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June 19, 1995
The University Record, June 19, 1995 Much workplace violence is preventable, say U-M experts By Julie A. Peterson A recently fired employee returns to exact revenge with an assault rifle; a disgruntled customer expresses his dissatisfaction with a shooting spree. Incidents such as these receive splashy newspaper headlines, striking fear in our hearts and leaving…
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June 19, 1995
The University Record, June 19, 1995 Clarke wins Sokol Award Roy Clarke, professor of physics and director of the Applied Physics Program, has received the 1995 Margaret and Herman Sokol Faculty Award. In congratulating Clarke, John H. D’Arms, dean of the Rackham School of Graduate Studies, wrote that Clarke’s nomination “furnished an impressive illustration of…
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June 19, 1995
The University Record, June 19, 1995 Whitaker delivers final speech to Senate Assembly Editor’s Note: Gilbert R. Whitaker, Jr. delivered his final speech as provost to the Senate Assmebly on May 15. Members of the Senate Assembly, friends, former friends, future friends, enemies, former enemies, and future enemies, colleagues and others. I am pleased to…
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June 19, 1995
The University Record, June 19, 1995 Regents warned of cuts in federal funds for research, financial aid By Rebecca A. Doyle The University can expect federal funding for research and student financial aid programs to level off or decrease for the 1996-97 fiscal year. That was the message Regents heard from University administrators at the…
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June 19, 1995
The University Record, June 19, 1995 Clements Library holds piece of Wright brothers’ first flight By Joanne Nesbit A piece of the machine that allowed man to make the first free, controlled and sustained flight has landed at the Clements Library. The one-by-two-inch piece of fabric from the original wing covering of the historic Kitty…
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June 19, 1995
The University Record, June 19, 1995 Laser eye surgery makes debut at Medical Center The excimer laser, already used with promising results in Canada, Australia, Germany and elsewhere to correct nearsightedness and astigmatism, has arrived at the Medical Center. The Kellogg Eye Center is the only center in Michigan and one of 20 nationwide testing…
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June 19, 1995
The University Record, June 19, 1995 Clements Library exhibit features accounts of yellow fever epidemic of 1793 through the end of June By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services The Clements Library is exhibiting newspaper accounts, maps, engravings, minute books, pamphlets and personal letters documenting the horrendous yellow fever epidemic that struck Philadelphia in 1793,…
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June 19, 1995
The University Record, June 19, 1995 No more grades: new approaches to assessment replace standard tests and report cards in a growing number of schools By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Growing numbers of school children today are being assessed in ways that link the process of evaluation with teaching and learning more effectively…
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June 5, 1995
WORKPLACE OF THE ’90S The University Record, June 5, 1995 Teens want to know more than just plumbing, Hacker says By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services They don’t want a class in “plumbing,” says Sylvia Hacker, associate professor emeritus of community health nursing and of population planning and international health, who spoke at the…
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June 5, 1995
The University Record, June 5, 1995 WORKPLACE OF THE ’90S Best way to survive stress is to control your reaction to it By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services “What brought you here this afternoon?” asked HRD consultant Christine Carlsen-Jones at the start of her Workplace of the ’90s seminar on Keeping Cool with the…
