting expenses, you will now be able to get on-the-spot reimbursement at the LS&A Cashier’s Office and the Hospital Cashier’s Office, regardless of the account being charged, when you present a properly completed Hosting Expense Report. The maximum amount that can be reimbursed at either…
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October 31, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Like most research scientists, Andrea Foote must produce a steady flow of grant applications to raise money for her research. “I have to fund my own salary. I actually like it because it gives me the freedom to do what I want to do in the stable environment of the University,”…
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October 31, 1994
Taking a cue from the Old West, albeit doing things a little more quickly, the University Library now offers “Dissertation Express.” Individuals who need copies of dissertations now can get them in approximately two to three days, for only $15. In the past, if you wanted a dissertation, you first had to visit a library…
