Medstart speaker talks on impoverished children
Award-winning author and activist Jonathan Kozol decried the living conditions of the nation's poorest children while discussing what role the medical system should play in improving their lives at a conference Saturday for health professionals and students.
'U' awaits first NCAA certication
The University today plans to enter the final stage of a laborious 16-month process of applying for its first NCAA certification.
A five-member visiting committee, composed of members from peer institutions is scheduled to spend the next few days visiting campus, before making a recommendation about the University's future with the NCAA.
Underground lounge and restaurants open in League: 3,000-square-foot lounge with stage and two restaurants opens
Students crowded the Michigan League last week for the opening of the Lounge Underground, a new entertainment and food center.
"Our goal is to make this a student place," said Michigan League Program Director Benita Murrell. "We cannot compete with the (Michigan) Union. We have to find our own niche."
Drug therapies fight AIDS
WASHINGTON - The arrival of new combination drug therapies is rapidly transforming the AIDS epidemic in the United States, prolonging the lives of many AIDS patients and keeping many healthy enough to stay out of the hospital.
Recently gathered evidence even suggests that use of new drugs, especially those in the expensive protease inhibitor family of medicines, may lower the cost of treating many people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to several presentations at the Fourth Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, a five-day AIDS meeting that ended in the nation's capitol yesterday.
Former 'U' golfer to give $2.6M to Athletic Department today
John Schroeder, a professional and former Michigan All-American golfer, will present the University Athletic Department with a donation of $2.6 million today to support a career counseling program.
Joe Roberson, director of athletics, said the donation will benefit student athletes by preparing them to compete in the workforce.
Cohen announces policy endorsement
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary William Cohen said yesterday he will carry out administration policies on missile defense and gays and women in the military while, as a former Republican senator, working to bring the GOP-led Congress on board.
Cohen, who took office on Friday, also urged the Senate to ratify a treaty banning chemical weapons, saying failure to join other countries in the international convention could isolate the nation and result in serious economic losses.
Award recipient to lecture on statuettes
Classical studies Prof. John Pedley - the 21st Distinguished Senior Faculty Lecturer award recipient - plans to speak tomorrow about a monumental excavation that almost was ruined by a tomato paste factory.
Pedley will talk about this University discovery at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in the Rackham Amphitheater during his lecture titled "Flighty Aphrodites: A Group of Marble Statuettes from Paestum, Italy."
Multi-ethnic retreat brings students together: Participants discuss issues of race and
Makaiya Brown and Valerie Ho didn't know each other three days ago.
But thanks to the first annual Multi-Ethnic Leadership Retreat, the two LSA students are now friends.
Avanti salon dedicates day's profits to AIDS Quilt display
Despite the everyday atmosphere of snipping scissors and chatting between hairstylists and customers, it was not business as usual at Avanti Hair Designers on Green Road yesterday.
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