-
January 31, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The Women’s Studies Program will launch an interdepartmental Ph.D. program in fall 1994, “which, as far as we know, is the first of its kind in the country,” says Abigail J. Stewart, director of the Women’s Studies Program and professor of psychology. Initially, the degree will be offered…
-
January 31, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank National fellowship programs that provide sustained financial support for graduate students don’t always produce quick trips (six years or less) through the doctoral maze, or even a Ph.D. Surprisingly, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation learned in the late 1980s that “multi-year fellowship programs in the humanities and related social sciences have…
-
January 31, 1994
The Colored Museum Project, created to explore the function of theater in the next century with special emphasis on multi-ethnic theater, is sponsoring a series of events Feb. 10–16. Production of George C. Wolfe’s award-winning play The Colored Museum, from which the project got its name, highlights activities. Performances will be held at 8 p.m.…
-
January 31, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle A new policy governing privacy of electronic mail and computer files has been incorporated as section 601.11 of the Standard Practice Guide (SPG). The policy, plus sections on guidelines and interpretations, standards for postmasters, and interpretive guidelines and procedures for system administrators and computing service managers, comprise a six-page addition to…
-
January 31, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics has been recognized by the University’s History and Traditions Committee for its 1992–93 annual report, which includes a written and pictorial history of the department from 1868 to the present. Chair Panos Y. Papalambros accepted the citation at a ceremony held last week.…
-
January 31, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The interplay of geography and identity will be examined at the winter conference of the Institute for the Humanities Friday and Saturday (Feb. 4–5) at the Rackham Building. The free, public conference, “Culture, Time, Place,” will feature architects, artists, poets, historians and geographers addressing “the intense drive among…
-
January 31, 1994
System administrators and computing service managers need to answer these questions for faculty and staff in their units: Is undeliverable mail discarded, examined for delivery clues, or automatically returned to sender? Is message content stripped from rejected or undeliverable mail? Are messages stored in clear text or encrypted while waiting to be delivered? How are…
-
January 31, 1994
By John Woodford Executive Editor, Michigan Today “We have to make it possible for all our kids to succeed,” Yale University child psychiatrist James P. Comer told a large audience in the Power Center for the Performing Arts. Failure to do so, he predicted, will lead inevitably to national decline by the turn of the…
-
January 31, 1994
Burt serving as member of NIH study section Brian A. Burt, professor of dental public health and chair of the Department of Community Health Programs, the School of Public Health, will serve as a member of the Oral Biology and Medicine Study Section, Subcommittee I, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health. Lam named…
-
January 31, 1994
Neighborhood program names director Charlene Johnson of Highland Park has been appointed program director for the Michigan Neighborhood Partnership, a group of community-based organizations working together to help promote economic and social development in Detroit. Announcement of the appointment was made by Larry Coppard, director of the School of Social Work’s Office of External Relations…
