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September 21, 1992
The Turner Geriatric Clinic has received a grant from the Area Agency on Aging 1B to conduct living histories with older adults (ages 60 and over), with an emphasis on African-American senior citizens to chronicle the lives of older adults and how they have coped with life’s struggles. African-American senior citizens have been matched with…
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September 21, 1992
About 25 FOIA requests are logged with Nordby each month. About one-fourth of them come from students, faculty, the Michigan Daily and the Michigan Review. “The largest number are from the media and within that group the majority are from sports writers seeking information about the Athletic Department.” She says major newspapers, such as the…
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September 21, 1992
The high-tech tour that members of Team Michigan embarked on last Friday during the kickoff of the Campaign for Michigan gave them “a sense of what we are, a sense of what Michigan represents, a sense of what Team Michigan does,” said LS&A Dean Edie N. Goldenberg. Stops along the way included visits with: —Members…
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September 14, 1992
By Jane R. Elgass When the University this Friday officially announces the Campaign for Michigan in a series of mainly invitation-only events, it will be the largest fund-raising project ever mounted by a public university. The fund-raising program and its $1 billion goal have been described by many as the University’s most important undertaking of…
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September 14, 1992
By Michael Harrison Medical Center Public Relations The Medical Center and Oakwood Health Services Corp. have signed a letter of intent to develop affiliations that will help both organizations meet their educational and patient care objectives. The letter calls for discussions toward agreements on affiliations that will en-hance the availability and quality of edu-cational programs,…
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September 14, 1992
Happy 175th birthday, U-M. It was on Aug. 26, 1817, that members of the Michigan territorial government in Detroit signed into law the act that created a “University of Michigania.” With the start of the 1992–93 academic year, the University begins celebrating the 175th anniversary of its founding. Activities, programs and publications will focus on…
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September 14, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank A summer job he landed as a teen-ager steered Sam Goodin toward what would become his life work. “I worked at a camp for children with disabilities. I’m lucky. I fell into it,” explains Goodin, the new director of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD). As a counselor at Southern Illinois…
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September 14, 1992
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Want to know how many white five-year-old males live in Ann Arbor or the number of female Pacific Islanders between ages 40–44 in Bay County—without thumbing through massive U.S. Census texts? Want the latest median sales price of new houses sold last month? Want instant information on economic…
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September 14, 1992
Tabs for textbooks may total hundreds of dollars, but students will get one handy reference guide free. Some 58,000 copies of the U-M’s first edition of the Campus Safety Handbook and Annual Security Report will be mailed to all students, faculty and staff this week. The handbook, published by the Department of Public Safety (DPS),…
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September 14, 1992
Running out of space but don’t want to permanently get rid of the boxes, records or equipment that are crowding your office or laboratory? Store it off site. Property Disposition has opened a new 5,760-square-foot self-storage warehouse on North Campus. Available for short- and long-term rental, cubicles with wire mesh walls are available in five…
