Campus Notes

Engineers to hear Ford CEO at graduation

Ford Motor Company's Chief Executive Officer Jacques Nasser is scheduled to deliver the commencement address at the graduation exercises of the 140th College of Engineering graduating class.

The event is scheduled for May 1 at 4 p.m. in Crisler Arena.

Also scheduled to speak to the 1,000 students being recognized for achievement are graduating Engineering students Jennifer Braganza, Branton Cole, Stephanie Ongena, Christinga O'Donofrio and Brad Finkbeiner.

Cancer center program combats disease fatigue

The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center is hosting a program to combat cancer fatigue.

A panel of cancer survivors and their caregivers are scheduled to discuss living with cancer.

Nutritionists, exercise specialists, pharmacists and nurses will be available to answer questions and give advice regarding cancer fatigue.

The program is scheduled from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on April 21 at the Livonia West Holiday Inn.

Morantz-Sanchez' book wins professor honors

American Culture Prof. Gina Morantz-Sanchez will be honored at a reception scheduled to be held at Shaman Drum Bookshop today at 4 p.m.

Monrantz-Sanchez wrote "Conduct Unbecoming a Woman: A Surgeon on Trial in Turn-of-the-Century Brooklyn," a work recreating the two trials of Mary Dixon Jones, a doctor accused of medical malpractice.

The work studies gender, medical and urban issues at the end of the 19th Century. Refreshments will be served.

Health Night Out to address computer set-ups

A seminar part of a Health Night Out will show participants the most healthy way to configure computers in an office environment, to improve comfort and decrease the risks of possible health problems.

The event is scheduled for tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Kellogg Eye Center on the University Hospitals Medical Campus.

'U' experts give tips for problems from water run-off

University experts on spring storm water run-off have identified how to reduce environmental problems that result from the spring drainage on campus and elsewhere.

SNRE Prof. Paul Nowak and Terrance Alexander, a manager at the University's Office of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health have advice for members of the University community who are interested in solving water run-off problems on campus.

"Storm water can be a powerful source of pollution," Nowak said in a written statement. "But the damages it causes are often easy to reduce or avoid together.

The duo offers several suggestions to combat run-off problems, including washing cars at commercial facilities, not at home; removing debris from storm drains and keeping them free from oil, gas or other similar substances and correctly using fertilizers.

Nowak's and Alexander's tips can be accessed online at www.umich.edu/~oseh/stormwater.

- Compiled from staff reports.

04-19-99

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