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January 17, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Nearly one-half of all Americans between the ages of 15 and 54 have experienced an episode of psychiatric disorder at some time in their lives, and nearly 30 percent have had such an episode at some time in the last year, according to the first national survey to…
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January 17, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services A multi-media tribute to 20th-century Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich will take place at the U-M Jan. 25–30, with the world-renowned Borodin String Quartet performing the complete Shostakovich String Quartet Cycle over five consecutive nights. The concerts are presented by the University Musical Society (UMS), in conjunction with a…
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January 10, 1994
Jackie R. McClain, director of human resources at the University of Kansas, will be recommended to the Board of Regents as the executive director for human resources and affirmative action, to be effective Feb. 15. In announcing the recommendation, Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. and Farris W. Womack, executive vice president and chief financial officer,…
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January 10, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle The President’s Advisory Commission on Women’s Issues has issued a summary report of responses from senior women faculty to questions about the environment at the U-M and what they perceive to be barriers or supportive structures in that environment. Twenty-four senior women faculty responded to the invitation to participate in focus…
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January 10, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The second of a special two-part Michigan Quarterly Review (MQR) devoted to the male body is now available. The winter 1994 edition contains essays, fiction, poetry and graphics examining male sexuality; body image; aging; puberty; AIDS; and the male body in contemporary art, science fiction and Hollywood cinema.…
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January 10, 1994
Michigan sky watchers will have no trouble picking out the brilliant stars that make up Orion, the constellation of the Great Hunter, in January’s evening skies, according to astronomer Richard G. Teske. “Orion shows us colorful examples of stars that astronomers designate red, white and blue,” Teske says. “Decide for yourself if each star’s color…
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January 10, 1994
Every day, 16 hours per day for two years, hundreds of University Hospital staff members tirelessly toiled toward a common goal: the designation of Uni-versity Hospital as a level-one trauma center. Following a grueling evaluation process by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the hospital in July became one of four in Michigan to attain…
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January 10, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank LS&A faculty members are expected to approve today a quantitative reasoning requirement for all LS&A students, beginning with those who enter in fall 1994. The LS&A faculty meeting begins at 4:10 p.m. in Auditorium B, Angell Hall. Last April, LS&A faculty passed “in principle” a proposal from the Task Force on…
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January 10, 1994
Ada Sue Hinshaw, director of the National Institute for Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will be recommended to the Board of Regents at their January meeting as dean of the School of Nursing. Her appointment would be for a five-year term, effective July 1, 1994. In announcing the recommendation, Provost Gilbert…
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January 10, 1994
J. Robert Willson J. Robert Willson, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1964–78, died Dec. 17. He was 81. Willson chaired the department through some strong growth years and was noted for his teaching—much of which is remembered through quotations. When asked about his treatment of prolonged labor, he said “I prevent…
