October 26, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass New College of Engineering employees will receive a warmer welcome that they might have in the past thanks to the efforts of some of their colleagues. This Thursday, the College will host an inaugural orientation session for the its approximately 100 new staff members. The need for such a program was…
October 26, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank The Senate Assembly’s Legal Advisory Council is expected to be up and running by early next year. The Assembly voted unanimously Oct. 19 to create a Legal Advisory Council to provide information to faculty members involved in disputes that may lead to legal action. The council will provide faculty members an…
October 19, 1992
Business Week magazine has ranked the School of Business Administration as one of the top five business schools in the country. In its new survey of M.B.A. programs, the magazine ranked the U-M number five, up two slots from its 1990 ranking. Ranked higher were Northwestern University (1), the University of Chicago (2), Harvard University…
October 19, 1992
In discussing the University’s 1993–94 state budget request with members of the Board of Regents last week, U-M officials underscored “the special role played by research universities, and the U-M in particular, as a `direct’ force for economic development and growth, besides its basic function of training tomorrow’s citizens and leaders.” They urged that “this…
October 19, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass Implementation of the Statement on Student Rights and Responsibilities is on hold for the time being after several Regents raised concerns in a number of areas. A draft version—revised from version 12.2 that was published in the Oct. 19 Record—was presented to the Regents for their information at last week’s meeting…
October 19, 1992
By Rebecca A. Doyle Avoiding cost increases and improving the quality of service were the goals of the Michigan Research Libraries Triangle (MRLT) when it began a collaborative effort last year to share the journal resources of libraries at Michigan State University, Wayne State University and the U-M. “No library can stand alone any more,”…
October 19, 1992
By Laurie Fenlason Office of University Relations U-M Washington office director Thomas E. Butts last week described the 1991–92 federal legislative session as “one of the most difficult years ever” to secure funding for discretionary programs. He noted that efforts to shift defense spending to domestic programs failed repeatedly, and predicted that researchers, students and…
October 19, 1992
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services The monuments that once stood as paeans to communism could, with a little work, be transformed to send a new message to future generations, according to Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, Russian emigre artists who will participate in next week’s conference “Utopian Revisions.” The visiting artists will present…
October 19, 1992
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services U-M scientists have discovered two new drugs which may prove highly effective in the fight against HCMV (human cytomegalovirus). HCMV can lead to blindness in AIDS patients and pneumonia in bone marrow transplant patients. The virus is also a leading cause of birth defects in the United States.…
October 19, 1992
Dearborn’s Papazian joins international panel Denis Papazian, professor of history and director of the Armenian Research Center at U-M-Dearborn, has been asked to join an international panel, Roundtable on the Transcaucasus. The panel will bring together government officials, academic experts and representatives from international institutions to discuss the policy challenges posed by the dissolution of…
