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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…
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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…
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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.…
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November 23, 1992
James C. Renick, vice provost for academic initiatives and external affairs at George Mason University, will become chancellor of the U-M-Dearborn. His appointment, effective Jan. 4, 1993, was approved by the Regents at their November meeting. He also will serve as professor of education and public administration. Bernard W. Klein has been interim chancellor at…
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November 23, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Will faculty evaluation of high level administrators help bridge what some faculty see as a widening gap between the central administration and faculty? The Task Force on Evaluation of Administrators, established last March by the Senate Advisory Committee On University Affairs (SACUA), thinks periodic evaluations—based on cooperation rather than confrontation—might help.…
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November 16, 1992
Members of the first Quality Improvement Team in the Information Technology Division (ITD) to complete its work last week said they were “sad it’s over” and that it was “exciting being a member of a pilot project.” The team members work at ITD’s Network Operations Center on North Campus. The nine members, who have met…
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November 16, 1992
By Rebecca A. Doyle Telephone lines were unusually busy the past few weeks as pollsters called the American public to find out how they would vote in the presidential election. Now that the final tallies are in and Bill Clinton is preparing to take office, things are settling back to normal. But at the Institute…
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November 16, 1992
A four-year, $1.9 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has been awarded to the School of Public Health to integrate community-based public health approaches into course work, student internships and research. The Kellogg grant supports the Detroit-Genesee Community-based Public Health Consortium, which includes the School of Public Health, the School of Social Work, the…
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November 16, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The best part about living in Ann Arbor is the people, says Moscow aircraft designer Oleg Samoilovich, who is a visiting professor in aerospace engineering this term. “People are very friendly, open and straight-forward,” Samoilovich says. “I don’t feel like I’m in a foreign country.” Samoilovich, who speaks…
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November 16, 1992
The appointment of Laura McCain Patterson as University Registrar has been announced by Mary Ann P. Swain, associate vice president for academic affairs. She will assume her new duties May 1. Patterson will succeed Douglas R. Woolley, who has served as interim registrar since the retirement of Alfred A. Stuart in June. Patterson has been…
