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July 19, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Roughly one out of four of us may choose to feel bad rather than feel nothing at all, according to preliminary research at the University. Such a choice may depend in part on an inherent regulator in the brain called a “stimulus intensity modulation mechanism,” according to Randy…
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July 19, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski New and Information Services A U-M experiment on the space shuttle Endeavour, launched in late June, will help scientists learn more about what happens when liquids boil. The objective of the experiment, according to Herman Merte Jr., professor of mechanical engineering, is to understand the basic mechanisms that control what scientists call…
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July 19, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services A high molecular weight cellulose derivative may turn out to be a safe and highly effective new drug for lowering cholesterol, according to Jennifer B. Dressman, associate professor of pharmaceutics and leader of research on the compound at the College of Pharmacy. Three studies conducted at the Clinical…
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July 19, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services A U-M researcher studying artemisinin, an ancient Chinese fever remedy now recognized as an effective anti-malarial drug, has discovered the biochemical mechanism that makes it work. The drug turns the malaria parasite’s food into poison. Steven R. Meshnick, a parasitologist at the School of Public Health, also reports…
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July 6, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass When it rains, it pours, it has been said, and that sentiment was likley echoed June 24 by organizers of the Recognition and Awards Program of the Association of Black Professionals and Administrators (ABPA). Geared up June 24 to hear a keynote presentation by Sen. Jackie Vaughn III, recognize 145 African…
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July 6, 1993
Not all unexpected packages are welcome gifts, particularly if they come with lots of extra postage. Following recent mail bombings at Yale University and the University of California, San Francisco, Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Leo J. Heatley says his office has received calls from faculty and staff about what they should do if…
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July 6, 1993
Out of the night that covers me. Black as the Pit from pole to pole. I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.’ William Ernest Henley Citing Henley’s poem, Henry Johnson told those attending the Association of Black Professionals and Administrators Recognition and Awards program that preparation of one’s spirit, of one’s soul,…
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July 6, 1993
Theodore L. Spencer will be recommended to the University of Michigan Board of Regents at its July meeting as director of undergraduate admissions. His appointment, if approved, will be effective Aug. 1. Spencer has served as interim director since June 1992, succeeding Richard Shaw. “It is with a great deal of pleasure that I recommend…
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July 6, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Their messages were short, sweet and similar: salary, salary, salary. Chairs of the Committees on the Economic Status of the Faculty (CESF) for each of the U-M’s campuses urged the Regents at their June meeting to develop “appropriate “ salary programs for faculty this year. “CESF believes wholeheartedly that a salary…
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July 6, 1993
Ted Spencer already has under development a number of new initiatives designed to strengthen the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the University’s recruiting activities. These include: Implementing continued strategies to personalize the recruitment process for prospective students. Reinforcing and managing significant, consistent empowering, one-to-one contact with prospective, admitted and enrolling underrepresented students. Implementing an on-line…
