October 24, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Five journalists have been named 1994–95 Ted Scripps Environmental Journalism Fellows at the U-M. They began a year of study of environmental science and policy and journalism practice in September. The fellows are: Janina de Guzman, a staff writer for the Japan Times. A Princeton graduate in English,…
October 24, 1994
The planet Saturn and its remarkable rings will be visible in Michigan’s southern sky after dark for the next three months, according to astronomer Richard Teske. “Saturn provides a thrilling view when seen through a small telescope,” Teske says. “The smooth, cream-colored shapes of planet and rings seem toylike and unreal against the surrounding darkness…
October 24, 1994
By Bruce Weintraub Medical Center Public Relations The Medical Center saved more than $450,000 during fiscal year 1993–94 as a result of changes implemented through employee suggestions. Rick Finger, manager of the Medical Center’s employee suggestion program, said that 36 cost-saving suggestions—from a record number of 500 submissions—were implemented during the past fiscal year, dealing…
October 24, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services International film-music scholar Gillian B. Anderson will conduct the orchestral score to Nosferatu, F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent horror-film classic, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 29) at the Michigan Theater. The first movie based on Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, the film will feature Hans Erdmann’s musical score restored by…
October 24, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Norse settlers living in doomed colonies on the coast of Greenland 500 years ago may have left clues to their mysterious disappearance in teeth from their graves. A U-M study of teeth from early Viking settlements appears to confirm the theory that rapidly cooling temperatures during the onset…
October 24, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Venture capitalists are discovering that University of Michigan research is an “untapped gold mine,” according to Robert L. Robb, director of the Technology Management Office. In a presentation to the Board of Regents last week on “Technology Transfer and Economic Development,” Robb said the level of interest shown…
October 24, 1994
Fornaess awarded Bergman Trust John Eric Fornaess, professor of mathematics, has been selected by the American Mathematical Society as the 1994 awardee of the Stefan Bergman Trust. The prize recognizes mathematical accomplishments in the areas of research in which Bergman worked. Adams heads Division 40 of the APA Kenneth M. Adams, professor of psychiatry and…
October 24, 1994
By Sage Arron On any given night in Ann Arbor there are people who don’t have a safe, comfortable place in which to sleep, take a bath, eat, or wash their clothes. The creation of the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County in 1984 was Ann Arbor’s response. “The Shelter was created because of an immediate…
October 24, 1994
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be cooperating in a multi-agency task force formed by the Ann Arbor Police to identify and apprehend the man believed to be responsible for a homicide and series of rapes in Ann Arbor over the past two years. The task force is comprised of 12 investigators and a…
October 24, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle One of the pitfalls of teaching very large lecture courses, says Brian P. Coppola, is the temptation to aim instruction at the top 10 percent of students in that course, because those students “seem to be getting it.” Instead, he says, “I firmly believe that the people I can affect are…
