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January 4 - November 30, 1999

PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVES

 

January 04

• Lectures on sustainable development, community and business
  
• Helen Vendler to lecture on Robert Lowell
  
• It bloomed. It was beautiful. Now what?
  
• Advisory: Officials declare inclement weather period
  

January 05

• Astronomers spot signs of cold dust in hot gas of ancient galaxies
  
• Earth Day co-founder Morton S. Hilbert dies
  

January 06

• Safety belt use continues to rise
  
• Prospective student Spring Commencement speaker deadline
  

January 07

• Off-Campus Housing Fair set for Jan. 11
  
• Alternative meal options for Muslim students during Ramadan
  
• League presentation to focus on Vincent van Gogh
  

January 08

• Writers to read in January
  

January 11

• Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration events
  
• Stephen Foster Memorial Day Jan. 13
  
• Regents will meet Jan. 21
  

January 12

• New study begins to improve end-of-life care for terminally ill
  
• Student recognized for research on transportation and health care
  
• An African Adventure at the Gardens
  
• Advisory to University community: Ann Arbor snow emergency
  

January 13

• New book helps students explore field of science writing
  

January 14

• Pan-ethnic cultural show featuring U-M students Jan. 16
  

January 15

• Community outreach coalition awarded a Metro Health Foundation grant
  
• Advisory: building evacuated, no injuries reported
  

January 18

• Rebecca Blank recommended as School of Public Policy dean
  
• Special Collections Library exhibit examines origins of King James Bible
  
• Regents meet Jan. 21
  

January 19

• Diversity theme semester takes shape
  
• 150-million-year-old sunken slab beneath Siberia
  

January 20

• Vaccine with promising cancer-fighting abilities developed
  
• Jose-Marie Griffiths receives "Top 25 Women on the Web" award
  

January 21

• Faculty salary increases average 4.7 percent
  
• Five faculty members retire
  
• Three faculty members selected to receive Henry Russel Award
  
• $16 million in gifts received in December
  
• Regents approve administrative appointments
  

January 22

• Diabetes and periodontal disease connection
  
• Real connection between oral health and heart disease
  

January 25

• Keeping Third World scientists connected via technology
  

January 26

• Need a piano teacher? How to pick the right one
  

January 29

• Growth factor contributes to angiogenesis
  

 

February 01

• Young women: don't sabotage your chances for a happy Valentines Day
  
• "Sustainable" lecture series continues
  

February 03

• Kenneth Frampton to deliver Wallenberg Lecture
  
• Former U-M official honored with institute
  
• Conference explores other ways in which censorship affects women
  

February 04

• Renowned scholar and voting expert Warren Miller died Jan. 30
  

February 05

• Conferences on innovation, business development and job creation in Michigan
  
• Photographer will be featured in Photo-Active Feminist Artists lecture series
  
• Regents will meet Feb. 18-19
  
• Advisory: recently approved football ticket price increase
  

February 08

• New position of chief investment officer created
  

February 09

• From evolutionary biologist: a fresh look at love and war between the sexes
  
• Prof. Sally Lusk joins a federal grant review committee
  
• Let's look at smart cards
  

February 10

• National journalists and experts will debate assisted suicide and euthanasia Feb. 22
  
• Writer to read in February
  

February 11

• Exercise influences well-being of new mothers
  
• Panel kicks off a lecture series on the future of research universities
  
• Study shows H pylori screening potential to significantly reduce gastric cancer risk
  

February 15

• Prof. Fawwaz Ulaby recommended as vice president for research
  
• Life Sciences Commission releases its report
  
• U-M Regents will meet Feb. 18-19
  
• DPS officer apprehends carjacking suspect
  

February 16

• Study blames conservative views, Protestant ethic for making fat women feel worse
  
• Eating and body image events for Feb. 23-27
  
• Experts on eating and body images
  

February 18

• Residence hall rates will increase 2.3% next year
  
• Seven faculty members named Arthur F. Thurnau Professors
  
• Three faculty members retire
  
• Regents approve administrative appointments
  
• Regents approve renovation projects
  
• Rebecca Blank will become dean of the School of Public Policy
  
• $29 million in gifts during January
  
• Wife's income has little effect on household finances when spouse gets jobless benefits
  
