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November 9, 1992
Gene D. Cohen, acting director of the National Institute on Aging, will deliver the 13th annual Winkelman Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 12) in Rackham Amphitheater. Cohen will discuss “Understanding Creative Potential in Later Life: Impact on Research, Practice and Policy.” A specialist in geriatric psychiatry, Cohen has held a number of national…
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November 9, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank “We’re good enough this year. We’re going to do everything in harmony,” director James Nissen promises the choir as they launch into a few bars of Michael S. Burn’s “Family.” Rehearsing for a Jan. 18 performance at the Business and Finance Department’s Martin Luther King Day celebration, members of the Diversity…
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November 2, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services A U-M chemist has developed the first ultrasmall fiber-optic sensor capable of monitoring chemical properties within a living cell. With a tip visible only under magnification, the new sensor is 1,000 times smaller than existing fiber-optic sensors and responds in milliseconds, or 100 times faster than current optical…
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November 2, 1992
Kallie Bila Michels Cancer Center Public Relations Researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a protein that has the potential to determine the prognosis of sarcoma patients. Paul S. Meltzer, assistant professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases and of radiation oncology, and his colleagues say the finding is especially important because it may have…
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November 2, 1992
Media critic Jean Kilbourne will kick off the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (Nov. 8–13) at U-M with a presentation on alcohol advertising 8 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 8) in Auditorium 3, Modern Languages Building. The writer, lecturer and documentary filmmaker will present “Under the Influence: The Pushing of Alcohol Via Advertising,” a lecture and slide…
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November 2, 1992
By Rebecca A. Doyle Lois Moses likes people. Through her work in the admissions office of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, she meets lots of people, including international students, and enjoys them all. But that isn’t enough. Each week, Moses volunteers her time to Respite Volunteers of Washtenaw, through Catholic Social Services.…
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November 2, 1992
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services Minority student enrollment on the Ann Arbor campus continues to climb, according to a report released last Wednesday. Fall enrollment figures show that the number of minority students has grown to 7,097, or 21.4 percent of the student body. This is a significant increase from last year’s number…
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November 2, 1992
By Leslie Stainton Museum of Art Clifton Olds, the Edith Cleaves Barry Professor of the History and Criticism of Art at Bowdoin College, will deliver this year’s Doris Sloan Memorial Lecture at the Museum of Art at 8 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 7) in Auditorium B, Angell Hall. Olds, who formerly was associate professor of the…
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November 2, 1992
Nursing educators and practitioners from across the country were in Ann Arbor recently to honor U.S. Rep. Carl D. Pursell, R-Plymouth, as a leading congressional advocate for nursing, health care and education. “Since 1979, when a national coalition of nursing faculty and students worked successfully with his office to spearhead a fight to protect federal…
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November 2, 1992
By Harriet Teller Michigan Radio Michigan Radio will begin its 10-day Autumn Drive on Nov. 10. This year’s drive has a goal of $160,000. While Michigan Radio is a broadcast service of the University, contributions from listeners cover almost 40 percent of the station’s operating expenses. “Fund raising is very serious business and crucial to…
