September 8, 1992
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services The role of Jews and converted Jews in Christopher Columbus’ exploration of America will be the subject of a conference here Sunday (Sept. 13). The conference, “Jews and Conversos in the Encounter,” is part of a year-long observance of the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s first voyage to the…
September 8, 1992
Transportation Services introduces its new North Campus Nite Owl service Thursday (Sept. 10). The North Campus Nite Owl will stop at the College of Engineering (north entrance of the Dow Building), North Campus Commuter Lot, Aerospace Engineering Building, Computing Center, North Campus Commons, Art and Architecture Building, Moore Building, Bursley Hall and Baits Houses. Central…
September 8, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services A U-M scientist has added a critical piece to the rapidly emerging picture of nitric oxide—a mysterious gas that appears to control blood vessel dilation, kill parasitic pathogens and regulate the transmission of nerve impulses in the brain. Michael A. Marletta, who in 1985 discovered the key role…
September 8, 1992
By Michael Harrison Medical Center Public Relations For two weeks in August, 21 health care professionals from Japan were on campus finding out about University training opportunities in geriatrics and gerontology. Japan’s population is aging faster than that of any other country because of declining birth rates and longer life spans. Japanese life expectancy is…
September 8, 1992
Paleontologist James Madsen, an expert on allosaurus and other dinosaurs that lived in western North America during the late Jurassic Period 145 million years ago, will give a seminar at 4 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 10) in Room 1300, Chemistry Building. In the mid-1960s, Madsen directed the assembly of the Exhibit Museum’s standing skeletal reconstruction of…
September 8, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services College of Pharmacy researchers have developed a biochemical “Trojan horse” designed to smuggle oral medication through gastrointestinal tract membranes and into the bloodstream before the drug is destroyed during the digestive process. In recent tests of the technique using alpha-methyldopa (marketed as Aldo-met)—a common generic drug used to…
September 8, 1992
From the Women’s Studies Program “Differences among Women: A Multicultural Research and Teaching Agenda for the Women’s Studies Program” has been awarded a $50,000 Presidential Initiatives Fund grant by President James J. Duderstadt. The grant will be matched by the Office of the Vice President for Research. In announcing the grant, Duderstadt said: “The program…
September 8, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass The appointment of three associate deans in the Office of Student Affairs will allow that unit to undertake a “thoughtful, deliberate shift” toward an organization that is committed to complementing, enhancing and promoting students’ lives outside the classroom. Dean of Students Royster Harper says the three new appointees—Richard Carter, Frank Cianciolo…
September 8, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Four out of five freshmen who enroll at the U-M this fall will graduate within six years, assuming they are as successful as recent grads. The U-M’s 83.6 percent graduation rate, which jumped more than 20 percentage points in one decade, is among the highest in the nation. Of the 4,461…
September 8, 1992
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles about M-Quality. Future articles will explore the underlying principles of the M-Quality approach, the rationale for the University’s interest in M-Quality, a look at quality teams already at work, and information on the experiences of other research universities. Comments on these articles by Record…
