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February 28, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services U-M scientists studying the loss of stratospheric ozone, the rise in ground-level UV-B radiation, and the impact of UV-B on plants, animals and human health will have some new instruments in their tool kit this spring. In April, the Biological Station in Pellston will join with nine other…
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February 28, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Michigan football returns to WUOM this fall. Walter Harrison, vice president for university relations, reported to the Regents at their February meeting that as part of Michigan Radio’s efforts to strengthen its connections to the University community, WUOM will cover U-M football and focus more attention on academics and student affairs.…
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February 28, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Faculty at research universities such as the U-M are literally “creating tomorrow,” Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. recently testified at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education hearing. The U-M is developing society’s leaders for the future, and the ideas and technologies that will characterize that future, Whitaker explained. Also speak-ing…
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February 28, 1994
Media, politics and the often-troubled relationship between the two will be explored in the 1994 free, public Cook Lectures on American Institutions March 7–8 in Room 250, Hutchins Hall. “Media and Politics: Three Perspectives” will feature media critics Roger Wilkins, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Todd Gitlin. Wilkins, journalist, lawyer, professor and commentator, will examine “How…
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February 28, 1994
How big? How many? How does it compare? These are a few of the many questions about the University that are answered in Facts About Michigan, prepared by News and Information Services as a reference source. The 155-page book contains information about the University in nine categories: Budget, Dimensions, Firsts, Gifts, Media, Rankings, Research Advances,…
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February 7, 1994
CEW workshop looks at proposal writing “Proposal Writing and Grant Seeking,” a workshop designed primarily for post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty and doctoral students, will meet 9–11:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at the Center for the Education of Women (CEW), 330 E. Liberty St. Workshop topics include locating research sponsors and organizing and writing effective proposals for…
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February 7, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle “The performance of the technology is way, way, way out in front of our understanding of how to use it,” Daniel E. Atkins III told his audience at the second lecture in the Rackham Conversations on Academic Priorities series. His talk, “Creating the Future: Information Technology and the Mission of the…
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February 7, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services What Michigan voters and physicians think about aid-in-dying will be the topic of a survey this spring by the Institute for Social Research (ISR). The survey is funded by the Michigan Health Care Education and Research Foundation (MHCERF), the research and philanthropic affiliate of Blue Cross and Blue…
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February 7, 1994
F. Thomas Juster, research scientist in the Institute for Social Research’s Survey Research Center and professor of economics, will present the University Senior Research Scientist Lecture at 4 p.m. Feb. 14 in Rackham Amphitheater. He will discuss “Microdata, Economic Theory, and the Production of Scientific Knowledge: Recent Innovations in Measurement Strategies and Some Speculations about…
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February 7, 1994
The Medical Center has been named one of the nation’s top 10 academic medical centers, according to a study released by Baltimore-based HCIA Inc., a leading health care information company, and Mercer Management Consulting. In another study, 87 U-M physicians are included in the 1993–94 edition of The Best Doctors in America, some for more…
