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July 6, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank “A model scientist and colleague” is how other researchers describe Greg J. Duncan, a leading scholar on poverty and income dynamics and co-director of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics project. Duncan, professor of economics, recently received the prestigious University Distinguished Research Scientist Award, which recognizes “exceptional scholarly achievement on the…
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July 6, 1993
Editor’s Note: These summaries of research projects were presented to the Regents at their June meeting by William C. Kelly, vice president for research. The material here was prepared for the Record by the staff of ResearchNews, a publication of the Division of Research Development and Administration. Getting Started: An Environmental Education Directory Teachers interested…
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July 6, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass A lively, fast-paced, information-packed presentation on the University’s M-Quality initiative at the Board of Regents’ June meeting yielded an enthusiastic, supportive response from Board members. Farris W. Womack, vice president and chief financial officer, and Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr., provost and vice president for academic affairs, briefed the Regents on the…
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July 6, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Lifted Masks and Other Works by Susan Glaspell (1882–1948), playwright and feminist, edited by Eric S. Rabkin, professor of English. This is the latest title in our Ann Arbor Paperback series. “Rarely do we meet with a writer who lifts the masks of…
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July 6, 1993
One-hour informational meetings about JOBNET, the University’s automated employment system for non-instructional staff hiring, will be held at noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the following locations: Thursday (July 8), Michigan Union Ballroom; July 12, Ford Amphitheater, University Hospital; July 13, East Room, North Campus Commons. With phase two of…
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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…
