April 4, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Recent immigration is leading California to “export” poverty-level, low-skilled residents to Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona, according to a U-M study presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers. “A chain reaction seems to be occurring between the arrival of low-skilled immigrants to Los Angeles…
April 4, 1994
By Marion T. Marzolf, professor of communication On January 14, Dean Edie Goldenberg called a meeting of the faculty of the Department of Communication. We were all urged to attend. She announced that our chair of two years, Neil Malamuth, currently on leave, would leave Michigan. (We later learned that he would return to his…
April 4, 1994
Dean Edie N. Goldenberg’s announced plan to suspend faculty self-governance for the Department of Communication should alarm faculty members across the campus. The Dean has not yet provided a written explanation of the steps she intends to take, the process by which she arrived at her plan of action, the rationale for the steps nor…
April 4, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass Results of a telephone survey on the proposed flexible benefits program are now being reviewed by the Flexible Benefits Advisory Committee, which hopes to make a final recommendation to the Executive Officers this month. “The telephone survey was designed to collect broad-based input from across the University on the study of…
April 4, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle Two undergraduate students and two faculty members will be honored at the Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State Universities’ (MAGB) 13th annual Higher Education Awards Convocation Wednesday (April 6) in Lansing. Katherine M. Metres, a senior in the LS&A Honors Program, “has contributed to the life of this campus in…
April 4, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services A U-M biochemist may have discovered why women dental assistants who are exposed to high levels of a common anesthetic called nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, have more trouble getting pregnant than women in other occupations. According to Rowena G. Matthews, professor of biological chemistry and research scientist…
April 4, 1994
Research, ethics topic of presentation David H. Smith, director of the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Indiana University, will discuss “Research and the Teaching of Ethics” at 3:15 p.m. today (April 4) in Rackham Amphitheater. The lecture, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, will be followed…
March 28, 1994
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Water Distribution in Ancient Rome: The Evidence of Frontinus by Harry B. Evans, professor of classics, Fordham University. Over a span of several centuries, Rome supplied itself with a system of aqueducts that brought water to many neighborhoods and allowed the city to…
March 28, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass University officials announced last Friday that they will issue a permit for use of the Central Campus Diagonal to the National Organization for the Reform of the Marijuana Laws (NORML), pending the organization’s compliance with several conditions. NORML seeks to use the Diagonal on April 2 for its annual Hash Bash…
March 28, 1994
Laurence H. Baker has been appointed deputy director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate chief of the division of Hematology-Oncology at the Medical Center. “We are pleased to be able to attract an individual of Baker’s stature for this important post,” says Max Wicha, center director. “He will bring not only exceptional clinical research…