• Van Gogh will play the Michigan League
  

February 23

• Study to examine how everyday stress affects health
  
• Advisory: Students of NASA Zero-G Program hold media day
  
• Images of exotic species available from Michigan Sea Grant
  
• Students from Midwestern high schools to compete in Ocean Science Bowl
  

February 24

• Summer "Math Camp" seeks high school students who enjoy math
  
• U-M launches $3.5 million technology upgrade
  

February 25

• School of Information studies networked communities, public libraries
  
• Workshops to keep you up to speed on the job
  

February 26

• Lectures on mental illness during March, Community Psychiatry Month
  

• University of Michigan presentations at IADR meeting
  
• Neubacher Award nominations sought
  

 

March 01

• Interleukin-2 boosts cancer vaccine effectiveness in mice
  
• Dental care and family income
  
• Going batty
  
• Computer model mimics behavior of complex adaptive systems
  
• March diversity theme semester events
  
• Key participants in April 7-10, 1989 Polish Round Table talks
  

March 02

• A little volunteering can prolong your life
  
• Why Oscar doesn't sing
  

March 03

• Automotive suppliers will continue to fuel Michigan's job growth
  
• Prof. Jack Dixon to give Henry Russel Lecture
  
• Huron High School wins Midwest Ocean Sciences Bowl
  

March 04

• Spirit of Sinatra to appear at Humanities Institute
  
• David Hollinger to give "Academic and Intellectual Freedom" lecture
  
• Industry leaders and scientists to discuss global climate change
  

March 05

• Regents will meet March 18-19
  
• Winona LaDuke to address National Student Environmental Justice Conference
  
• Kinesiology faculty and students present their research findings at Kinesiology Day
  
• Greek students announce annual education forum
  
• Greek students sponsoring four-day blood drive
  
• Science's role in establishing public health policy to be discussed March 20
  

March 08

• Scary movies and TV have lasting effects on children and teens
  
• Tip Sheet: papers presented at IADR
  
• Public health students sponsor conference on health issues affecting communities of color
  
• Resources for survivors of domestic violence are available
  
• Funeral services scheduled for Christopher Groesbeck
  

March 09

• Screenwriter and producer of 'A Midwife's Tale' to visit
  
• How many friends are enough?
  
• Treadmill practice accelerates walking of Down Syndrome children
  
• Imagining America: artists and scholars in public life
  

March 10

• Analysis of brain at work identifies different regions used
  
• Spring fever, seed catalogs, and the Michigan Gardening Guide
  
• Authors of recent studies on race in America to speak March 16
  

March 11

• The OmniMate: New robotic pallet is a whiz at navigation
  
• Alaskan Yup'ik heritage featured on CD-ROM
  
• Economy will continue to expand next two years at slower rate
  
• Glenn Knoll elected to National Academy of Engineering
  

March 12

• University asks for mediation in Graduate Employee Organization talks
  
• Lecture opens library exhibit on theatre history, design.
  

March 13

• University of Michigan and Graduate Employees Organization reach labor agreement
  

March 15

• U-M Regents will meet Thursday and Friday (March 18-19)
  

March 16

• Midlife college students
  
• Heart disease in women lecture March 24
  
• Disparities in health lecture March 24
  
• University of British Columbia Dean Shirley Neuman nominated as LSA Dean
  

March 17

• New study spells out who cares for you when you're ill
  
• Making of America project to expand with grant from Mellon Foundation
  
• Academic Freedom Lecture Fund receives a grant from Kellogg Foundation
  
• Diverse environment benefits college students educationally
  

March 18

• Four honorary degrees to be awarded at spring commencement
  
• $10 million in gifts received in February
  
• Regents approve tenure appointments
  
• Regents approve administrative appointments
  
• Four faculty members named to endowed, titled professorships
  
• Special committee to study tobacco investments
  
• Regents approve renovation projects
  
• Regents approve Dana Building project
  
• Code of conduct for vendors of licensed goods finalized
  
• Two faculty members retire
  

March 19

• Students end sit-in
  

March 22

• Scientists produce MRI images of heart and lung tissue using xenon
  
• Wives with pensions: study finds their marriages more likely to end
  
• Conference on undergraduate education, research March 29-30
  
• Frost returns to Ann Arbor
  

March 23

• Water: source of conflict or greater cooperation in the Middle East?
  

