March 29, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services A study of more than 300 institutionalized juvenile delinquent boys found that they respond differently to peer pressure depending on their personality type. They were in training schools that use “Positive Peer Culture” programs, which employ peer pressure—often a negative force—to generate positive group and individual behavior. “But…
March 22, 1993
John H. D’Arms, vice provost for academic affairs and dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, says he is gratified to see the College of Engineering, School of Nursing and the Department of Health Services Management and Policy all ranked so highly by U.S. News & World Report. He also notes that…
March 22, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Today’s students need more than just the tools to land their first job. Universities need to prepare them for their third and fourth jobs too, LS&A Dean Edie N. Goldenberg told the Regents at their March 12 meeting. “We also need to think hard about how to instill the joy of…
March 22, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Three U-M professional schools are ranked among the top 10 nationwide in their respective fields in U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” The results appear in the March 22 issue. For the first time the survey included the reputations of educational programs in four health…
March 22, 1993
The Comprehensive Cancer Center breaks into spring this year with two fund-raising events that highlight the Third Annual Spring to Life benefit. At 6:30 p.m. on April 3, a preview reception at Jacobson’s department store will showcase the more than 75 pieces of art that will later be auctioned. Artists will be on hand to…
March 22, 1993
By Laurie Fenlason Office of Federal Relations Every year, Americans spend more than $100 million and 20 million school days to find out what students know—or don’t know. Unfortunately, these “high stakes,” standardized tests are often used to deny educational opportunity rather than enhance it, to “sort and select” among students from different backgrounds, according…
March 22, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass “She’s a gracious old lady who shows her age very well.” That’s the assessment of Angell Hall by Henry D. Halloway, assistant to the LS&A dean, facilities. And his smile sweeps widely across his face as he envisions the wonders that will be worked when renovations begin on the building, named…
March 22, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle Three U-M undergraduate students will be among those representing more than 200 colleges and universities at the National Conference of Undergraduate Researchers in Utah this week. Edward Gehres III, Antoinette Robinson and Daren Hubbard will discuss the research they have been doing through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP). UROP matches…
March 22, 1993
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services The historic triumphs of Black women, a soldier’s memory of entering the coastal waters of Vietnam, a migrant farm worker’s dreams of studying social work, a young voter’s outrage over the Congressional banking scandal, the Teton Sioux’s Supreme Court battle for the Black Hills. What do they have…
March 22, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Using frog cartoons, the human face, and billiard balls, John H. Holland showed an audience of U-M colleagues attending his March 16 Henry Russel Lecture that computers can learn and evolve in strikingly human ways. Considered a visionary in the areas of cognition and artificial intelligence, Holland is…
