September 18, 1995
Regents meet this week The Regents will hold their monthly meeting beginning at 9 a.m. Thurs. (Sept. 21) in the Regents’ Room, Fleming Administration Bldg. The meeting will be convened openly but is expectd to be closed immediately pursuant to Open Meetings Act Sections 8a and 8h. The public meeting will begin at 2 p.m.…
September 18, 1995
Schmoll receives Catherine Worthingham Fellowship Beverly J. Schmoll, associate professor of physical therapy, U-M-Flint, was recently named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow. The award recognizes physical therapy professionals whose work of 15 years or more has resulted in significant advances in the science, education and practice of physical therapy. The award honors Catherine Worthingham, the first…
September 18, 1995
By Jane R. Elgass Establishment of an interdisciplinary Institute for Research on Women and Gender will be recommended to the Regents at their meeting this week. The institute will be a valuable component of the Michigan Agenda for Women, President James J. Duderstadt’s plan to make the U-M a leader among U.S. universities in promoting…
September 18, 1995
From the Information Technology Division Individuals who installed the MacConnectivityKit 2.0 between June 6 and Sept. 12 are encouraged to check their computers and any disks used in these machines for the nVIR virus. This virus is not intentionally damaging or malicious; it’s only apparent effect is to say “Don’t panic” or to beep occasionally.…
September 18, 1995
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services It’s only fitting that film scholar Gaylyn Studlar, the new director of the U-M Program in Film and Video Studies, is an accomplished cellist with two degrees in music. After all, developing strong ties with other academic areas on campus and providing students with a broad-based education are…
September 18, 1995
By Jane R. Elgass “VCM is real, it’s on track for implementation July 1, 1996.” That’s the message from the three administrators in charge of the program, who noted last week that the University remains committed to full implementation of the new approach to budgeting that was formally introduced last January. “The decision to move…
September 11, 1995
By Jared Blank A former astronaut helped new graduate students get their feet planted on the ground at last Tuesday’s graduate student convocation in Rackham Auditorium. Associate Dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and space shuttle astronaut Anthony W. England was one of a group of administrators and faculty members who…
September 11, 1995
The Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988 and the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act of 1991 require the University to notify all employees and students of specific alcohol and drug policies and programs. The acts are part of the federal government’s nationwide effort to reduce alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace. The acts…
September 11, 1995
Oct. 2 is the deadline for applications for the third round of funding of the Career Development Fund for Women Faculty, which is part of the implementation of the Michigan Agenda for Women. The fund is supported by the Presidential Initiatives Fund and provides discretionary accounts of $5,000 each. Its creation recognizes the disproportionate share…
September 11, 1995
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The U-M is doing its part to guarantee that tomorrow’s engineers—the technical experts who design our cars, manage our manufacturing plants and create new bioengineered drugs and medical devices—are much more likely to be women. Just over 30 percent of the more than 1,000 first-year students enrolled in…