March 24

• New details of universe's violent explosions
  
• Winter songbirds may be early global warming effects indicator
  
• Public Health professor to address Nobel Prize Committee
  

March 25

• Engineering students to exhibit design projects
  
• Advisory: Diversity---Theories & Practices final events
  

March 29

• "My Favorite Things"
  
• UV radiation induces vitamin A deficiency in skin
  

March 30

• How folic acid lowers risk of cardiovascular disease
  
• Fair way to assign students in school choice plans
  
• Polish President Kwasniewski and others reunite at Round Table talks
  
• Architecture and Urban Planning will present Dinkeloo, Eames lectures
  
• No exit strategy then; no exit strategy now
  

March 31

• Labor expert Louis Ferman died March 25 at age 72
  

March

• Anti-Sweatshop/Human Rights Policy
  

 

April 02

• Think about your health in April
  
• Peony Garden Party grows into Arbfest '99
  
• Regents will meet April 15-16
  

April 05

• Kelsey exhibit gives new meaning to "classical music"
  
• Ford president to address engineering graduates
  
• Register your children for KidSport
  

April 07

• Rev. Jesse Jackson will speak on campus Friday
  
• Student writers share $5,800 in prizes for creative writing
  

April 08

• Computerized record keeping software for counseling centers
  
• New video highlights faculty women of color
  
• Conference on domestic violence and poverty April 16-18
  

April 09

• O'Donnell to be installed as Jerry W. and Carol L. Levin Professor of Engineering
  

April 12

• Study to examine prevalence, mental health effects of torture in South Africa
  
• Study examines dietary habits of America's elderly
  
• Regents meet April 15 and 16
  

April 13

• Grant to fund study wealth, health changes over the life course
  
• Three cigarette brands account for most American teen smoking
  

April 14

• Michigan's mice may be forecasting the future
  

April 15

• Workshop to help teachers use space sciences to motivate students
  
• Advisory: Spring Commencement
  
• Five faculty members win Guggenheim Fellowships
  
• How to avoid or reduce environmental damage of storm water run-off
  
• U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to speak at Spring Commencement
  

April 16

• Regents approve tenure appointments
  
• Regents approve appointments to endowed and titled chairs
  
• Prof. Pebworth of U-M-Dearborn retires
  
• Regents approve administrative appointments
  
• $14 million in gifts in March
  
• Advisory: Seminar on Addictive Behaviors in Health Professionals
  
• Addictive Behavior in Health Professionals:
  

April 19

• Prominent cancer specialist nominated as 14th dean of U-M Medical School
  
• Royster Harper nominated as interim vice president for student affairs
  

April 20

• New book explores the history of high school in America
  
• Study shows religion has strong influence on mother-child bond
  
• Paul Igasaki to speak on anti-affirmative action state ballot initiatives
  

April 21

• Scoundrel or successful scout?
  
• College of Engineering to launch seminar series
  
• Advisory---Spring graduation events
  
• Labor shortages to continue hampering job growth in bustling Oakland County
  
• Sweetland Writing Center to welcome Detroit area high school educators on April 24
  

April 22

• Society of Fellows names new members
  

April 27

• Health of older Black Americans focus of new program
  
• Advisory: What is May Day?
  

April 28

• Talk on fathers' involvement with kids May 16
  
• Latino workers conference May 20-23 in Romulus, Mich.
  

April 29

• Working mothers: New book shows their jobs benefit families
  
• Friedmann named Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Aerospace Engineering
  

• 1999 Spring Commencement Address---University of Michigan
  
• 1999 Spring Commencement Address---University of Michigan
  

 

