May 9, 1994
Jeffrey Sean Lehman will be recommended as dean of the Law School. He will become the School’s 14th dean on July 1 if approved by the Regents at their May meeting. The current dean, Lee C. Bollinger, is leaving in June to become provost at Dartmouth College. Lehman is professor of law and public policy…
May 9, 1994
A $14,175,463 construction contract for the proposed renovation of the C.C. Little Building was approved by the Regents at their April meeting. The low bidder is Ellis-Don Michigan Inc. of Southfield. The renovation project is principally infrastructure upgrading and includes restoration of the exterior and replacement of the major mechanical and electrical systems. The project’s…
May 9, 1994
Bradford wins career development award Carol Rossier Bradford, associate professor of otorhinolaryngology, has won a Clinical Research Career Development Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Recipients are young, full-time faculty members who have completed significant post-doctoral research and are dedicated to careers in clinical oncology research. Bradford will receive an annual grant of…
May 9, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle “Organizations don’t do anything—people do,” asserted Farris W. Womack, vice president and chief financial officer, as he addressed team leaders and facilitators at the first M-Quality Forum for Business and Finance Units. “There is not another organization on campus doing what we are doing in pushing for betterment of this organization…
May 9, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle When the hate speech/free speech debate surged over the computer networks a few weeks ago, it prompted many in the University community to think about communication in an electronic environment. Electronic communication allows thought expression without voice or face recognition and eliminates preconceptions about status based on age, physical characteristics or…
May 9, 1994
The University Musical Society (UMS) has been awarded a $130,086 grant to bring to Ann Arbor and southeastern Michigan an array of performances and events honoring the late Martha Graham. The grant was awarded by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund through its Art Partners Program, which is administered by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters…
May 9, 1994
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival will enter its second decade in mid-June, celebrating the performing arts with three weeks of entertainment, food and fun for all. The Festival, which will run June 18–July 10, incorporates two concurrent activities: A series of diverse ticketed performances by nationally and internationally known artists in the Power Center for…
April 25, 1994
Dumas to hold Cole Professorship Rhetaugh G. Dumas, professor and dean of the School of Nursing, will hold the Lucille Cole Professorship of Nursing. The Cole Professorship is one of the University’s unendowed School/College Professorships, created to honor distinguished faculty. It is named after the late Lucille Cole, the first African American faculty member in…
April 25, 1994
The Regents approved the following renovation projects at their April meeting: The Baits Housing complex was constructed in the late 1960s and its original domestic hot water system no longer meets code. The estimated cost for corrections required to comply with code is $400,000. Work will begin in 1995 and be phased over three years.…
April 25, 1994
The Flexible Benefits Advisory Committee was appointed by Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Farris W. Womack and Provost and Executive Vice President Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. in May 1993. The Committee was charged to investigate the feasibility of a flexible benefits program for the University. Towers Perrin, a national benefits consulting firm, was…
