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October 26, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank A few years ago, a nationwide survey showed that 50 percent of prospective students who visit campuses make up their minds on what university to attend based on the appearance of the buildings and grounds, notes James E. Christenson. “The care that custodians give is vitally important to attracting students and…
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October 26, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Tiny stones called otoliths that form within the inner ears of fish are actually paleothermometers preserving a record of seasonal temperature variations over the past 20 million years, according to a U-M graduate student. “By analyzing tiny bands of otolith material deposited on a daily basis, just like…
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October 26, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services U-M geologists may be close to determining the cause of an abrupt global “cold snap” that occurred about 10,000 years ago as the climate was warming and glaciers were retreating across North America at the close of the last Ice Age. Geologists Theodore C. Moore Jr. and David…
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October 26, 1992
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Imagine three employees sitting beside each other at three computers, all of them writing and editing the same document at the same time. It may sound like “computers from hell,” but U-M researchers have created a software program, dubbed “ShrEdit,” and found that the parallel editing program results…
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October 26, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass The establishment of an Institute for Foreign Area and International Studies (IFAIS) within the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and a reorganization of the Office of International Academic Affairs (OIAA) have been announced by Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr., LS&A Dean Edie N. Goldenberg, and John H. D’Arms, vice…
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October 26, 1992
William Russell Kelly, founder and chair of Kelly Services Inc., will endow a professorship at the School of Business Administration to support teaching and research in human resources management. The professorship was one of 40 leadership gifts totaling $295 million announced Sept. 18 at the kickoff of The Campaign for Michigan. “We are pleased to…
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October 26, 1992
Slemrod holds Sparks-Whirlpool chair Joel B. Slemrod, professor of business economics, will also hold the Jack D. Sparks-Whirlpool Corporation Research Professorship of Business Administration. His appointment, effective Nov. 1, was approved by the Regents at their October meeting. Funds for the professorship were provided by the Whirlpool Corporation in honor of Jack D. Sparks, former…
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October 26, 1992
By Terry Gallagher News and Information Services Poet and novelist Marge Piercy will be the Helen L. DeRoy Visiting Professor in Honors at the University this month and next. She will conduct a writing seminar for students who have been studying her works, and will make several public presentations. Her visit is sponsored by the…
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October 26, 1992
A total of 36,626 students are enrolled at the Ann Arbor campus this fall, 310 more than a year ago. Of this year’s total, 23,198 are undergraduates and 13,428 are graduate students. The total includes 20,176 men and 16,450 women. Of the undergraduate total, 16,260 (70.1 percent) are Michigan residents and 6,938 (29.9 percent) are…
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October 26, 1992
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services A team of U-M civil engineers will return from Egypt this week after spending five days evaluating Islamic monuments, mosques and museums for structural damage from the earthquake that struck the Cairo area on Oct. 12. “We will be doing basic reconnaissance to assess the level of overall…
