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October 23, 2000
Editor’s Note: The Regents approved the following items at their October meeting. By Mary Jo Frank, Office of the Vice President for Communications, and Jane R. Elgass Endowed, titled professorships Six faculty members were appointed to endowed or titled professorships. Mahdi Asgari, assistant professor of mathematics; Mark E.T. Dickinson, assistant professor of mathematics; and Thomas…
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October 2, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their September meeting. By Mary Jo Frank, Office of the Vice President for Communications, and Jane R. Elgass Building projects The following actions related to facilities projects on the Ann Arbor campus were taken by the Regents: Renovations of the C.C. Little and Pharmacy…
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September 25, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their September meeting. By Mary Jo Frank, Office of Communications, and Jane R. Elgass Department of Linguistics The Regents approved establishment of a Department of Linguistics in LS&A. LS&A created a Department of Linguistics in 1961 and it was reorganized into an interdisciplinary program…
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July 17, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their July meeting. By Jane R. Elgass Administrative appointments Stephen W. Director, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was reappointed the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering in the College of Engineering, effective July 1, 2001–June 30, 2006. Robert Jon Feigal, the Samuel…
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July 3, 2000
Athletic money woes fixable, Martin says By Jane R. Elgass The Athletic Department’s financial woes are “short-term and are challenges we can fix,” Bill Martin told the Regents at their June meeting. And meeting those challenges may come in several forms, including an increase in football ticket prices; consideration of such approaches as requiring a…
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June 19, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their June meeting. By Wono LeeNews and Information Services Administrative appointments Administrative appointments approved by the Regents included: Frederick R. Amrine, the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures, was reappointed chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and…
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May 22, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their May meeting. By Wono LeeNews and Information Services Appointments with tenure Tenured faculty appointments approved by the Regents included: Robert Fishman, of Rutgers University, will be professor of architecture, effective July 1. Mary N. Haan, of the University of California, Davis, will be…
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April 24, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their April meeting. By Wono LeeNews and Information Services Appointments to professorships Faculty appointments to endowed and named professorships that were approved by the Regents include: Robert Jon Feigal, professor of dentistry, will hold the Samuel D. Harris Collegiate Professorship of Dentistry, effective April…
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March 27, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their March meeting. By Wono Lee News and Information Services Fox named to endowed chair The appointment of law Prof. Merritt B. Fox to the Louis and Myrtle Moskowitz Research Professorship of Business and Law was approved, effective March 1. The professorship, established in…
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March 6, 2000
Editor’s Note: The Regents approved the following renovation projects at their February meeting. By Wono LeeNews and Information Services Elevators in Simpson Circle Parking Structure The elevators in the Simpson Circle Parking Structure, in continuous operation since they were installed in 1963, will be replaced at an estimated cost of $700,000. School of Public Health…
