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October 19, 1992
New guidelines for the assignment of the indirect costs of research will be the focus of three open meetings the week of Nov. 2 that all members of the University community are encouraged to attend. The guidelines were prepared by the Joint Administrative/Faculty Task Force on Indirect Costs and are designed to help the University…
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October 19, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass Frances R. Aparicio, associate professor of Spanish and of American culture; Donald E. Riggs, dean of the University Library; and Kyra D. Gaunt, a doctoral pre-candidate in ethnomusicology, have been named co-chairs of the 1993 Martin Luther King Day Symposium planning committee. Scheduled for Jan. 18, program activities will reflect the…
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October 19, 1992
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services While the University faculty “is committed to change, to discovery, to new ways of understanding our world,” it is necessary to recognize that “our students are moving in other directions and experiencing changes that are giving them a different sense of what they want from the University experience,…
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October 19, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass Though criticized by some as a low blow to morale of University employees who had no salary increase this year, John Forsyth thinks that the M-$hare program at University Hospitals was the right thing to do at the right time. And he points out that the program is not and never…
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October 19, 1992
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Anthony Grafton, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History at Princeton University, will present the 28th annual Jerome Lecture Series Oct. 21–Nov. 2 at the Rackham Building. Grafton’s lecture series is titled “How the Humanists Read the Classics: Studies in the Arts of Interpretation.” Grafton has written about…
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October 19, 1992
Eight candidates, including one incumbent, are running for two seats on the Board of Regents in the Nov. 2 elections. Regents are elected for eight-year terms. Incumbent Neal D. Nielsen, a Republican, is seeking re-election. He has served on the Board since 1984. The other open seat currently is held by Regent Veronica Latta Smith,…
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October 19, 1992
Computers and fluorescent light fixtures were humming along last Wednesday afternoon. A minute later all was quiet. About half of the University’s buildings were affected by a 20-minute power outage, which began at 3:20 p.m. Director of Utilities Kenneth H. Beaudry attributed the temporary loss of power to “something being inadvertently tripped” during routine maintenance…
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October 19, 1992
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The School of Nursing will host “An Evening to Honor Carl D. Pursell” at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at Weber’s Inn to benefit the Carl D. Pursell Nursing Research Fund at the U-M. Pursell, who has represented Michigan’s 2nd Congressional District since 1977, is retiring Jan. 1. “Carl…
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October 19, 1992
A collection of orchestral and ensemble pieces composed, conducted and, for the most part, performed by African Americans inaugurated the first season of the Black Art Series last Monday. But that is not the important thing about this concert series, says C. Earl Coleman Jr, associate professor of music and assistant dean for minority affairs…
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October 19, 1992
Ingalls Mall in front of the Rackham Building will be the site of a program and rally tonight (Oct. 19) for Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton. Clinton will be accompanied by his wife, Hillary, former Gov. James Blanchard, and Congressman William D. Ford, D-Taylor. Entertainment will begin at 8:30 p.m., followed by the rally at…