May 03

• Judges should forego trials---evidence shows admission
  

May 04

• Ford Motor Company aids education, the environment and the arts
  
• Journalism Fellows for the next academic year announced
  
• Information technology experts named to Library of Congress project
  

May 05

• HOPE kicks-off health care career workshops for Ypsilanti students
  
• Advanced research open house to be held at Engineering Lab
  

May 07

• Regents will meet May 20-21
  

May 11

• Retired journalism Prof. William Porter died April 21 at age 80
  

May 13

• Battered women are good predictors of future abuse
  

May 17

• Schools can help stem violence by taking charge of public areas
  
• Regents meet in Dearborn May 20, Ann Arbor May 21
  

May 19

• School of Public Health, U.S. Postal Service salute Jonas Salk
  
• Arts of Citizenship Program announces faculty grants
  

May 21

• $12.9 million in gifts in April
  
• Regents approve tenure appointments
  
• Regents approve administrative appointments
  
• Regents approve appointments to professorship
  
• Fifteen faculty members retire
  
• Regents approve faculty promotions
  
• Institute for the Study of Biological Complexity and Human Values established
  

May 24

• Private agency international adoptions in Michigan are on the rise
  
• Patricia Neal to keynote conference for stroke survivors, families
  

May 26

• College of Engineering bestows Service Awards
  

May 27

• Scientists calculate odds of doomsday scenarios for solar system
  

May 28

• The familiar and the new make Arbfest '99
  

 

June 02

• Chamberlain selected interim director of Center for Gene Therapy
  
• Hidden prejudice can taint whites' interactions with Blacks
  

June 03

• Regents will meet June 17-18
  

June 07

• Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights is appointed
  

June 08

• Communities to tackle ethical implications of genetic research
  
• ISR scientist Charles F. Cannell receives award
  

June 09

• The condom pouch and Depo-Provera
  
• Telephone books may be only record of residency for refugees
  

June 10

• Time U.S. children spend with their fathers, and what they do
  
• How men feel about fatherhood, and what they contribute
  

June 11

• School of Dentistry to host major program
  
• School of Dentistry to provide dental care to migrant workers
  
• Biology department receives $1 million gift in memoriam
  

June 14

• Major international cancer study launched in association with Israel
  
• Regents meet on June 17
  

June 15

• Some cardiac surgery patients at higher risk when potassium levels are low
  

June 16

• Using spatial illusion to learn how the brain processes sound
  
• Solar Car ready to race---online
  

June 17

• $15.6 million in gifts received during May
  
• Regents approve tenure appointments
  
• Regents approve administrative appointments
  
• Four faculty members named to professorships
  
• Fletcher Street Parking Structure to regain 82 parking spaces
  
• Regents approve updating of Hill Auditorium Renewal Project
  
• Safety improvements approved for Solid State Electronics Lab
  
• Regents approve Rackham Building renovation project
  
• Regents approve Social Work Building renovations
  
• Regents approve transfer of land to City of Ann Arbor
  
• Alfred Taubman gives $30 million
  
• Treatment restores normal rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation
  
• Students win top honors in this year's VLSI Design Contest
  
• Insights to anarchist, student Bohemian, social worker and librarian
  
• Long before Powers and Bond: spies of the American Revolution
  

June 18

• Award-winning Neighborhood AmeriCorps Program launches fifth year
  
• Sixteen faculty members retire
  

June 22

• A membership in Michigan brings favors across the country
  

June 24

• Negative media coverage benefits Gun rights supporters and NRA
  
• Many schools designate students as disabled to garner aid
  
• ADVISORY: Area high school students meet a Blue Ange
  
• William Bess named director of Public Safety
  

June 25

• Help for women's urinary tract infections
  

June 28

• Juan Mestas recommended as chancellor of U-M-Flint
  

June 29

• Unexpected target may unlock the door to fighting sepsis
  

June 30

• Collective action for doctors
  
• Weather dampens solar car's performance, not Michigan's spirits
  

• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Candidate Tuition and Fees---1999-2000
  
• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Graduate Non-Resident Tuition and Fees for Full-time Students---1999-2000
  
• Tom Goss letter to licensees
  
• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Graduate Resident Tuition and Fees for Full-time Students---1999-2000
  

 

July 01

• Inhaled drug useful in preventing flu
  

July 02

• Regents will meet July 15
  

July 07

• Recommendations issued on reducing binge drinking
  
• Klein again to serve as interim chancellor of Dearborn campus
  

July 12

• Regents to be presented budget including a proposed 2.8 percent tuition increase
  
