July 19, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services A U-M researcher studying artemisinin, an ancient Chinese fever remedy now recognized as an effective anti-malarial drug, has discovered the biochemical mechanism that makes it work. The drug turns the malaria parasite’s food into poison. Steven R. Meshnick, a parasitologist at the School of Public Health, also reports…
July 19, 1993
From the Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center Investigators from the Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center have concluded their participation in a landmark national clinical research trial involving people with diabetes. The Diabetes Care and Complications Trial (DCCT) convincingly demonstrated that diabetics can significantly reduce the development and progression of the severe complications of…
July 19, 1993
Human Resource Development (HRD) will roll out a new training curricula with a new-look catalog this fall. The easier-to-use catalog will list fewer courses overall, and more that are intensive or in-depth. The core training programs are catalogued under the headings of team development, staff development and management development. The core courses will offer more…
July 6, 1993
Out of the night that covers me. Black as the Pit from pole to pole. I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.’ William Ernest Henley Citing Henley’s poem, Henry Johnson told those attending the Association of Black Professionals and Administrators Recognition and Awards program that preparation of one’s spirit, of one’s soul,…
July 6, 1993
Ted Spencer already has under development a number of new initiatives designed to strengthen the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the University’s recruiting activities. These include: Implementing continued strategies to personalize the recruitment process for prospective students. Reinforcing and managing significant, consistent empowering, one-to-one contact with prospective, admitted and enrolling underrepresented students. Implementing an on-line…
July 6, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Their messages were short, sweet and similar: salary, salary, salary. Chairs of the Committees on the Economic Status of the Faculty (CESF) for each of the U-M’s campuses urged the Regents at their June meeting to develop “appropriate “ salary programs for faculty this year. “CESF believes wholeheartedly that a salary…
July 6, 1993
By Jeffrey Mortimer College of Engineering Five staff members at the College of Engineering received awards for excellent service at a reception hosted by Dean Peter M. Banks in the atrium of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building (EECS) on May 27. This marked the second year in a row that the College bestowed…
July 6, 1993
Included in the Regents’ exploration of the University’s M-Quality initiative at their June meeting were presentations on the activities of three quality improvement teams: LS&A/Employment and Staff Development Quality Improvement Team, Work Safe/Be Well Team and Perscrutari Team in Anesthesiology. Barbara G. Murphy and Philip A. Smith, co-leaders of the LS&A team, noted that theirs…
July 6, 1993
By Michael Harrison Medical Center Public Relations The Medical Center and the Catherine McAuley Health System (CMHS) have joined forces to offer a residency program that trains physicians specializing in emergency medicine. A dozen recent medical school graduates will enter the new program in July. Residents will rotate between the emergency departments at U-M Hospitals,…
July 6, 1993
A reorganization of the two groups that provide overall guidance for the University’s M-Quality initiative has given the Executive Officers and others an opportunity “to focus on continuous improvement within the University as a way of helping all of us infuse this principle into other settings, into our units, and into the way we approach…
