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,…
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…
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…
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,…
October 5, 1992
Richard W. BaileyRegents’ Award for Distinguished Public Service Richard Bailey is that model educator who demands that the university exist not in and for itself but for the growing good of the world. Throughout his career he has continually brought his scholarly interests in language and pedagogy to bear on real social problems. Professor Bailey…
October 5, 1992
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services The University has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for truck and transit research and educational programs. Gov. John Engler and President James J. Duderstadt formally acknowledged receipt of the grant in a ceremony at the U-M Transportation Research Institute on Sept.…
October 5, 1992
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Servcies Half of a coffee can or sewing box scraps and buttons in a major art and architecture exhibition? Sure enough, demonstrates “Surfaces and Structures,” a showcase of new works—many of them comprised of unusual media—by faculty and students of the School of Art and the College of Architecture…
October 5, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Horrified, the 10-year old girl watched her father attack her mother with a claw hammer. She quickly called 911, and police interrupted the assault. “She really saved her mother’s life,” says Susan McGee, executive director of the Domestic Violence Project/Safe House. The little girl had learned about calling 911 at Kids…
October 5, 1992
The Native American Student Association (NASA) has scheduled a full slate of panels, lectures and performances to help the University community “Discover Native America on Columbus Day” this month. Activities include: Oct. 7 Racism exhibition of commonplace objects, logos, pictures and advertisements that are acceptable to the dominant society but are offensive to Native Americans,…
October 5, 1992
Sports medicine organization cites Wojtys’ paper Edward Wojtys, associate professor, Department of Surgery, and Laura Huston received the 1992 O’Donoghue Sports Injury Research Award from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for their paper “Neuromuscular Performance in Normal and Anterior Cruciate Deficient Lower Extremities.” The award recognizes outstanding clinical or laboratory research efforts applicable…