• Regents meet on July 15
  
• Prof. Lawrence Sklar elected vice president of American Philosophical Association Central Division
  

July 13

• Active component of aspirin prevents antibiotic-induced deafness; human clinical trial under way
  
• New Ann Arbor assisted-living facility to feature faculty, student involvement
  

July 14

• New study measures results of 30 years of affirmative action at U-M Law School
  

July 15

• Management Briefing Seminars Aug. 2-6
  
• Customized mouth guards free to student athletes and others
  
• Mobile telephones pose a risk of explosion at service stations
  
• Regents approve tenure appointments
  
• Regents approve administrative appointments
  
• Regents approve appointments to professorships
  
• Four faculty members retire
  
• Regents approved LS&A Building renovation project
  
• Regents approve programming work for Life Sciences Institute building
  
• Regents approve renovation project in Medical Science Buildings
  
• Regents approve new budget, tuition and fee levels
  
• Hospitals and Health Centers budget looks to build on recent success
  

July 16

• Gift will enhance library and Musical Society
  
• Young subjects needed for study of physical activity
  

July 19

• Heart failure deaths reduced by 30 percent
  

July 20

• Model shows relationship between H. pylori bacteria, human hosts
  
• Annual earnings are up for the poor as well as for the rich
  

July 22

• Engineering dean says diversity is key to future competitiveness
  
• School of Dentistry enhancing Community Dental Center
  

July 26

• Study finds many problems with health information on the Internet
  
• University informs licensees of factory site disclosure requirement
  

July 28

• Scientists identify genes that make blood "thicker," more likely to clot as we get older
  

July 30

• Four Michigan residents to receive full-ride academic scholarships
  
• Michigan Sea Grant publications help make summer safer, more interesting
  

July

• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Undergraduate Tuition and Fees for Full-time Students---1999-2000
  

 

August 03

• Get it free through MEL
  
• Michigan Quarterly Review features Detroit theme
  

August 05

• School of Dentistry to help football team
  

August 09

• Catching babies' hearing problems early
  
• School of Information expands dual-degree offerings
  

August 10

• Feeling as if you belong is instrumental in overcoming depression
  
• 3rd Annual Fun Run kicks off with start of school year
  
• Court of Appeals rules to allow intervenors to participate
  

August 12

• Solar car set to sail for Down Under
  

August 13

• Good economic times will continue, but interest rates will creep up
  

August 16

• Heart valve reconstruction operation
  
• Ultrasound, MRI changing their images
  

August 17

• Life of a Gladiator
  
• All the children in a family suffer
  
• Women think, men drink
  

August 19

• Sex on TV: affects teen attitudes and expectations
  
• Grant sets town/gown collaboration into motion
  
• Engage Energy as the future supplier of electrical power
  

August 20

• Researchers design earthquake-proof connections
  

August 23

• School of Information dean nominated
  

August 25

• State Envirothon champs visit
  

August 26

• Duct tape holds together $5 million facility
  

August 27

• Fire destroys fraternity house
  

August 31

• Electrician William H. Polliey died Aug. 30
  

August

• RSQE Forecast: Executive Summary
  
• RSQE Forecast: Summary Table
  

• Illustration of laser process
  

 

