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  1. September 28, 1992

    Moscow TV director to speak

    Mikhail Nikolaevich Selikhov, who currently is directing a series for Russian television involving mock re-trials of actual court cases, will speak on “Soviet Television in the Gorbachev Era” at 4 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 1) in Lane Hall Commons Room. The lecture will be in Russian, with English translation provided. Selikhov has held various positions with…
  2. September 28, 1992

    Change necessary if U.S. to compete successfully

    By Kathy Hulik School of Business Administration Change is the order of the day if the United States is to continue as a successful competitor, according to two speakers at the School of Business Administration’s Campaign for Michigan kickoff program on Sept. 18. Marina Whitman, Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, called…
  3. September 28, 1992

    Disabilities act prompts changes in employment rules

    By Mary Jo Frank Want to ask how a job applicant with an obvious disability became disabled? How he or she copes at home, with life? Or perhaps you’re interviewing a candidate who has a child with a disability or who does volunteer work with people with AIDS. If hired, you wonder, would the employee…
  4. September 28, 1992

    UMTRI researchers recommend reflective tape for large trucks

    By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services All large trucks in the United States may soon sport bands of candy-striped reflective tape to make them more visible at night, if recommendations of U-M researchers are adopted. A federally funded study by the U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) indicates that making trucks more conspicuous to other…
  5. September 21, 1992

    ‘Conversations with President Duderstadt’ to air this week

    The first in this year’s series of “Conversations with President Duderstadt,” designed to help inform the University and greater Ann Arbor communities about strategic issues affecting the U-M, will air on Ann Arbor Community Access TV (Channels 9) seven times over the next two weeks. This first program will focus on research issues and, in…
  6. September 21, 1992

    Scientists will be able to watch chemical reactions, biological processes

    By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Using a new research facility that will generate the brightest beams of high-energy X-rays ever produced, a team of scientists from the U-M and AT&T Bell Laboratories will be able to watch chemical reactions and biological processes as they occur. The U-M/AT&T team is one of the first…
  7. September 21, 1992

    FOIA: It covers more than you might think

    By Jane R. Elgass Remember those notes you took at a meeting on your feelings about a sensitive issue and tucked under some papers in your top drawer instead of in a file so they wouldn’t be subjected to public scrutiny? Sorry. That tactic won’t work. Under the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), enacted…
  8. September 21, 1992

    ‘Midlife crisis’ better described as ‘midlife turning points’

    By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Does the so-called “midlife crisis” really exist, or is it just a myth with a catchy name? According to U-M and Cornell University researchers who study adult psychological development, “midlife turning points” is a more accurate label and, yes, these really do exist and can have a profound…
  9. September 21, 1992

    Virginia Nordby will retire in June

    Virginia B. Nordby, who has held a number of posts in the University over the past 19 years, has announced that she will retire at the end of June 1993. She currently is the University’s chief freedom of information officer and has been an associate vice president for student affairs since January 1991. In addition,…
  10. September 21, 1992

    Authors’ readings to benefit homeless

    By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services On the first day of fall, hundreds of writers in dozens of cities across the country will give public readings to raise money to fight hunger, homelessness and illiteracy. In a related event here, English Profs. Charles M. Baxter, Nicholas F. Delbanco and Richard W. Tillinghast will read…