Provost J. Bernard Machen was publicly announced as a candidate for two major university presidencies this summer.
Search committees at the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama at Birmingham each listed Machen as a finalist for their respective presidencies. Neither institution chose to hire the University's outgoing provost and former Dental dean.
In early April, Machen announced his intent to step down from the University's second-in-command post when his contract expires in August. Machen, who served as provost for two years under former President James Duderstadt and interim President Homer Neal, cited his belief that newly appointed University President Lee Bollinger needs to have a chance to put his own administrative team into place.
The University's provost position has been a traditional springboard into major university presidencies. Past provosts include Duderstadt, Princeton University President Harold Shapiro, Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Charles Vest.
In his time as provost, Machen was credited by many for improving relations between the faculty and the administration, as well as helping assemble the search committee that hired Bollinger.
Pierre Landry, a University political science doctoral candidate, said personal freedoms in Hong Kong will be bridled almost immediately.
"There will be curbs on demonstrations, no one will be allowed to question the independence of Hong Kong, Taiwan or Tibet or the Communist Party of China's right to rule," Landry said.
Chinese President Jiang Zemin, in trying to alleviate concerns about potentially drastic changes in Hong Kong residents' economic and personal liberties, pledged that China will retain the spirit of the treaty.
However, immediately after taking control, 4,000 Chinese troops rolled into the former British colony, evoking images of soldiers entering Tiananmen Square nearly a decade ago.
Political science doctoral candidate Andrew Mertha, who lived in Hong Kong for two years, said the troops were meant not as a show of force to Hong Kong's citizens, but instead intended to give a new face to the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Judge Richard Matsch, who presided over the case, received his degree from the Law School.
Robert Precht, a defense attorney in the World Trade Center bombing and director of the Office of Public Service at the University's Law School, said the prosecution's use of indirect evidence was no cause for worry.
"The concern McVeigh was convicted on circumstantial evidence is misplaced," Precht said. "Circumstantial evidence can be, and often is much more powerful than direct evidence."
Matsch received praise for way he conducted the trial.
Richard Rohr, a Detroit lawyer, who worked with Matsch on the University Law Review, said Matsch's personality helped keep the trial in proper bounds.
"Matsch is not one to put up with nonsense," he said. "I thought his rulings were good and he kept things from becoming a circus."
"Dick was a very highly respected person in law school and he continues to be," Rohr said. "It is nice to see such a superior intelligence at work on the bench."
In 1967, Maassab developed a pediatric nasal-spray flu vaccine, which was deemed effective on July 14 by the National Institutes of Health. Research demonstrates that the vaccine has the ability to prevent the development of influenza in children.
Although children can receive the currently licensed flu shot, some younger children will need an additional booster shot each month. The nasal spray is attractive to the public because "it doesn't require a shot and it's effective in children," said Regina Rabinoch, a doctor affiliated with the NIH.
-- Daily Staff Reporters Christine M. Paik, Jason Stoffer and Heather Wiggin contributed to this report.
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