January 11, 1993
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Dec. 21 issued a violation notice against the University and proposed a fine for a small, low-level radioactive materials spill in a Medical School research lab in September. A fine of $3,750 was set for a Class III (midrange) violation by the NRC for an incident Sept. 11…
January 11, 1993
Bernard Lafayette, president of the American Baptist College and a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, will speak Sunday (Jan. 17) as part of the Program on Studies in Religion’s free, public Visiting Professor of Religious Thought Series. Lafayette, pastor of Progressive Baptist Church in Nashville, is scheduled to speak at 5:45 p.m. in…
November 23, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Achieving an appropriate balance between rigid academic disciplines and riskier interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship is one of the major challenges facing the modern university, according to President James J. Duderstadt. Speaking to Senate Assembly Nov. 16 on “Redrawing the Boundaries: Developing a Structure for the New Intellectual Realities”, Duderstadt said that…
November 23, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass In a 6-2 vote last week the Board of Regents approved implementation on an interim basis of “The University of Michigan’s Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities,” effective Jan. 1 for one year. It will be reevaluated in February 1994. Regents Deane Baker and Veronica Latta Smith opposed adoption of the…
November 23, 1992
Ninety-eight Rackham Merit Fellows, the largest number of students as a group to achieve candidacy in their pursuit of doctoral degrees, were honored at a reception last week at the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies last week. Warren H. Whatley, associate dean for graduate recruitment and support, congratulated the fellows on “achieving this…
November 23, 1992
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) and LS&A have awarded the 1992–93 CRLT-LS&A Postdoctoral Fellowships to nine assistant professors to help them devote time to develop courses that they then will teach. “The awards give some counterweight to the pressure junior faculty feel to focus…
November 23, 1992
Information on the racial makeup of the Ann Arbor campus faculty this year is found in a report that provides a “snapshot” look at the racial/ethnic makeup of the faculty and includes data on the hiring of new minority faculty. Numbers in the “snapshot” reflect instructional staff who were on campus and in the staff…
November 23, 1992
New indirect cost rate for federally sponsored research The University has recently completed its protracted negotiations with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regarding the indirect cost rate applicable to federally sponsored research projects for FY 1992-93. Effective immediately, the indirect cost rate applicable to all research proposals submitted to federal agencies is…
November 23, 1992
Michigan Radio’s Autumn Drive fund-raising drive, which surpassed its goal last Wednesday, raised $183,000. Michigan Radio officials had promised to end what was to be a 10-day drive when the $160,000 goal was reached. Although no requests were made for contributions after 7:15 p.m. Nov. 18—the ninth day of the drive—an additional $2,000 was pledged…
November 23, 1992
Bob Weisbuch is “thrilled” by the diversification of the Department of English Language and Literature faculty. “It’s made our lives 100 times better. We have a much more high power faculty, we’re encouraged to read new texts, try new approaches. There is a strong will among the faculty to reconsider everything and allow for change.…
