Medical School ranks in nation's top 10
The University's School of Medicine is among the top 10 research-oriented medical schools in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report's annual graduate school survey.
"Overall, we're viewed as a very strong research institution," said Dr. Lorris Betz, interim dean of the Medical School.
Gunman opens fire during bank holdup
DETROIT (AP) - A man dressed in camouflage announced a holdup at a bank yesterday, fatally shot two people and wounded another - then ordered everyone else inside to join him in singing the Lord's Prayer as he yelled obscenities.
The gunman then left the bank, took an elderly man hostage, pushed him to the ground and fatally shot him in the head, Police Chief Isaiah McKinnon said. Police surrounding the bank then shot the gunman dead.
Bollinger picks 'U' interim attorneys: Board of Regents to hear announcement at tomorrow's meeting
The regents will take a road trip 30 miles northeast to the University's Dearborn campus tomorrow for their monthly meeting, where they will vote on University President Lee Bollinger's candidates for interim general counsel.
Bollinger has nominated Elizabeth Barry and Daniel Sharphorn to share the University's top attorney position until a permanent successor to Elsa Cole is named.
Candidates differ on city issues
Those vying for the Michigan Student Assembly's top posts agree the assembly's relationship with Ann Arbor leaders and the surrounding community needs work - but they differ on how that tune-up should take place.
Independent presidential candidate Jessica Curtin said MSA not only should concern itself with campus concerns, but also with greater social issues in the community.
Music professor given highest faculty honor
School of Music Prof. William Bolcom struggled through a cold yesterday afternoon as he spoke to nearly 200 people about the problems currently facing music.
Bolcom is this year's recipient of the Henry Russel Lectureship - the highest honor the University gives a senior faculty member. In addition to yesterday's lecture at Rackham Amphitheater, Bolcom will also receive a research stipend.
Student questions challenge
Answer: This University student will soon be viewed by a national audience on one of televisions highest-rated syndicated shows.
Question: Who is LSA first-year student Craig Barker?
GOP works to outlaw 'partial-birth' abortion
WASHINGTON - The emotionally charged issue of a contentious abortion procedure was back in the congressional spotlight yesterday in a bitter and bruising House-Senate hearing as GOP lawmakers renew their effort to outlaw the technique.
Senate agrees to funding probe: Unanimous vote expands campaign financing investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a turnabout prompted by defections among their own, Senate Republicans agreed yesterday to a broader investigation of campaign financing that would include huge donations that aren't necessarily illegal.
On a pair of 99-0 votes, the Senate voted to expand the reach of the investigation and appropriate $4.35 million to cover its costs. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) voted present on both votes, citing his co-chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee the past two years.
MSA clarifies its own rules with resolution
Michigan Student Assembly members approved a change to their governing code last night that calls for a provision they thought already existed.
The assembly endorsed a measure stating that both its executive officers and the MSA administrative coordinator can authorize "regular and periodic" disbursements of up to $250 from the assembly's Operations account to purchase office supplies. The resolution also states that disbursements can be made without immediate assembly approval.
Gubernatorial candidate speaks to College Dems
In reaction to the United States' moving from a manufacturing-dominated economy to one based on information and technology, gubernatorial candidate Doug Ross outlined his plans last night for Michigan to deal with this changing environment.
Fliers threaten NWROC
At least 19 copies of a threatening flier circulated by a fascist organization and encouraging violence against the National Women's Rights Organizing Coalition and other local political groups have been placed around campus this week.
Area anti-gay crimes may be on the rise
DETROIT (AP) - The number of gays who reported they were verbally or physically attacked in the metropolitan Detroit area because of their sexual preference increased 29 percent in 1996, a gay rights group reported yesterday.
The Triangle Foundation reports that it received 116 cases of anti-gay violence last year, compared with 90 cases a year earlier.
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Shared-responsibility bill clears state Senate, 37-0
LANSING (AP) - Children of divorced parents could find themselves splitting their time more evenly between their parents under a bill that assumes that shared parental responsibility should be ordered.
The bill, similar to one that passed the Senate in the last session but failed to clear the House, passed the Senate yesterday. Sponsored by Sen. Joel Gougeon (R-Bay City), the bill was sent to the House on a 37-0 vote.
Potential liver for transplant located
A donor liver was being flown in yesterday with the hope that it would be compatible for a 17-year-old girl comatose with a rare liver disease, a University Hospitals spokesperson said.
Tiffany Culy, a Saline High School honors student, was in critical condition yesterday and breathing with the help of a respirator.
Disease adds risk for flood victims
FALMOUTH, Ky. (AP) - Flood victims trying to rebuild their lives are confronting a host of new threats as the waters recede - disease from the filthy muck, injury from wobbly buildings and bites from poisonous snakes.
Those going back into towns flooded by the Ohio River and its tributaries were told to get tetanus shots to protect them against floodwaters fouled with human and animal waste picked up from fields, sewage plants and backed-up sewers.
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