Court orders 'U' to pay $250,000
The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a decision against the University and two professors in the case of Carolyn Phinney, a former research associate who accused one colleague of stealing her research and another of retaliation.
On April 4, the court awarded her an additional $250,000 as interest due on damages she was awarded in the Washtenaw County Circuit Court in 1993. The additional money changes her award total from $1.5 million to $1.75 million.
Graduation speaker for 'U' remains unannounced: Officials plan to name speaker by next week's regents meeting
With just three weeks remaining before Spring Commencement, the University has yet to announce this year's keynote speaker.
"Our general practice is not to announce the commencement speaker or honorary recipients until April," said Vice President for University Relations Walter Harrison. "Usually we try to do it before the April regents meeting."
Former MSU president evaluates future
A former Spartan tried to grab the Wolverines' attention yesterday, challenging the University to prepare educationally for the 21st century.
Clifton Wharton, who was president of Michigan State University from 1969-1977, spoke passionately yesterday to about 30 people during his lecture at the Rackham Amphitheater on the topic, "The New Millennium: Is Higher Education Ready?"
Senators may 'modify' higher education funds
As the state House finalizes its plan for higher education appropriations, some in the state Senate agree with the lower chamber's plans to raise Gov. John Engler's proposed 2.5-percent increase.
"I would like to modify it upward from 2.5 percent," said Sen. John Schwarz (R-Battle Creek), chair of the three-member Senate Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee. "If you look at it from a historic view, the proper increase would be around 3.
LUCha meets with Bollinger
One week after storming a reception held for student leaders and University President Lee Bollinger, members of Latinas y Latinos Unidos for Change met with administrators last night to discuss issues concerning Latino/as on campus.
Former 'U' employee charged with arson
Former University employee Norah Callan, suspected of setting a rash of fires in Ann Arbor, will undergo a series of psychiatric tests to determine if she is mentally fit to stand trial on two felonious arson-related charges.
Callan, a former University clerk, was granted a defense motion requesting a complete psychiatric evaluation by Washtenaw County District Court Judge Elizabeth Hines late Wednesday afternoon.
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Student wants ROTC out of Arb
While running through the Arb on the first warm day of spring, Rackham student Ronald Holzhacker was surprised by a blur of fatigues and weapons pointed skyward.
Holzhacker, a graduate student and member of Citizens for the Preservation of Nichols Arboretum, said he thinks the Reserve Officer's Training Corps should train elsewhere.
Business students optimistic: Survey shows students worldwide bullish on their futures
Even in an era of downsizing and scaling back, business students nationwide haven't lost hope.
Business students around the world share an optimistic view of the opportunities ahead of them, according to a recent survey by New York accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand.
NYU dean offers grad school insight
Getting into graduate school to study biomedical and health sciences is no easy task.
But Dr. Joel Oppenheim, associate dean for graduate studies at New York University, gave University undergraduate students tips on how to make the arduous process a little easier.
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Friday Focus: REDS Among the Maize and Blue?
While former mathematics instructor Chandler Davis filled his students' minds with variables and equations in the early 1950s, the University was trying to fire him for his alleged affiliation with the Communist Party.
Not long before the student protests of the 1960s gave the University its liberal reputation, the Ann Arbor campus was not a bastion of free speech.
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