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Board approves 3.9% tuition increase
After months of discussion, debate and speculation about the financial state of the University, the University Board of Regents approved a 3.9 percent tuition increase as part of the $890 million budget for the 1998-99 academic year.
Big House to re-open in fall with renovations
There's no place like home.
Especially when home comes complete with close to 5,000 new seats, enormous combination video and score boards shadowing over fans at each end of the field and 70 new restrooms.
Groups denied access to lawsuit
Nearly a year ago, efforts to challenge the University's use of race as a factor in its admissions processes began.
Several Michigan residents, who had applied to the University, believed they had been unfairly denied admission and filed lawsuits.
'U' says no to student regent seat funding
After a negative response from University administrators, the Michigan Student Assembly's quest for a student reagent has taken a new and unexpected blow. But MSA said the decision merely marks a turning point in its fight.
At the University Board of Regents monthly June meeting, the board failed to approve the proposed increase in MSA fees that would go toward changing the state constitution to allow a student regent seat at the University.
Women march to take back night in 19th annual event
"What do we want? Safe streets! When do we want it? Now!"
More than 400 women marched through the streets of Ann Arbor at the 19th annual Take Back the Night march and rally held on a Saturday night last spring, shouting, chanting and carrying signs declaring, "Our bodies, our lives, our right to decide."
Shelving history: Clements Library celebrates 75 years of culture, research
Looking for rare and original photographs, letters, and books from American history to finish a research project?
Search no farther than the Clements Library, located on South University Avenue between University President Lee Bollinger's house and the Shapiro Undergraduate Library.
City budget calls for 7 percent increase in funding
Funding for the installation of video cameras in police cars highlighted City Administrator Neil Berlin's $179 million budget proposal to the Ann Arbor City Council this past spring.
The annual budget is seven percent larger than last year. The 300-page proposal includes figures for how the city should pay for utilities provision, fire protection, policing, zoning regulation, city planning and garbage collection.
Rising rate: Tuition increase bodes poorly for 'U' students
In July, the University Board of Regents approved a 3.9-percent tuition increase as part of the 1998-99 budget. The increase marks a departure from the trend of successively smaller tuition increases over recent years. Though the University faced a significantly depleted state appropriation this year, the tuition increase was excessive and will likely harm students' ability to afford a University education.
Good housekeeping: Low admission rates will prevent overload
This year, the University accepted 475 fewer students than last year's record incoming class. The stresses of last year's class size led to many overburdened University resources, particularly room availabilities in residence halls. This year, the administration has responded to calls for change and taken action to prevent a housing and class-space crunch.
The 'U' has some problems that even Master Plan can't fix
Surely the groundhog was just jittery this past spring when he predicted six more weeks of winter. Wrong.
Viewpoint: Health, the life sciences and 'U'
Each academic year renews the organic cycle of learning and teaching that energizes the University community and excites our intellect, emotions and sense of commitment to personal goals and our larger society. For those of you new to Ann Arbor, I'm particularly eager to extend a warm welcome, since I myself came here just a year ago, after 28 years in Seattle at the University of Washington.
Viewpoint: Research important to undergrad education
Welcome to the University of Michigan! And welcome to one of the most productive and exciting centers of research excellence in the world!
Michigan research and scholarly activity has touched your lives in many ways already. Our researchers and scholars have, for instance, developed new approaches to music and dance, new ways of looking at history, proved the effectiveness of the Salk polio vaccine, developed a gene delivery system for molecular medicine, discovered the gene for cystic fibrosis, pioneered the field of fiber optics, invented the technology underpinning the Internet, discovered many chemotherapeutic agents .
Michigan license undergoes face-lift
For the first time in over 30 years, the state of Michigan is changing the format of its driver's license.
The new license replaces an outdated document which was last altered in 1965 when the driver's photograph was added.
Master plan studies physical aspects of 'U' campus
The Master Plan initiated by University President Lee Bollinger is an attempt to make the physical campus of the University more cohesive as the University continues to grow during the next 100 years.
The firm of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates has been hired by the University to carry out the Master Plan project.
In its 10th year, UROP still attracting students
The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program is celebrating its 10th year of expanding education for first- and second-year students in the world of research.
Research partnerships between undergraduate students and faculty members in the fields of Bio-medicine, Humanities, Science/Engineering and Social Science permit historically underrepresented minority group and women students to reach into their discipline through firsthand experience.
Students bare all in Mile
"Nakedness coming through!"
That's what an unidentified person shouted while running in the annual Naked Mile, which brought more than 10,000 students and spectators to the streets of Ann Arbor on April 21.
Ticket demands may break records
It's going to be another record-breaking season for Michigan football fans.
Student ticket demand for the upcoming football season is at a "potential record high" said former Associate Athletic Department Director Keith Molin.
Despite increase in applications, fewer students accepted
In an attempt to avoid the strains of a large incoming class, the University admitted fewer students this year.
Of the 21,025 applications it received this year - up nearly 10 percent from last year - the University accepted 12,351 students, according to records as of June 15. Last year, the University received 18,784 applications and admitted 12,826 students.
Phone study reveals positive attitude in Michigan backing laboratory research
The effects of clinical research may extend beyond the lives and laboratories of doctors across the nation.
A survey this summer of 800 state of Michigan residents indicated that people believe it is important to spend money on medical research since it raises the income of many residents and creates new jobs.
Goldenberg will leave 'U' to become Texas provost
Edie Goldenberg, former dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, has been named executive vice president and provost at the University of Texas at Austin effective October 1.
Goldenberg, a professor of political science and public policy, has been dean since 1989.
Textbook taxes could be eliminated
Students griping about the high price of textbooks may be in for some relief if a bill passed in June by the House Of Representatives is passed by the Senate and signed by the governor in time for the start of the academic year.
The bill would exempt textbooks from the state's sales tax, saving each student an estimated $30-$40 per semester.
Voting effort moves to 'U' housing
Upon opening their mailboxes in April, about 11,000 students living in residence halls found a voter registration card and a letter from Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford urging students to consider registering to vote in Ann Arbor.
ITD extends plans to prepare for millennium
In an effort to prepare the University's computer systems for the year 2000, the Information Technology Division has announced that its "Planning for the Millennium" project will now incorporate individual campus units.
The project stems from IBM's "Year 2000" computing awareness seminars in the '70s and '80s and has been underway for several years.
Group to focus on life sciences
University President Lee Bollinger announced the creation of the Life Sciences Commission this past summer, which will assess the status of life science programs at the University and the potential for new achievements in these studies.
Legends, myths popular around 'U' campus
Years after they leave orientation, University students still scurry abound the 'M' in the center of the Diag.
"I still haven't walked on it," said LSA junior Katrina Blank.
Available tenures increased by 12
The University Board of Regents emphasized teaching ability as well as research success when the board announced its professorship promotions during its annual meeting this past summer.
Each year, individual schools and colleges of the University recommend a number of professors for tenure. University Provost Nancy Cantor then reviews the list of names.
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