September 7, 1993
Listed below are the members of the primary research faculty who have been promoted, effective Sept. 1. LS&A: Florence S. Wagner, research scientist. Medical School: Michael D. Uhler, biological chemistry, associate research scientist; Kirk A. Frey, internal medicine, Mental Health Research Institute, associate research scientist; Richard A. Altschuler, otorhinolaryngology, research scientist; Yehoash Raphael, otorhinolaryngology, assistant…
September 7, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Like boxers in training for the championship fight, U-M students and their solar car, Maize & Blue, are trimming down, psyching up and getting in shape for the “big one” in solar car racing—the World Solar Challenge across Australia that begins Nov. 7. The 21 undergraduates on the…
September 7, 1993
The Institute for the Humanities has appointed 10 Visiting Fellows for 1993–94, all of whom will work in areas relevant to the Institute’s theme, “The Geography of Identity.” Visiting fellows share in the interdisciplinary community of the Institute during visits lasting from one week to a full term, joining the seven Michigan faculty and five…
September 7, 1993
Michigan residents who look up on clear nights this September will be treated to a great view of four of our solar system’s nine planets and the Summer Triangle—a large constellation made up of three bright stars, according to astronomer Richard G. Teske. “During September, Michigan skywatchers will be able to see the Summer Triangle—a…
September 7, 1993
By Margo Schneidman Medical Center Public Relations A team of researchers from the Department of Human Genetics has used gene therapy to cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in mice. DMD is the most common childhood form of this fatal disease. As reported in the Aug. 19 issue of Nature, the researchers inserted a corrected copy…
September 7, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services America has long attracted the world’s huddled masses yearning to improve their lots. But a U-M study, the first to compare poverty-escape rates in the United States and eight other Western, industrialized nations, shatters the myth that America offers the brightest hope to those at the bottom of…
September 7, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle Faculty, staff and students returning to campus this fall may be shocked to see that the dollar amounts in their MTS accounts have fallen drastically. Beginning in July, the Information Technology Division (ITD) made changes in the rate structure for all customers except rates that were negotiated with external customers. But…
September 7, 1993
Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. will recommend to the Regents at their September meeting that Susan S. Lipschutz be named associate provost. If approved, Lipschutz will assume her new position Nov. 1. She now is assistant vice provost for academic affairs and senior associate dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies. She…
September 7, 1993
The University Record begins its 1993–94 publication schedule today (Sept. 7). Published by the Office of News and Information Services, the Record is distributed each Monday September–May, except during holiday periods, and biweekly June–August. As the University’s official publication, the Record carries articles of interest to faculty, staff and retirees, and letters to the editor…
