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March 1, 1993
Opening her lecture, titled “Dirty Minds, Dirty Bodies, Clean Speech,” on an autobiographical note, Catharine Stimpson said that prior to her tenure review she was devoted to the First Amendment and academic freedom. That devotion, she recalled, was “strong but theoretical, casual, even lazy.” Although her struggle for tenure in the early 1970s was long…
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March 1, 1993
Holocaust survivor Solomon Perel will give the keynote speech for B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation’s 14th Annual Conference on the Holocaust at 8 p.m. March 18 at Hillel, 1429 Hill St. Perel, the man upon which Europa, Europa is based, will give the Michael M. Bernstein Memorial Lecture. A short commemorative service in memory of those…
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March 1, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass A letter from Housing Division staff members protesting the “promotion of gay/lesbian lifestyles occurring in residence halls at the University of Michigan” triggered a clash between Regent Deane Baker and president James J. Duderstadt at the February Regents’ meeting. Just prior to a vote on a resolution stating the Regents’ support…
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March 1, 1993
Faculty will face a more complicated election than usual when they chose four representatives to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) March 15 from a field of nine nominees. A faculty Nominating Committee presented a slate of eight candidates at the Feb. 15 Senate Assembly meeting. Usually six candidates compete for three three-year…
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March 1, 1993
The University’s commitment “to creating a diverse community in which individuals are not harassed, excluded or made to feel uncomfortable because of their sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, lifestyle or political beliefs” was reaffirmed by the Housing Division in a letter to the seven staff members who protested displays and activities in the residence halls…
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March 1, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Calling the handling of the proposed closing of the Department of Population Planning and International Health (PPIH) a “flagrant disregard of policy,” department Chair Yuzuru J. Takeshita called upon the Board of Regents to encourage the University administration and School of Public Health Dean June E. Osborn to admit error. Takeshita…
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March 1, 1993
Kirkland & Ellis, a Chicago-based national law firm, and its partners who are U-M alumni, will contribute $1.2 million to the Law School to endow a professorship. Pending approval by the Regents, the endowed chair will be named the Kirkland & Ellis Professorship of Law. “The U-M Law School is delighted to receive this generous…
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March 1, 1993
The recommended procedures for discontinuing academic programs outlined in Standard Practice Guide 601.2 are as follows: 1. From time to time, the Dean and/or Executive Committee of a School or College or the governing faculty of that unit or the Vice President for Academic Affairs may consider that a particular program may no longer be…
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March 1, 1993
“Esther before Ahasuerus” left the studio of Italian Baroque master Il Guercino in 1639. More than 350 years later, the painting of the Old Testament queen will be reunited with five of the six original drawings Guercino made. Drawings on loan from collections at Oxford Uni-versity; Melbourne, Australia; and Arkansas join this work from the…
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March 1, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Book lovers and collectors will have the rare opportunity to buy—at bargain prices—new and used volumes from the collections of the University Library at the its book sale Saturday (March 6) in the Reference/Reading Room of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. About 80 percent of the more than…
