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  1. October 24, 1994

    REGENTS’ ROUNDUP

    Editor’s Note: The Regents took the following actions at their October meeting. Nursing prof joins faculty Loretta Sweet-Jemmott, a faculty member at Columbia University School of Nursing, will become professor of nursing, with tenure, effective July 1, 1995. 3 administrators appointed Anne Percy Knott, assistant dean and director of development and alumni relations at the…
  2. October 24, 1994

    U research ‘untapped gold mine’

    By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Venture capitalists are discovering that University of Michigan research is an “untapped gold mine,” according to Robert L. Robb, director of the Technology Management Office. In a presentation to the Board of Regents last week on “Technology Transfer and Economic Development,” Robb said the level of interest shown…
  3. October 24, 1994

    Coming to Michigan Theater: Horror classic Nosferatu

    By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services International film-music scholar Gillian B. Anderson will conduct the orchestral score to Nosferatu, F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent horror-film classic, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 29) at the Michigan Theater. The first movie based on Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, the film will feature Hans Erdmann’s musical score restored by…
  4. October 24, 1994

    Summers: Shelter provides U-M the opportunity to put its ideals to work

    By Sage Arron On any given night in Ann Arbor there are people who don’t have a safe, comfortable place in which to sleep, take a bath, eat, or wash their clothes. The creation of the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County in 1984 was Ann Arbor’s response. “The Shelter was created because of an immediate…
  5. October 24, 1994

    Teeth may hold clue to vanished Viking settlements

    By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Norse settlers living in doomed colonies on the coast of Greenland 500 years ago may have left clues to their mysterious disappearance in teeth from their graves. A U-M study of teeth from early Viking settlements appears to confirm the theory that rapidly cooling temperatures during the onset…
  6. October 24, 1994

    POLICE BEAT

    By Mary Jo Frank Student robbed on Fletcher on a Sunday afternoon A female student was struck on the head and robbed while walking in the 200 block of Fletcher Street at 2 p.m. Oct. 9. The alleged assailant was apprehended 15 minutes later, after being spotted by DPS and Housing Security officers, reports Capt.…
  7. October 24, 1994

    KUDOS

    Fornaess awarded Bergman Trust John Eric Fornaess, professor of mathematics, has been selected by the American Mathematical Society as the 1994 awardee of the Stefan Bergman Trust. The prize recognizes mathematical accomplishments in the areas of research in which Bergman worked. Adams heads Division 40 of the APA Kenneth M. Adams, professor of psychiatry and…
  8. October 24, 1994

    Coppola strives for learner-centered class environment

    By Rebecca A. Doyle One of the pitfalls of teaching very large lecture courses, says Brian P. Coppola, is the temptation to aim instruction at the top 10 percent of students in that course, because those students “seem to be getting it.” Instead, he says, “I firmly believe that the people I can affect are…
  9. October 24, 1994

    U police cooperating with city to identify, find serial rapist

    The Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be cooperating in a multi-agency task force formed by the Ann Arbor Police to identify and apprehend the man believed to be responsible for a homicide and series of rapes in Ann Arbor over the past two years. The task force is comprised of 12 investigators and a…
  10. October 24, 1994

    SAPAC schedules events to mark Sexual Assault Awareness Week

    The Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC) will mark the 10th annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week with a series of events Monday–Friday (Oct. 24–28). The activities are designed to raise community awareness and understanding of the many issues surrounding sexual violence. All activities are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. SAPAC…