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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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September 6, 1994
By Donna Ullrich-Eaton U-M-Flint U-M-Flint has launched a 27-credit certificate program in Personal and Corporate Productivity for adult students who wish to enhance their productivity by integrating current technologies and knowledge from three fields of study: computer science, English and communications. Sponsored by Flint’s Extension and Continuing Education Program, the program is designed to benefit…
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September 6, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank For Rosemary Kuderick, the challenge of the chase rivals the thrills of capturing and releasing her quarry. Known by her grateful fans as “Bat Lady,” Kuderick rescues faculty, staff and students from encounters with ants and cockroaches, bees and wasps, squirrels and raccoons—and, of course, bats. Kuderick is a pest management…
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September 6, 1994
A number of campus units moved to new locations during the spring and summer. Here’s a list of the units and their addresses: Wolverine Tower, corner of South State and Eisenhower Benefits Office, Room G405 1278 Division of Research Development and Administration, first floor 1274 Financial Aid Systems Team, Room 1084 1284 Financial Analysis and…
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September 6, 1994
To provide new U-M photo identification cards to faculty, staff and students as efficiently as possible, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is in the process of scheduling building and departmental sessions during the fall and winter terms. Faculty and staff have been responding in extraordinary numbers to an Aug. 15 Record announcement that all…
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September 6, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Consider the dilemma of the scientist who must choose between hundreds of potential research subjects—all desperate to participate in a study testing a promising new treatment for their terminal cancer. What criteria determines who is accepted? Who decides? Or the scientist who discovers that one of her now-healthy…
