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 11, 1993
Gilbert Ross Gilbert Ross, professor emeritus of music, died of Parkinson’s Disease here Oct. 15. He was 90. He joined the faculty in 1942 as a visiting professor of violin. The following year he was named chair of the School of Music Department of Stringed Instruments. In 1949 he founded the Stanley Quartet, serving for…
November 11, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News & Information Services Using a $1.2 million grant from Ford Motor Co., researchers at the College of Engineering will develop new simulation methods and software to help automotive engineers improve chassis durability while reducing design and development costs. The Ford grant will establish a Center for Automotive Structural Durability Simulation to…
November 11, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle What used to be a nightmare is now almost a dream come true for employees in telecommunications, thanks to some planning sessions, customer input and guidelines in quality management that advised that they listen to each other without passing judgment or trying to place blame. Information Technology Division’s (ITD) Network Systems…
November 11, 1993
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Partnerships between environmental regulators and industry would go a long way to encourage waste reduction and pollution prevention, according to a U-M alumni panel of environmental policy experts. Speaking at the Institute of Public Policy Studies’ 25th anniversary conference Oct. 22, the panel discussed whether environmental regulators should…
