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April 12, 1993
Members of the Initiative on Alcohol and Other Drugs encourage individuals who received the survey on alcohol and other drugs to complete it and return it in the postage-paid envelope. “If there are questions you prefer not to answer, please skip them. We need your response,” explains Initiative member and survey designer Andrea Foote. “You…
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April 12, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services There are some striking parallels between Eleanor Roosevelt, who entered the White House in 1933, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, who moved in 60 years later. “Each was attacked and mocked in the press, but refused to be silent,” said Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of the controversial but highly…
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April 12, 1993
“In terms of general resources on both academic and work programs and other experiential programs, the Michigan office is as good as it gets,” says William Hoffa, editor of the Guide to Education Abroad for Advisers and Administrators. The book includes an article by William E. Nolting, director of the Overseas International Opportunities Office in…
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April 12, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Teaching children at home won’t make them social misfits, a U-M study suggests. The detailed study of 53 adults who were taught at home by their parents is one of the first to examine the long-term effects of home schooling—a practice now followed by as many as 300,000…
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April 12, 1993
By Harriet Teller Michigan Radio Michigan Radio’s award-winning program “Remnants,” a Holocaust remembrance, will be broadcast at 8 p.m. April 20 and 12:30 p.m. April 23. “Remnants” was awarded an honorable mention in the 18th Annual National Commendation Awards of the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television. The Michigan Radio Theatre production of…
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April 5, 1993
IF the Wolverines won their Final Four NCAA game on Saturday, fans will be able to watch the basketball team play at 8 p.m. tonight (April 5) on big screen TVs at Crisler Arena. Admission is free, on a first-come, first-served basis. The viewing and other activities, Michigan Madness ’93, have been organized by the…
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April 5, 1993
Harry A. Towsley, professor emeritus of pediatrics and communicable diseases and of postgraduate medicine, died March 31 at his home in Ann Arbor. He was 87. When he retired from the U-M in 1971, Towsley’s record of accomplishments in pediatric medicine was described by the Board of Regents as “truly astonishing in its scope.” When…
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April 5, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank “The best teaching, the teaching that has the greatest effect on students not just for the moment but in the long run, is by dedicated researchers who take their classroom responsibilities seriously and know how to convey information and the results of research and to stimulate critical thinking.” History Prof. Sidney…
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April 5, 1993
A series of seminars—The Asset Planning Conference—on pre- and post-retirement planning needs will be hosted by the Benefits Office April 12–14 at the Rackham Building. The conference seminars will focus on such topics as starting a retirement plan, preserving accumulations for estate considerations and long-term care. Seminar presentations will be made by representatives of TIAA-CREF…
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April 5, 1993
The Review Committee for the Department of Population Planning and International Health (PPIH) will hold a public forum 3–7 p.m. April 12 in the Vandenberg Room, Michigan League. The special committee appointed to review PPIH under the procedures set forth in Section 601.2 of the Standard Practice Guide will receive comments from students, staff, faculty…
