September 6, 1994
The Business and Finance Division is forming a Workplace Violence Task Force to develop a comprehensive response to workplace violence. Representatives from several Central Campus offices have been asked to form a lead team to begin the process. They include Keith Bruhnsen, manager of the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program; Leo J. Heatley, director of…
September 6, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Despite the tremendous increase in the number of older Americans, only 5 percent of ads sampled over the last 100 years in two of the largest national magazines portrayed older people. And the images of older adults that have appeared tend to reinforce stereotypes about both aging in…
September 6, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Jun Ni, associate professor of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, is one of 30 scientists and engineers named by President Bill Clinton to receive a 1994 Presidential Faculty Fellow Award. The award recognizes young college and university faculty members who demonstrate excellence and promise both in scientific or…
September 6, 1994
By Janet Nellis Mendler News and Information Services The University and the Michigan Neighborhood Partnership (MNP), a coalition of Detroit community groups, will receive a first-year grant of $750,000 as one of the state’s first AmeriCorps programs. A “domestic Peace Corps,” the Ameri-Corps program is an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service…
September 6, 1994
Richard Snyder honored by Aerospace Medical Association Richard G. Snyder, professor emeritus of anthropology and research scientist emeritus, recently received the Aerospace Medical Association’s John Paul Stapp Award. The award is given annually to recognize outstanding contributions in the field of aerospace biomechanics and to promote progress in protection from injury resulting from ejection, vibration…
September 6, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Smoking is now prohibited in almost all University leased and owned facilities. The policy, which went into effect Sept. 1, says: “In recognition of environmental tobacco smoke health risks, the University will provide as close to a smoke-free environment as practicable for its faculty, staff, students and visitors. The right of…
September 6, 1994
By Cathy Houlihan Medical Center Information Technology Five Medical Center technology groups have combined their efforts and become a single organization. Included in the new Medical Center Information Technology group are the former information technology providers of U-M Hospitals Information & Networking Services; Information, Technology & Networking Office of the Health Sciences; Medical School Information…
September 6, 1994
By Terry Gallagher U-M-Dearborn U-M Dearborn anthropology Prof. Daniel E. Moerman has been appointed to the William E. Stirton Professorship for a five-year term. His appointment was approved by the Regents at their July meeting. Moerman, a member of the Dearborn faculty since 1973, specializes in medical ethnobotany, and his catalog, Medicinal Plants of Native…
September 6, 1994
The University has established a fact-finding committee to gather information on any possible involvement of the Uni-versity with respect to federally sponsored human radiation studies conducted between 1930 and 1974. Creation of the committee, chaired by pathology Prof. Gerald D. Abrams, is in response to a federal Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments that is…
September 6, 1994
By Jane Meyers Office of Development AlliedSignal Inc. of Morristown, N.J., has made a $300,000 gift to the Michigan Joint Manufacturing Initiative (MJMI), an interdisciplinary program administered by the College of Engineering and the School of Business Administration. The program is designed to address the acute shortage of broadly trained professionals who understand both the…
