October 18, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Alice Freeman Palmer: The Evolution of a New Woman by Ruth Bordin, research affiliate, Bentley Library. In this first biography of Alice Freeman Palmer (1855–1902), educator, president of Wellesley College, and first dean at the University of Chicago, Bordin illuminates a fundamental period…
October 18, 1993
Editor’s Note: Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. has called for campuswide discussions of the shared values held important in an institution that embraces academic freedom, academic inquiry and the right to free speech. Following are excerpts of his presentation to the Senate Assembly in September, as well as comments by members of the University community…
October 18, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Lester Monts is a man with a mission—infusion of multiculturalism in all areas of academic affairs at the University—and he’s counting on collaboration with units across campus to achieve that goal. Monts is vice provost for academic and multicultural affairs, succeeding Charles D. Moody Sr., who was the U-M’s first vice…
October 18, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Huron Harvest Food Bank will collect and distribute 1.3 million pounds of food to help feed Washtenaw County’s poor and homeless this year. The United Way-funded agency, which is part of Child and Family Service of Washtenaw County, distributes cans of food and dry goods, including cereal, rice and pasta, to…
October 18, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass University officials are surprised and pleased with the results of a survey that shows most staff members on the Ann Arbor campus are aware of M-Quality. Overall, survey respondents expect M-Quality to have a positive impact on their own department or unit as well as on the University as a whole.…
October 18, 1993
A presentation by Suzanne Pharr, author of Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism, will open the University’s Ninth Annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week, which is presented by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC). Pharr will speak at 7 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 24) in Rackham Auditorium on the ways in which the conservative political movement…
October 18, 1993
The Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the Law School met for the first time last Friday. Theodore J. St. Antoine, the James E. and Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law, is chair of the committee appointed by Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. Whitaker said the search will be national in scope and his…
October 18, 1993
Faculty and staff are invited to participate in this year’s “Into the Streets” pro-ject on Oct. 30. A nationwide program, “Into the Streets” offers opportunities to participate in one day of community service, such as serving meals in a soup kitchen, working in a homeless shelter, rehabilitating abandoned houses, or cleaning a park or a…
October 18, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services The University will receive the country’s largest photo and library archive of Southeast Asian art as a gift from the Southeast Asian Art Foundation in Hill, N.H. The U-M will acquire the gift over a two-year period, as stipulated by the foundation’s director, John A. Thierry. In addition…
October 18, 1993
Reinventing government, reforming the health care system and exploring the future of American cities will be among the topics addressed at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Institute of Public Policy Studies (IPPS) Friday and Saturday (Oct. 22–23). The conference, which runs 12:30–5 p.m. Friday (Oct. 22) and 10–11:45 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 23), will feature…
