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April 18, 1994
Women’s health issues subject of symposium Wednesday “Women’s Health—It’s Not a Trivial Pursuit” is the theme of the Michigan Initiative for Women’s Health (MIWH) symposium, 1–5 p.m. Wednesday (April 20) in the Hussey Room, Michigan League. History Prof. Martin S. Pernick will present the keynote address on “Historical Constructions of Women’s Health and Wellness” at…
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April 18, 1994
The first annual Hispanic Student Leadership Award celebration will be held at 5 p.m. Tues. (April 19) in the Tribute Room, School of Education. Six students will receive $300 scholarships, awarded by the Michigan Educational Opportunity Fund Inc., the Office of Minority Student Services and the Programs for Educational Opportunity at the School of Education.…
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April 18, 1994
We are outraged over the recent incident that involved the use of a stolen University of Michigan student account name and password to send a racist electronic message through the Internet computer network to computer systems worldwide. We personally and collectively denounce such incidents within our institution, and as executive officers of the University, we…
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April 18, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank The Department of Mathematics has received LS&A’s 1994 Departmental Award for Contributions to the Undergraduate Initiative. The department will receive $25,000 for its innovative efforts to improve undergraduate education. Donald J. Lewis, chair and professor of mathematics, will recommend the department use the money to furnish a commons room for students…
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April 18, 1994
The offices of the Vice Provost for Academic and Multicultural Affairs, the Vice Provost for Information Technology and the Vice President for Student Affairs will sponsor a community forum on hate messages and electronic mail at 4 p.m. today (April 18) in the Koessler Library, Michigan League. The forum is an opportunity to discuss the…
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April 18, 1994
Judith Feder, chief health policy analyst with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will speak about the Clinton health care reform plan at noon April 26 in Heath Auditorium, School of Public Health. Feder’s talk is part of the University’s FORUM on Health Policy Reform, a two-year series of educational events tracking…
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April 18, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The University is launching a bold initiative that it hopes will foster the professional success of women faculty, staff and students. The initiative, the “Michigan Agenda for Women: Leadership for a New Century,” sets the year 2000 as a target date for becoming “the leader among American universities…
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April 18, 1994
Michigan Radio’s “Incredible Shrinking Week” fund-raising effort was successful again this year, cutting three days of on-air fundraising from the station’s programming. A new high of $124,000 was raised, surpassing the 1992 record of $118,000. The number of listeners who mailed contributions or phoned in pledges came to 2,002, including 452 first-time donors. The Incredible…
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April 18, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services As the University enters the 21st century a few years early, “we see a shift from the preservation and transformation of knowledge, to the creation of knowledge itself,” in an age characterized by fiber optic highways of information unrestricted by time, space and reality, says President James J.…
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April 18, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Chester Posby found guilty but mentally ill A Washtenaw County Circuit Court jury found Chester L. Posby, 70, guilty but mentally ill of first degree murder charges April 12 for the June 1992 shooting death of John L. Kemink, professor of otorhinolaryngology, in a U-M Hospitals examining room. Posby, a retired…
