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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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November 9, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank “We’re good enough this year. We’re going to do everything in harmony,” director James Nissen promises the choir as they launch into a few bars of Michael S. Burn’s “Family.” Rehearsing for a Jan. 18 performance at the Business and Finance Department’s Martin Luther King Day celebration, members of the Diversity…
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November 9, 1992
By Rebecca A. Doyle Broadening the reach of the University, saving departments time and money, and clearing the way for fast communication over long distances are the objectives of the Videoconferencing and Distance Learning Center. Staff at the center, located in 300 North Ingalls Building, will demonstrate the new technology to the University community 8…
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November 9, 1992
The Health Promotion and Community Relations Department, University Health Service (UHS), has been awarded a $1,000 grant by the American College Health Association. The funding will be used to design, implement and evaluate focus group sessions with Minority Peer Advisers with respect to the existing HIV/STD prevention programming on campus. The project is a collaborative…
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November 9, 1992
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently elected three faculty members to the rank of Fellows of the association. They are William R. Farrand, professor of geological sciences and curator, Museum of Anthropology; Charles M. Butter, professor of psychology; and Nicholas H. Steneck, professor of history and director, Medical Center Historical Center…
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November 9, 1992
University staff, students and faculty have until Nov. 20 to drop off their old phone books for recycling at most loading docks in University buildings. Assuming that for each of the 27,000 new city telephone directories delivered on campus this month one old phone book is replaced, the University must discard nearly 40 tons of…
