October 17, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Sara S. Berry, one of the world’s foremost historians of African economic history, will be on campus Oct. 19–22 as the Alumni Association’s Alumna-in-Residence. Berry, professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, received her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in economics in 1965 and 1967 from the U-M. Berry…
October 17, 1994
Overall crime statistics for the U-M in 1993 fell for the third year in a row, according to a report released last week by the Department of Public Safety (DPS). But an increase in categories of serious crimes, including burglaries and aggravated assaults, has safety officials concerned about what they see as a growing trend…
October 17, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Gov. John Engler and U-M officials announced last week the establishment of a new Institute for Manufacturing Technologies to be located in Ann Arbor. Responding directly to the needs of private industry, engineers at the not-for-profit institute will develop new technologies and solve specific problems in machining, auto…
October 17, 1994
By Sage Arron Closed since July 1993 for renovations, the Kelsey Museum of Archeaology will reopen Thursday (Oct. 20) with a Byzantium display titled “Byzantium: University of Michigan Collections and Expeditions.” Director Elaine Gazda says the museum’s renovation project “has not only provided a state-of-the-art, climate-controlled storage facility for the museum’s most environmentally vulnerable collections…
October 17, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle The Office of Technology Transfer, Technology Management Office, Center for Information Technology Integration, and personnel from University placement offices, the College of Engineering and the School of Business Administration will join members of the University’s solar car team for a two-day business and technology expo hosted by the Ann Arbor Chamber…
October 17, 1994
Flint’s M-Link receives $54,000 M-Link, the collaborative program between U-M-Flint and Mott Community College (MCC), has received $54,000 in renewal funding from the Office of Minority Equity of the Michigan Department of Education through its College/University Partnership Program. M-Link, managed by Flint Admissions Director David James and Coordinator Kendall West, actively recruits qualified underrepresented minority…
October 17, 1994
Just over midway through its allotted time, the Campaign for Michigan has garnered $680 million—68 percent of its $1 billion goal. The Campaign was announced in 1990 and is scheduled to conclude in 1997. These figures were announced to a group of contributors at a Campaign celebration event held Sept. 23. Of the $1 billion…
October 17, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services On the fourth day of every August for the past 50 years, Miep Gies has closed her curtains and refused to answer the doorbell or telephone at her Amsterdam home. It was on that day in 1944 that she last saw Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl whose…
October 17, 1994
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services A $4 million federal grant, along with an additional $4.5 million from the U-M and other sponsors, will enable the University to play a major role in the national effort to develop new technologies and patterns of use for digital libraries—storehouses of information available through the Internet. Funding…
October 17, 1994
The University’s 20 percent plan—in which 20 percent of energy savings for the year are returned to the schools and colleges who cut their energy costs—resulted in total savings of $1,387,435 in fiscal year 1994. “Congratulations are in order,” says David W. Anderson, coordinator of energy management. Of the total saved, $277,487 will be distributed…