September 01

• Workers' plight featured in cartoon exhibit
  
• Michigan native returns to lead Marching Band
  
• ADVISORY---Two sources for Labor Day stories
  

September 02

• Regents will meet Sept. 16-17
  

September 03

• School of Dentistry Names Dr. Todd Ester Multicultural Affairs Director
  
• TIP SHEET--Transition to college life
  

September 05

• Statement By President Lee C. Bollinger on Michigan Stadium
  

September 08

• Symposium/Retreat Looks at Future of Pharmaceutical Industry
  
• Committee appointed to help in search for Dearborn chancellor
  

September 09

• Psychiatrist to discuss medical privacy issues on Sept. 15
  

September 10

• Scientists find genetic links for deadly type of breast cancer
  
• Study to determine number of uninsured and underinsured in state
  
• Federal Reserve Board Governor Gramlich to speak
  
• Students complete Army ROTC training camp in Washington state
  
• Police awaiting autopsy results in death of woman in parking structure
  

September 13

• Regents meet Sept. 16-17
  

September 14

• Physics Nobel laureate to speak
  
• Connita Craft named to Engineering Post
  

September 15

• Available on the big or little screen
  
• A third of Michigan kids do not wear seat belts
  
• George Jetson devices coming soon to your car
  
• Michigan Quarterly Review features notable writers
  
• Athletic Department releases 1998-99 audited financial statements
  

September 16

• Bubonic plague kills by cutting off cellular communication
  
• Making industrial isotopes cheaper and with less pollution
  
• Many suburbs are less advantaged than central cities
  
• $42 million in gifts in June, July and August received
  
• Regents approve faculty appointments
  
• Regents approve administrative appointments
  
• Regents approve appointments to professorships
  
• Eight faculty members retire
  
• Regents approve renovation projects
  
• Forest Avenue parking structure, to be shared with City of Ann Arbor
  

September 17

• Advisory---Smithsonian Awards recognized September 22
  
• $5 million from Warner-Lambert Company to create bioinformatics program
  
• Dr. Norman Betts new chair of Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  
• Dental Plan for graduate and undergraduate students introduced
  
• $42 million in gifts in June, July and August received
  
• Regents approve faculty appointments
  
• Regents approve administrative appointments
  
• Regents approve appointments to professorships
  
• Eight faculty members retire
  
• Regents approve renovation projects
  
• Forest Avenue parking structure, to be shared with City of Ann Arbor
  
• Lundberg appointed to new position as U-M's chief investment officer
  

September 21

• School of Social Work to install first endowed professorship
  
• Community Forum on Nuclear Weapons
  

September 22

• Computerworld Smithsonian ceremony recognizes projects
  
• 1999 Computerworld Smithsonian Program
  
• Professor named to foundation established to reduce U.S. tobacco usage
  

September 24

• U-M to participate in electronic mentoring program
  
• Visiting writer series begins
  

September 27

• School of Public Health to direct national asthma program
  
• Alternative, but on an annual basis
  
• Diversity issues: Europe/Canada compared to U.S. Sept 30
  
• CEW honors 35 women scholars
  
• Stressed-out mice gain less weight and prefer safe places
  
• New concussion guidelines urge caution for athletes, coaches, doctors
  

September 28

• Donald J. Borut, a key advocate for local government policy, will speak Oct. 8
  
• A century of changes: views of Ann Arbor 1899 and 1999
  

September 29

• Coexistence: an exhibit and conference
  
• "Green" videos part of National Sustainable Buildings Workshop, Oct. 8-9
  
• Chester G. Starr, noted historian, dies
  

September 30

• Adding Rx coverage to Medicare: Study estimates effects on drug use, expenditures
  
• Community Service-Learning Fair Oct. 4
  
• Acclaimed writer to visit campus
  

September

• Contexts for Diversity: Europe and North America
  

• Habitat for Humanity International fact sheet
  
• Sample Memorandum Concerning Apparel Licensees
  
• 1999 Winter Commencement Address---University of Michigan
  

 

October 06

• U-M and city of Ann Arbor collaborate to improve State Street area
  

October 01

• 1998 campus crime statistics show little change
  

October 02

• School of Information offers travel stipends
  
• Habitat for Humanity chapter completing work on first house
  
• Family literacy workshops by America Reads Program
  
• Diane Brown named new information officer
  

October 03

• Karen Wixson is recommended as dean of School of Education
  
• Regents will meet Dec. 16-17
  

October 06

• Software agreement with Microsoft reached
  
• The Bible: from papyri to King James
  

October 07

• Professors win ASIS awards
  
• Winter commencement in Crisler Arena Dec. 19
  
• Child welfare specialist Jane Costabile died Nov. 23
  
• Apparel licensees requested to disclose manufacturing sites by Jan. 1
  
• Police seek suspect in stabbing
  

October 08

• El Nino triggers tropical forest reproduction
  
• Scottish Engineering Centre looks to Michigan for expertise
  
• Stress theory helps predict critical moment volcano turns deadly
  
• Smart machine--boring in name only---wins national recognition
  

October 09

• Down syndrome research center receives Ronald McDonald House Charities grant
  
• Status decision on Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity expected in January
  
