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January 25, 1993
The concept of a collaboratory was discussed by President James J. Duderstadt last fall in an address to the Senate Assembly on “Redrawing the Boundaries.” In his address, he explored ways in which “we can provide an environment on this campus that responds adequately to the dramatic intellectual changes occurring in the nature of teaching…
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January 25, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The civil rights movement of the 1990s must shift its focus to one of quiet reflection and emotional healing, says author Bebe Moore Campbell. “We must love ourselves back to emotional health first and economic well-being will follow,” Campbell told an audience of about 500 who attended her…
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January 25, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Punishing incidents of racial insensitivity on college campuses makes moral sense, says philosopher Anita Allen. Allen, associate professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and a U-M alumna, discussed “Why Punish Demeaning Expression,” at a Department of Philosophy Martin Luther King Jr. Day program. Using a 1991 “Ugly Woman Contest”…
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January 25, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services In the mid-1960s, the Parker family became one of the few African American families in Little Rock, Ark., to send most of its 11 children to college. “How can you afford to pay their tuitions and lose their help in the fields?” neighbors asked the Parkers, who were…
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January 25, 1993
By Ryan Solomon News and Information Services Martin Luther King Jr. should be thought of as an economist as much as a minister or civil rights leader, says economist and writer Julianne Malveaux. Malveaux spoke at the closing ceremony marking the U-M’s sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Symposium. The San Francisco Sun reporter,…
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January 18, 1993
The following citation was presented by the Regents at their December meeting to Bernard Klein, interim chancellor at U-M-Dearborn. “The Regents are once again indebted to Dr. Bernard Klein for his service as interim chancellor of the Dearborn campus since September of this year. “As he did in 1979–80, Dr. Klein has once again brought…
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January 18, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank LS&A faculty will be asked to make some high-stakes curriculum decisions in the upcoming months, according to Michael M. Martin. They will be discussing such issues as adding a quantitative reasoning requirement for undergraduates, emphasizing writing and critical thinking in courses taken by first- and second-year students, and making sure that…
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January 18, 1993
Editor’s Note: These summaries of research projects were presented to the Regents at their December meeting by William C. Kelly, vice president for research. The material here was prepared for the Record by the staff of ResearchNews, a publication of the Division of Research Development and Administration. Liberalization and Its Limits: State Formation and State…
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January 18, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Five employees who were recently honored for 40 years of service agree that the University has changed dramatically since they were hired. They’ve changed too, taking on additional responsibilities since the days when they started out, working as a maid, an elevator operator, a draftsman and a file clerk, and “doing…
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January 18, 1993
Renovation projects for the 1239 Kipke Drive Building (formerly Associated Springs), recently acquired by the University, were approved by the Regents at their December meeting. “The acquisition provides the University with an opportunity to solve a number of immediate and long-range academic and administrative space needs,” said Vice President Farris W. Womack. These include: —Relocating…
