April 19, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Palmyra and Its Empire: Zenobia’s Revolt Against Rome by Richard Stoneman, senior editor of classical studies and travel at Routledge. This is the first comprehensive historical treatment in any language of Roman Syria, the revolt of Zenobia, and the city of Palmyra. Stoneman…
April 19, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle “Each one of us here tonight represents hundreds of other students who are doing this kind of thing,” said Jennifer Bastress, a senior in the School of Nursing and one of four recipients of the Faculty Award for Distinguished Student Community Service Learning. Of the 20 students nominated, Bastress; Joel F.…
April 19, 1993
Four College of Engineering faculty members have been named to endowed professorships: Yoram Koren, professor of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, also will hold the Paul G. Goebel Professorship of Engineering. Fawwaz T. Ulaby, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, also will be the R. Jamison and Betty Williams Professor of Engineering. Kensall D.…
April 19, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank As homework assignments go, it’s a tough one: create courses in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities to meet a proposed new quantitative reasoning requirement for all LS&A students. The courses must be intellectually rigorous yet attractive enough to entice the 25 percent of LS&A students who systematically avoid math.…
April 19, 1993
Student tickets for the University of Michigan spring commencement May 1 at Michigan Stadium will be distributed beginning April 26. Commencement ceremonies featuring first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as speaker will start at 11 a.m. All persons attending must have tickets to enter the stadium. The all-University program will be open to graduating students from…
April 19, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services The University has received a $1.35 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand and enhance a watershed studies program that links secondary school students and teachers throughout the world. The three-year grant will enable the Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) to develop the Teacher…
April 19, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass While many people believe there has been a great deal of progress in enhancing the status of underrepresented minorities since the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, this is not the case, according to Harold R. Johnson, special counsel to the president. In fact, Johnson says, he has a “passionate concern…
April 12, 1993
By Cindy Fox Aisen Medical Center Public Relations Francis S. Collins, co-discoverer of the genes for cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis and Huntington’s disease, has been named to head the National Center for Human Genome Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). His appointment was announced April 7 by Donna Shalala, secretary of Health and Human…
April 12, 1993
School of Music Dean Paul C. Boylan will be recommended to the Regents in May to serve as vice provost for the arts. If approved, his appointment will be effective July 1. In making the recommendation, Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. notes that the appointment is a collateral one, similar to that of John H.…
April 12, 1993
By Sharon S. Drobny Cancer Center Public Relations Researchers at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, along with scientists at Washington University in St. Louis, have found that a particular gene reverses the cancer-like growth characteristics of human melanoma cells. Melanoma is an often fatal form of skin cancer whose incidence is increasing faster than any…
