Since 1995, University Health Systems have been working to reduce the use of mercury in all of its health centers.
UMHS was also acknowledged by Health Care Without Harm in August for converting all of its waste management processes from incineration to steam-sterilization.
The University Board of Regents approved the appointment of Prof. James Woolliscroft to executive associate dean for the Medical School at their meeting last week.
Woolliscroft is a professor of internal medicine, the Josiah Macy Professor of medical education and associate dean for graduate medical
education.
The Museum of Natural History is hosting a "Season of Light" show in the planetarium, is scheduled to open Friday and run through Dec. 30.
The show will examine celebrations such as Christmas and Hanukkah. Tickets may be purchased in the museum store and cost $3 each.
The University English Department and the Office of the Provost will host poet and playwright Wole Soyinka for a poetry reading on Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheater.
Currently, Soyinka is a Woodruff Professor of the Arts at Emory University. He will be visiting as part of this year's Visiting Writer Series. The reading will be free and open to the public.
Prof. John Jackson will hold the LSA James Orin Murfin Professorship of Political Science. His appointment was approved by the University regents at their November meeting.
Jackson served as the director of the Taubman Program in American Institutions from 1981-87 and as chair of the Department of Political Science from 1994-99.
Prof. Abigail Stewart has been chosen as the University's Henry Russel Lecturer for 2000 and Prof. Sid Gilman will be the lecturer for 2001.
Stewart is a professor of psychology and women's studies. She is scheduled to speak at the annual Russel Awards for junior faculty members in March.
The Royal Hat Trio plans to perform in the lobby of the Main Library Friday beginning at 2 p.m. The free concert marks the end of the traveling exhibit in the library, "The Jazz Age in Paris: 1914-1940."
On Nov. 29 in 3050 Frieze Building, Middle Eastern literature Prof. Anton Shammas will give a lecture titled "Ibn al-Haytham Puts Cervantes in Perspective."
The lecture is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
-Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Lisa Koivu.
11-22-99
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