November 16, 1992
CARMEL, the U-M robot that won first place in a national robotics competition last summer, has been chosen by the editors of Popular Science magazine to receive a “Best of What’s New” award for 1992. The “Best of What’s New” is an annual selection of the year’s 100 top products, technologies and scientific achievements as…
November 16, 1992
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press . Remembered Lives: The Work of Ritual, Storytelling, and Growing Older by Barbara Myerhoff. Edited and with an introduction by Marc Kaminsky, founding co-director of the Myerhoff Center, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Long before the current interest in gerontology came about, Myerhoff…
November 16, 1992
The global impact of free trade in the Western Hemisphere will be the focus of a two-day symposium here Friday and Saturday (Nov. 20–21). The free, public symposium, “Issues in the Formation of a Western Hemisphere Regional Bloc,” will be held in the Hussey Room of the Michigan League. “Now that we have reached agreement…
November 16, 1992
Joel D. Howell, associate professor of internal medicine, has received a Charles E. Culpepper Foundation Scholarship in Medical Humanities. He will receive $30,000 per year for three years to fund his research on how American physicians used medical equipment in 1925–50. He will focus on the equipment and its capabilities as well as on the…
November 16, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Five University presidents, whose leadership has spanned more than four decades, last Tuesday shared insights on a variety of topics, including student life and public financing of higher education. President James J. Duderstadt (1988–present) and past presidents Harlan H. Hatcher (1951–67), Robben W. Fleming (1968–79), Allan F. Smith (1979) and Harold…
November 16, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Product warning labels—meant to protect you from the potential dangers of consumer products like pesticides and drain cleaners—may be hazardous to your health, according to a study by a U-M doctoral student in engineering. “The current practice of separating warnings from the directions for use increases the chances…
November 16, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass Nine Information Technology Division (ITD) staff members had two reasons to celebrate last week, and did so at a reception Nov. 11 at ITD’s Network Operations Center (NOC) on North Campus. The Network Operations technicians and supervisors celebrated completion of their work as members of a Quality Improvement Team and the…
November 16, 1992
Two elements of the quality management approach can be adopted and adapted for daily use by anyone, even if they are not involved in M-Quality activities. The first is use of a PAL for meetings, which translates to Purpose, Agenda, Limit. Every meeting should have a purpose, a statement of what is to be accomplished…
November 16, 1992
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Two ancient, life-sized terra-cotta Chinese warriors and a war horse have journeyed from a pit in Xian, China, to the Museum of Art where they now stand guard in the West Gallery. Starting tomorrow (Nov. 17), the public may view these clay representatives of the powerful army that…
November 16, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services U-M researchers have developed the first sensor that can directly measure the amount of heparin in whole blood and alert physicians to the dangerous bleeding heparin produces in some patients. Heparin is a drug commonly used in surgery to prevent the formation of blood clots that can cause…
