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May 23, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Research on women in mainland China surged suddenly about 10 years ago after the national press revealed the disturbing fact that female infanticide was still practiced in the countryside, according to Wang Zheng, a doctoral student in history at the University of California, Davis, and guest lecturer at…
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May 23, 1994
Recommendations for promotion and/or tenure of 153 faculty members on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses, effective the next academic year, were approved by the Regents at their May meeting last week. Of the total, 137 are at the Ann Arbor campus, nine at Dearborn and seven at Flint. Those at the Ann Arbor…
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May 23, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Sweet white clover, Kentucky bluegrass and timothy go up in smoke each spring and fall at Dow Field in the Nichols Arboretum. While it may resemble a sudden wildfire, the prairie burn, administered by Robert E. Grese, associate professor of landscape architecture, is a carefully precalcuated method of…
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May 23, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank The University will move ahead with implementing changes mandated by a revision of Regents’ Bylaw 14.06, which now guarantees that students, staff or faculty members will not be discriminated against because they are lesbian, gay or bisexual, President James J. Duderstadt announced at last Friday’s Regents meeting. “We intend to fulfill…
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May 23, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services When Shari Saunders walks into the classroom on the first day of her introductory course on elementary school teaching, her students usually ignore her. An assistant professor at the School of Education, Saunders slips in the door half an hour or so after the first class has started.…
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May 23, 1994
James E. Crowfoot, professor of natural resources and of urban and regional planning, has been named the 18th president of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He will assume his new post July 1. The appointment of Crowfoot, who also is former dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment, was announced May 15…
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May 23, 1994
By Deborah GIlbert News and Information Services “I don’t know what to make of it. She’s a really good employee … when she’s here.” Supervisors who find themselves puzzling in a similar fashion over an employee’s chronic absenteeism should consider whether alcoholism is the cause. “But you have to be careful,” says Nora Gessert, a…
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May 23, 1994
An eight-member advisory committee has been appointed by Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. to assist in the search for the School of Public Health dean. The committee is chaired by M. Anthony Schork, professor of biostatistics. Whitaker has asked the committee to initiate a wide-ranging national search that includes internal candidates and explores potential for…
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May 23, 1994
By Terry Gallagher U-M-Dearborn U-M-Dearborn’s School of Engineering has received a one-year grant of $250,000 from Ford Motor Co. The grant will support the Center for Engineering Education and Practice, an innovative program that incorporates practical experiences and traditional educational methods to help students develop proficiency in engineering practice, design, innovation and concepts of manufacturing…
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May 23, 1994
Several changes have been made to the men’s restrooms in Mason Hall. The changes, recommended by a committee formed early in 1994 to address the problem of sexual activity in the restroom facilities, are intended to protect the health, safety and privacy of students, staff and faculty. Among the changes: Stall doors in the ground-,…
