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May 9, 1994
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival will enter its second decade in mid-June, celebrating the performing arts with three weeks of entertainment, food and fun for all. The Festival, which will run June 18–July 10, incorporates two concurrent activities: A series of diverse ticketed performances by nationally and internationally known artists in the Power Center for…
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May 9, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle The Confidential Research Information Act, which adds specific exemptions from disclosing certain kinds of information requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), was signed into law in April by Gov. John Engler. “The passage of this act is an important event for the University of Michigan,” says Homer A. Neal,…
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May 9, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle Jill Finkbeiner is a sixth grader in Saline Middle School who loves math, plays the violin and is an A student. She also wields a pretty mean screwdriver. Jill is one of the many eight- to 15-year-old children of University faculty and staff members who spent April 28 on campus seeing…
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May 9, 1994
By Margo Schneidman Medical Center Public Relaitons Committed to combating rising health care costs as well as declining coverage, Judith Feder, chief health policy analyst with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, took to the podium here last month to tout the benefits of President Clinton’s health care reform plan to provide universal…
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May 9, 1994
Faculty, staff, students and friends of the School of Information and Library Studies (SILS) will meet at 4:30 p.m. May 20 at the Alumni Center Building to honor and celebrate the life of the late Kenneth E. Vance, professor emeritus and former assistant dean of SILS. The program will include remarks by some of Vance’s…
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May 9, 1994
Michigan skywatchers will have a front-row seat for a solar eclipse tomorrow (May 10), according to astronomer Richard G. Teske. “A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes exactly between the sun and Earth, casting its shadow on us. It is a rare event that happens at most only a few times each year,” Teske…
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May 9, 1994
Beginning May 15, drivers with four or more unpaid parking violations may find their vehicles have been towed. Previously, vehicles were towed after owners accumulated six unpaid tickets. William B. Krumm, associate vice president for business operations, says that for several years the University has had a contract with the city for collection of parking…
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April 25, 1994
Dumas to hold Cole Professorship Rhetaugh G. Dumas, professor and dean of the School of Nursing, will hold the Lucille Cole Professorship of Nursing. The Cole Professorship is one of the University’s unendowed School/College Professorships, created to honor distinguished faculty. It is named after the late Lucille Cole, the first African American faculty member in…
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April 25, 1994
The Regents approved the following renovation projects at their April meeting: The Baits Housing complex was constructed in the late 1960s and its original domestic hot water system no longer meets code. The estimated cost for corrections required to comply with code is $400,000. Work will begin in 1995 and be phased over three years.…
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April 25, 1994
The Flexible Benefits Advisory Committee was appointed by Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Farris W. Womack and Provost and Executive Vice President Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. in May 1993. The Committee was charged to investigate the feasibility of a flexible benefits program for the University. Towers Perrin, a national benefits consulting firm, was…
