September 13, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Though complimented on the outstanding records of achievement they have brought to campus, members of the class of 1997 were told last week by President James J. Duderstadt that despite their obvious academic talents, they “will be greatly challenged by this University. “Nobody ever said that a Michigan education is easy.…
September 13, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services A new Program in British Studies has been established at the University. The program, directed by history Prof. Michael P. MacDonald, will be supported by funds from the Office of International Academic Affairs and a gift from Sydney L. Mayer. MacDonald is the author of Mystical Bedlam: Madness,…
September 13, 1993
The Regents approved establishment of two professorships at their July meeting—the H. Marvin Pollard Professorship in Gastroenterology and the Amnon Rosenthal Collegiate Professorship in Pediatric Cardiology. The Pollard professorship has been endowed through a $1.2 million gift from the Shirley M. McLaughlin Trust. “Beginning in 1970 when she was referred to the U-M Hospitals, Mrs.…
September 13, 1993
Editor’s Note: See related stories on page 4 By Rebecca A. Doyle Approximately 900 new LS&A students and their parents found their way to Hill Auditorium Sept. 2 to listen to more experienced scholars talk about their undergraduate experiences. The LS&A welcome program was one of many in a week-long series of events designed to…
September 13, 1993
Vice President Farris W. Womack has announced that applications are being accepted for the 1994 Management Institute for Business and Finance staff. The intensive course is designed to provide professional and administrative staff with leadership and management training, as well as a broad perspective about the special needs of higher education. Those attending the institute…
September 13, 1993
A series of four free programs designed to help spouses/partners of recently appointed faculty with the transition process to Ann Arbor and the U-M begin next week. Offered by the Office of the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs-Personnel, this year’s program follows a successful pilot program in 1992. In addition to transition issues, the…
September 13, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Disagreements among doctors, nurses and parents about the future of the sickest newborns in the nation’s intensive care nurseries are common, according to a U-M sociologist. In 41 percent of the 75 cases studied by Prof. Renee R. Anspach, doctors, nurses or parents disagreed about whether babies should…
September 13, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services NASA has chosen a team of U-M atmospheric scientists to develop plans for an unmanned mission to Mars in 1998. Timothy L. Killeen, professor of atmospheric and space sciences and director of the Space Physics Research Laboratory, is the principal investigator of the MUADEE (Mars Upper Atmosphere Dynamics,…
September 13, 1993
MartinusVeltman honored by European Physical Society Martinus J. Veltman, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics, has been awarded the 1993 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society. McVaugh book recognized Rogers McVaugh, curator emeritus of vascular plants and professor emeritus of botany, has received the Luz Maria Villarreal de Puga…
September 13, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The appointment of Constance E. Cook as director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) will be recommended to the Board of Regents at its September meeting. If approved, she will serve as director-designate of CRLT during September and October and as director beginning Nov.…
