FY 1994 Annual Report to the Regents

Highlights of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan scholars report important and exciting discoveries each year. See some examples from 1994 below.

In addition, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) takes an interest in seeding new research initiatives to provide an extra measure of support to promising researchers, to areas of research that cut across traditional disciplines, or to projects that appear likely to open new frontiers.

• New Treatment for non-Hodgkin's Lymphona Developed
• Non-Invasive Test for Melanoma
• HIV Treatment Turns to Gene Therapy
• Method for Growing Bone Marrow Cells to Aid Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Awarded $10.5 Million
• Treatment of Pre-Term Newborns

• Weight Training Benefits Older Adults
• Employee Health Costs Drop When Health Habits Improve
• Banning Tobacco Sales Would Not Current Most State Economies
• Nicotine Dependence Has an Inherited Component
• International Population Planning Policies Subject of New Book

• New Evidence for Land-Dwelling Precursors to the Modern Whale
• Unusual Clouds of Gas Found in Crab Nebula
• Lakes are Source, Not Sink, for Carbon Dioxide
• Semiconductor Theory Advances
• Radar on Space Shuttle Monitors Tree Growth
• New Underwater "M-ROVER" Put in Use
• Method for Improving Landfills Developed

• Escape from Poverty Not Hindered by Welfare Programs
• Career Issues for Blacks and Women
• An Early Indicator of Behavior Problems
• Moral Reasoning in Children
• Drug Use by Young Adults Rising
• The Rules of Social Interaction
• A Personal Account of Anthropology Scholarship
• Probing the Meaning of Speaking with an Accent

• New Books from the UM History Department
• Book from the Romance Languages Department
• Books from the Department of English Language and Literatures
• Books from the Philosophy Department
• Highlights from the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
• Shostakovich Seminars, Performances Held
• Controversial Movie Director is Subject of Book

• Dance Performances
• Theatre at the UM
• Music Composition and Performance