• Public comments sought on U-M reaccreditation
  

October 10

• Student speaker for commencement chosen
  

October 13

• Study seeks whether POWs experience "post-traumatic growth"
  
• Regents meet Dec. 16
  

October 14

• Interpreting images of Earth's interior
  
• Holiday Tip Sheet
  
• The Y2K problem: error in classical scholarship or unfortunate assumption about impermanence of institutions
  

October 15

• Intel donates Pentium processors
  
• Ann Arbor crows return in time for the holidays
  

October 16

• Medical School bioinformatics program receives $4 million from HHMI
  
• 1998-99 research expenditures nearly a half billion dollars
  
• $14.8 million in gifts received in November
  
• Regents approve tenure appointments
  
• Regents approve administrative appointments
  
• Two faculty members named to professorships
  
• Nine faculty members retire
  
• Regents approve renovation projects
  

October 17

• Drug trends among American teens
  
• Cigarette smoking among American teens
  
• $4.1 million grant for education research
  
• U-M is first University to host major annual dental and research program
  

October 20

• Advisory---Holiday Hours
  
• Student Kiwanis group committed to community service
  

October

• University of Michigan Habitat for HUmanity fact sheet
  

• Ann Arbor Campus enrollment by school/college, fall 1999
  
• Ann Arbor Campus Graduate and Professional enrollment, fall 1999
  
• Ann Arbor Campus new freshman enrollment, fall 1999
  
• Ann Arbor Campus total enrollment, fall 1999
  
• Ann Arbor Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Fall 1999
  

 

November 01

• National and state economic forecasts will be presented at Economic Outlook Conference Nov. 18-19
  
• Conference on public/private partnerships to be held Nov. 11-12
  
• Disabled by depression
  
• Psychology prof. Stanley E. Seashore died Oct. 7
  
• Staff to participate in hot line
  
• UN official joins panel to discuss the implications of "Day of 6 Billion"
  

November 02

• New study outlines the challenges of welfare reform
  
• Professor helps shape environmental policy
  
• Low-income minorities gain Internet access
  
• Advisory---Conference on "Social Capital" to be held
  
• Experts on Poland honored by President Kwasniewski
  

November 03

• Anti-sweatshop code of conduct public forum will be held Nov. 8
  

November 04

• Scholars will discuss Europe's new currency Nov. 12
  

November 05

• Regents will meet Nov. 18-19
  

November 09

• Reliability problems with test for carpal tunnel syndrome found
  

November 10

• Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform
  
• An alternative to giant cyclotrons
  
• Distinguished playwright here Dec. 2
  

November 11

• Cable operators stand to profit by allowing "open access" to Internet connections
  
• Thanksgiving Tip Sheet
  

November 12

• Singing strong with an aging voice
  

November 15

• Scientists discover how viruses hide inside human cells
  
• Journal of Community Service Learning released
  
• Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives receives grant to pilot POSSE program
  
• Regents meet Nov. 18-19
  

November 16

• Jupiter's atmosphere indicates icy beginnings
  

November 17

• School of Public Policy plans name change to honor President Gerald Ford
  
• Regent Emeritus Alfred B. Connable died Nov. 16
  

November 18

• Booming American economy to expand, but at a slower rate
  
• Child welfare expert David Liederman to speak Nov. 30
  

November 19

• Depression, Disease, and Disability
  
• The Michigan economy to grow, but at a slower pace
  
• $16.7 million in gifts received during October
  
• Prof. John Jackson named to Murfin Professorship
  
• Prof. James Woolliscroft will be executive associate dean of Medical School
  
• Regents approve West Hall renovation
  
• Three honorary degrees to be awarded at winter commencement
  
• Endowment to support Center for Community Service and Learning
  
• Two Henry Russel Lecturers selected
  

November 22

• The Panama Canal: Explorers, pirates, scientists and engineers
  

November 23

• 'Adventures Among the Gently Mad': An eternal passion for books
  

November 24

• Lobbying for higher education and research to be discussed
  

November 29

• Federal laws help spur adoptions of older children
  
• Why we wrap presents, and other holiday insights
  

November 30

• Enrollment jumps for fall 1999
  
• Free, public conference Dec. 5 on architectural changes in Berlin