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February 15, 1993
Herbert J. Wilson, president of the James and Lynelle Holden Fund of Troy, has announced a gift of $1 million to the University of Michigan. The gift will support laboratories for research conducted by the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases. The new James and Lynelle Holden Neonatal Research Laboratories will be located in the…
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February 15, 1993
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services James Ingo Freed, the architect who designed the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum now under construction in Washington, D.C., will deliver the annual Raoul Wallenberg Lecture sponsored by the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at 8 p.m. Thurs. (Feb. 18) in Rackham Amphitheater. The free, public lecture…
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February 15, 1993
An exhibition of photographs of Holocaust memorials and public sculptures in Europe, Israel and the United States will be held in conjunction with the Wallenberg Lecture. The exhibition, “In Fitting Memory: Perspectives on an Evolving Tradition of Holocaust Memorials,” will be on display in the Slusser Gallery in the Art and Architecture Building Feb. 17–26.…
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February 15, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle What began more than 10 years ago as a career-oriented conference primarily for African American women at the U-M has evolved in a decade to cover such diverse topics as talking about sexual health with your children, institutional discrimination policies, cancer prevention, personal finances and success strategies for men of color.…
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February 15, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass The University’s graduate and undergraduate programs on the Ann Arbor campus have been ranked third among the nation’s “leading universities” in the latest (1993) edition of The Gourman Report. The U-M trails Princeton and Harvard for its undergraduate programs and Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, for its graduate programs.…
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February 15, 1993
Faculty and students may be returning to class the Tuesday—rather than the traditional Thursday—after Labor Day in 1994, Dean Edie N. Goldenberg told LS&A faculty members last Monday. Goldenberg added she believes a faculty and staff committee should look at the academic calendar and a number of issues related to it, including a concern among…
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February 8, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass In 1986, the University had three systems for tracking investments that were maintained independently. All involved manual entry of data from the same originating source. Five-way reconciliations had to be done each month, making it difficult to fulfill reporting requirements on a timely basis. The challenge: Find a better way to…
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February 8, 1993
Robert L. Barbret, assistant manager for invested, auxiliary and plant funds, Financial Operations, who succeeded Chip Simper as a member of the team, says that the system is working well and already has had several enhancements. He also notes that the new system “eliminated the most repetitive aspects of investment accounting, making it possible for…
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February 8, 1993
The M-Quality approach is based on seven steps to take in analyzing a problem and seeking solutions. In many cases, these steps already are being taken by us in our daily work. 1. Define the project —Define the problem in terms of a gap between what is and what should be. —Document why it is…
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February 8, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank A listening ear and advocacy, when needed, are now available at the school and college level for faculty involved in University-related disputes. The role of the new faculty ombudspersons, dubbed ombuds, is to provide “faculty colleagues with access to a prompt, impartial and confidential means for resolving differences apart from the…
