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January 24, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Michigan has a three- or four-year window of opportunity to bring its support of higher education up to a respectable level, before the state’s next economic downturn, predicts Sen. John J.H. Schwarz, R-Battle Creek. Schwarz, chair of the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Sen. Lana Pollack, D-Ann…
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January 24, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Two hundred clapping, cheering, yelling, hugging, praying, singing U-M students rocked the Michigan Union Jan. 14 in an exuberant celebration of the deep faith in Jesus Christ that was central to the message of Martin Luther King Jr. “Martin Luther King was a Christian and he wasn’t ashamed…
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January 24, 1994
The Jean and Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professorship in Reading and Literacy has been established at the School of Education. The endowed chair, approved at the January Regents meeting, will “advance understanding about how reading and writing skills are developed in both children and adults,” said Dean Cecil Miskel. “It will permit the School to…
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January 24, 1994
By Terry Gallagher U-M-Dearborn University Relations Spring will bloom in a once-derelict greenhouse at Detroit’s Weatherby Elementary School, thanks in part to work done by volunteers from the U-M-Dearborn campus as part of their observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. The greenhouse, which, according to the school’s principal, hasn’t been used for at least…
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January 24, 1994
Three faculty members were given the emeritus title by the Regents at their January meeting. Those retiring are: Jerome M. Clubb, professor of history and research scientist Clubb, who joined the U-M in 1966, is “a pioneer in introducing quantitative techniques of analysis to history,” the Regents noted. “Through his extensive research and publications, he…
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January 24, 1994
International film-music scholar Gillian B. Anderson will discuss the musical score of D.W. Griffith’s Way Down East in a public talk at 11 a.m. Friday (Jan. 28) in Room 2520, Frieze Building. The title of Anderson’s lecture is “Lillian on the Rocks or Ice in the Proper Position: Music and Image in D.W. Griffith’s Way…
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January 24, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank “We all have to learn to listen with humility. We all have to learn to listen with respect,” says psychiatrist and author Alvin Poussaint. Speaking to School of Business Administration faculty, staff and students at the School’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, Poussaint said that to have strength and diversity…
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January 24, 1994
Allen S. Lichter, professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, has been named the Isadore Lampe Professor of Radiation Oncology by the Regents. The professorship honors Lampe, a pioneer in the field of radiation therapy, who pursued his career at the U-M for 43 years until his retirement in 1975. The professorship was…
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January 24, 1994
By John Woodford Executive Editor, Michigan Today Four panelists from the English Composition Board (ECB) described to a Martin Luther King Jr. Day audience in the Anderson Room of the Michigan Union techniques they use and issues they raise to encourage students to think and write about aspects of multiculturalism. Initially, the discussion focused on…
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January 24, 1994
Law School grad program presents brown-bag series The Law School Graduate Program will present a series of brown-bag lectures this term. Upcoming are: “Nigeria: Transition to Anarchy? Resolving the Dilemma of Military Intervention,” Philip Akakwam, assistant lecturer, University of Nigeria, and U-M law student, Wed. (Jan. 26). “Judicial Review of Administrative Action in China: Practice,…
