January 17, 1994
Bush named to journalism committee Joan T. Bush, lecturer in communication at U-M-Dearborn, has been named to the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame Committee. The Hall of Fame, established in 1952, “recognizes reporters, editors, publishers, owners, photographers, broadcasters and educators who have made outstanding contributions to the profession.” Wu wins Brumbaugh Award C.F. Jeff Wu,…
January 17, 1994
Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statements for 1993 will be mailed this week to University regular and part-time employees who received earnings in 1993. The format of the 1993 Form W-2 has been revised significantly to comply with Internal Revenue Service W-2 uniformity requirements, according to the Payroll Office. Federal and state taxable wages listed…
January 17, 1994
The Executive Officers have endorsed a draft policy that will “begin to work toward a smoke-free campus in 1994.” The proposed policy is in response to strong evidence presented by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on the potential for carcinogenic exposure of workers to environmental tobacco smoke.…
January 17, 1994
The University commemorates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. today (Jan. 17) with dozens of symposium- and unit-sponsored events. Classes have been suspended and supervisors are encouraged to provide release time for staff to attend programs of interest to them. The symposium opens at 10:30 a.m. at Hill Auditorium with a keynote speech by…
January 17, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank LS&A has come “a long way in raising the priority and presence of undergraduate education over the past four and one-half years,” Dean Edie N. Goldenberg told her colleagues at last Monday’s LS&A faculty meeting. As part of an update on LS&A’s Undergraduate Initiative, Goldenberg announced two programs designed to improve…
January 17, 1994
Undergraduate and graduate students will have an opportunity to meet with prospective employers and graduate school representatives at the 20th Annual Minority Career Conference on Jan. 25–26. More than 80 representatives from graduate school programs, industry, government, education and social agencies are expected to attend. Career Planning and Placement personnel anticipate approximately 900 minority students…
January 17, 1994
A new book that examines how ancient codes of honor are reflected in the social discomforts of daily life will be the subject of a free public celebratory symposium at 7 p.m. Jan. 24 in Rackham Amphitheater. The book launching for Humiliation, And Other Essays on Honor, Social Discomfort, and Violence by law Prof. William…
January 17, 1994
Students who enter LS&A in fall 1994 can choose from more than three dozen courses to meet the College’s new quantitative reasoning (QR) requirement. Members of the Task Force on the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement, who developed the proposal, and others spearheading undergraduate curricular reform are optimistic that in the future students will have an even…
January 17, 1994
Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication of a Hierarchy of Virtue among the Etoro by Raymond C. Kelly, professor of anthropology. Philosophers and social theorists since the Enlightenment have pondered how to define the principal locus for the production of inequality in human society. In Constructing Inequality , Kelly challenges existing theories of social inequality in egalitarian…
January 17, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services A new study of employee health costs confirms what has been only a reasonable hunch. If enough “high health risk” employees—smokers, heavy drinkers, and couch potatoes—take action to improve their health habits, a company’s health care costs can plummet. The Fitness Research Center began the 10-year study in…
