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May 10, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Legislative changes abolishing mandatory retirement for faculty age 70 or older could create both potential problems and opportunities for the University, according to the Task Force on Retirement. The task force, appointed by the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs and Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr., presented its report and a…
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May 10, 1993
Eight U-M faculty members recently were elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The fellows are elected in recognition of their distinguished contributions to science, scholarship, public affairs and the arts. Newly elected members are: —President James J. Duderstadt, professor of nuclear engineering. —Bruce W. Frier, professor of classics and of law.…
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April 26, 1993
By Randy Frank U-M-Dearborn Seven U-M-Dearborn faculty members received awards at the 11th Annual Honors Convocation March 30. Distinguished Teaching Award recipients are M.K. Mostafapour, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, in the tenured category and Raymond Kettel, assistant professor of education, in the non-tenured category. Mostafapour was honored for his strong commitment to undergraduate…
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April 26, 1993
The gates of Michigan Stadium will open at 9:30 a.m. Saturday (May 1) for spring commencement, where Hillary Rodham Clinton will become the first first lady to give a U-M commencement address. Some 6,500 students on the Ann Arbor campus expect their degrees this spring. The commencement ceremony begins at 11 a.m. The all-University program…
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April 26, 1993
By Michael Harrison Medical Center Public Relations A patient once wrote in a letter that she became “especially unglued” before undergoing a heart catheterization procedure. “But I’ll tell you something,” she continued. “The artwork in the hospital somehow cheered me up—it reached my spirit and reassured me of the positive side of life even in…
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April 26, 1993
By Terry Gallagher U-M-Dearborn Rep. John D. Dingell received a Distinguished Leadership Award from the U-M-Dearborn at its commencement ceremony April 25. The award recognizes “individuals who have made a significant contribution to the welfare and development of the U-M-Dearborn.” “John Dingell has made enormous con-tributions that have benefited not only this campus, but all…
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April 26, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Today’s students come to the Univer-sity with a different mind-set than that possessed by members of the baby boom and earlier generations. We don’t share past experiences with them, thus sometimes making it difficult for us to understand what they need to help them join the campus community as full participants.…
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April 26, 1993
Ninety percent of students have already used alcohol and marijuana before arriving at the University and 42.8 percent of college students surveyed in 1991 had had five or more drinks in one sitting in the past two weeks, according to Caesar M. Briefer, director of University Health Service. Briefer addressed issues surrounding alcohol use and…
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April 26, 1993
By Michael Harrison Medical Center Public Relations For almost 100 years, scientists have believed that we inherit working copies of genes from each parent and that when one of the two copies malfunctions, it can lead to illness. New research at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) shows that some genes defy these laws of…
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April 26, 1993
The new 17-member Task Force on the First-Year Experience will consider the nature and outcomes of a student’s first-year experience at the U-M and look for ways to improve the intellectual life of undergraduates. In announcing the formation of the task force, President James J. Duderstadt and Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. said the group’s…
