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April 18, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank The Department of Mathematics has received LS&A’s 1994 Departmental Award for Contributions to the Undergraduate Initiative. The department will receive $25,000 for its innovative efforts to improve undergraduate education. Donald J. Lewis, chair and professor of mathematics, will recommend the department use the money to furnish a commons room for students…
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April 18, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The University is launching a bold initiative that it hopes will foster the professional success of women faculty, staff and students. The initiative, the “Michigan Agenda for Women: Leadership for a New Century,” sets the year 2000 as a target date for becoming “the leader among American universities…
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April 18, 1994
Judith Feder, chief health policy analyst with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will speak about the Clinton health care reform plan at noon April 26 in Heath Auditorium, School of Public Health. Feder’s talk is part of the University’s FORUM on Health Policy Reform, a two-year series of educational events tracking…
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April 18, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services As the University enters the 21st century a few years early, “we see a shift from the preservation and transformation of knowledge, to the creation of knowledge itself,” in an age characterized by fiber optic highways of information unrestricted by time, space and reality, says President James J.…
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April 11, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News & Information Services Nearly one of every seven women faculty members at American colleges and universities reports that she has been sexually harassed on the job, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. The first large-scale, national look at the extent and effects…
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April 11, 1994
The University is one of 21 colleges and universities selected to participate in an industry-university consortium called the New Media Centers Initiative. “Participation in the New Media Centers Initiative will give the U-M access to state-of-the-art hardware, software and peripheral products to incorporate interactive media into many campus activities,” said Ed Saunders, director of the…
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April 11, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Bald eagles are making ratios, percentages and other math concepts more palatable to seventh-grade students in Polson, Mont. The students are mapping eagle sightings in their area and analyzing data to determine migration patterns and habitat preferences. Kindergartners in Topanga, Calif., are learning their ABCs with an environmental…
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April 11, 1994
Men with male-pattern baldness who have hair transplantation surgery often find the results are not quite what they expect: Their new hair may be wavy and lusterless. This is especially startling to those with naturally straight, shiny hair. While the appearance of the new hair usually returns to normal within about a year, until recently…
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April 11, 1994
Orientation programs focus on China, Eastern Europe The Center for Chinese Studies, the Center for Russian and East European Studies (CREES) and the William Davidson Institute will offer separate intensive orientation courses on China, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia May 4–13. Each orientation program provides an overview of the political, social and economic…
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April 11, 1994
A task force asked to look into how recent revisions of Regental Bylaw 14.06 would affect employment benefits, family housing, financial aid packages and student residency status released its report today. In September, the Regents revised the Bylaw to include sexual orientation, guaranteeing that a student, staff or faculty member will not be discriminated against…
