November 22, 1993
The Regents have removed the restriction on the University’s equity investments in companies operating in South Africa. The restriction in support of anti-apartheid efforts, in place since 1983, was removed at their November meeting. The Board adopted a resolution, noting, among other things: “Nelson Mandela, the leader of the African National Congress, in an address…
November 22, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass By the end of this month, more than 1,900 members of the University community will have provided input on issues related to a flexible benefits plan through participation in 195 focus group sessions that began in September and were held on various Ann Arbor campuses, at the Medical Center, and at…
November 22, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services The National Center for Pollution Prevention at the U-M has received an AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship to advance the Center’s education and research activities in the emerging field of industrial ecology. The $50,000 fellowship, one of six awarded nationally, builds upon an existing research collaboration between AT&T…
November 15, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The Institute for Social Research (ISR) has received a grant of nearly $2 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to continue ISR’s National Drug Abuse Treatment System Survey through 1994. The survey, which evaluates the operations of a national sample of 550 drug treatment units, was…
November 15, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass The University and community will receive “an extraordinary gift of education and culture” this week during the residency of the Stratford Theatre Festival company. The group’s one-week stay here is the result of a luncheon conversation Kenneth C. Fischer had two and one-half years ago with Anne Charles, the Canadian general…
November 15, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Five staff members were honored at the second annual Business and Finance Distinguished Staff Award ceremony and dinner Nov. 8 at the Oxford Conference Center. Those honored for unusual and exemplary service to the University and for outstanding achievements in their work were Judy Ash, administrative associate, Purchasing and Stores; Jimmy…
November 15, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Human Adaptation and Accommodation, Enlarged and Revised Edition of Human Adaptation, by A. Roberto Frisancho, research scientist, Center for Human Growth and Development, and professor of anthropology. Human Adaptation: A Functional Interpretation has long been the standard for understanding the mechanisms of human…
November 15, 1993
The Stratford Theatre Festival company’s residency on the Ann Arbor campus this week includes a number of public events. Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest will be presented at 8 p.m. Tues. (Nov. 16) and 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wed. (Nov. 17) at the Power Center for the Performing Arts. Also scheduled is…
November 15, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle Do you have windows that need washing? Carpets that must be cleaned before 7 a.m.? Special clean-ups that need to be done after construction projects are completed? Plant Department’s Building Services division has formed an eight-person team that responds to customer requests for custodial services not generally provided by Building Services.…
November 15, 1993
Editor’s Note: To provide a perspective for this week’s groundbreaking ceremonies, the Record reviews Ann Arbor campus construction in the past decade and looks ahead to future projects on pages 7–11. Under a theme of “Building on Tradition,” the University will hold groundbreaking ceremonies Friday (Nov. 19) for three Central Campus buildings—East Engineering Building renovation,…
