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…
March 28, 1994
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Water Distribution in Ancient Rome: The Evidence of Frontinus by Harry B. Evans, professor of classics, Fordham University. Over a span of several centuries, Rome supplied itself with a system of aqueducts that brought water to many neighborhoods and allowed the city to…
March 28, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank More than 1,550 evaluation forms were mailed last week to faculty members in five schools and colleges who are being asked by Senate Assembly to evaluate their deans. Professors, associate and assistant professors, research scientists, associate and assistant research scientists, and some librarians in the School of Business Administration, College of…
March 28, 1994
Laurence H. Baker has been appointed deputy director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate chief of the division of Hematology-Oncology at the Medical Center. “We are pleased to be able to attract an individual of Baker’s stature for this important post,” says Max Wicha, center director. “He will bring not only exceptional clinical research…
March 28, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass University officials announced last Friday that they will issue a permit for use of the Central Campus Diagonal to the National Organization for the Reform of the Marijuana Laws (NORML), pending the organization’s compliance with several conditions. NORML seeks to use the Diagonal on April 2 for its annual Hash Bash…
March 14, 1994
Douvan will present Russel Lecture Tuesday The 1994 Henry Russel Lecture will be delivered by Elizabeth M. Douvan, the Catharine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies, at 4 p.m. Tues. (March 15) in Rackham Amphitheater. The Russel lectureship is the highest honor the University gives to a senior faculty member. Douvan will discuss…
March 14, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass The School of Social Work has been named tops in the nation in the fifth annual “America’s Best Graduate Schools” rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The School of Public Health’s master’s degree program is ranked fifth, and the School of Music fourth. This is the first time the magazine…
