March 28, 1994
Three receive grants from arts groups Michael K. Daugherty, Gay Delanghe and Peter D. Sparling have received funds from the Creative Artist Grant Program, a partnership program of the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs. Daugherty is associate professor of music. His grant funds a new composition…
March 28, 1994
The Michigan Journalism Fellows program will develop the nation’s first mid-career fellowship program in education reporting with a three-year, $165,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Fellowships, which are part of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, will operate the program in cooperation with the School of Education.…
March 28, 1994
The University Library has been awarded a second year of funding by the U.S. Department of Education’s Title II-C program for a project to catalog 5,500 retrospective serial titles from the Labadie Collection in the Special Collections Library. The budget for year two is $81,850. The Labadie Collection is known for its extensive materials on…
March 28, 1994
By Kristen Lidke Finn Medical Center Public Relations It’s the biggest game of the year. Although halftime is almost over, there’s still a long line of people behind you waiting for their turn in the restroom. You finally get up to a urinal and… nothing happens. No matter how hard you try, it’s a fumble.…
March 28, 1994
Avern Carroll, professor of anthropology, was given the emeritus title by the Regents at their March meeting. When Carroll joined the U-M in 1972, “he had an international reputation, both as a leading comparativist of the languages, societies, cultures, and populations of the South Pacific, and as an innovator in anthropological fieldwork methodologies,” the Regents…
March 28, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Adding finely ground shale to barrier or “slurry” walls appears to be an inexpensive and effective way to retard the spread of toxic contaminants from landfills and hazardous waste sites, according to U-M researchers. “Natural shale could prove to be an ideal material for use in slurry walls…
March 28, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Thomas M. Dunn, Ronald J. Lomax and Alfredo Montalvo will begin serving three-year terms on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) May 1. Dunn and Montalvo were elected at the March 21 Senate Assembly meeting to succeed John Birge and George Cameron. Lomax, who is completing a one-year term,…
March 28, 1994
In the early treatment sessions, the therapist stands outside the restroom and reassures the patient that no one will enter. Once the patient is calm enough to start urinating, the therapist gradually moves closer and closer. Eventually the patient is able to use a urinal even as the therapist stands directly behind him. “I might…
March 28, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Thanks to increased traffic-safety efforts in Michigan, more and more automobile drivers and motorcyclists are taking measures to protect themselves on roadways, according to a U-M study. Researchers stationed at 168 intersections and freeway exits throughout the state last fall observed 64.4 percent of drivers and front-seat passengers…
March 28, 1994
Black Law Students Alliance symposium will examine civil rights in the ’90s “Civil Rights in the 1990s: Where Are We Now? Where Should We Go?” will be addressed at the Sixth Annual Symposium of the U-M Black Law Students Alliance April 8–9 at the Law School. Topics will include the efficacy of the Voting Rights…
