The Michigan Daily/New Student Edition - Thursday, Septe'nbor 7, 1989 - Pag 17 VP Wilson leaves 'U' Research flourishes in time of transition l Wistrom vayaaf4wie al'c ClAinic'4LLal . %.L&arI1 .Center, Even though most U-M students probably don't know who Linda Wilson is, the decisions and policies she left behind when she resigned from her post as vice president for research to assume the presidency of Radcliffe College will affect nearly everyone here. At a strong research university like the Michigan, the vice president for research plays a necessary and powerful role in the administration. As the first female vice president at the University, Wilson oversaw re- search carried out by thousands of people at the University and its affil- iated institutes. During her term in the the University's administration, the money brought in from research grants rose from $159.3 to 234.6 million. Almost every faculty member at the University is actively involved in research, as are a large number of students and staff. Master's and doc- torate candidates trying to complete dissertations aren't the only students doing research. Many undergraduates also participate in research for inde- pendent study credit or money or both. Many work-study and summer jobs are available in research areas, especially in laboratories where biomedical research takes place. Though some students feel like little more than "glorified dishwashers" after spending hour after hour wash- ing beakers and flasks, many receive invaluable research experience and resume material that is very helpful in getting jobs or admitted to gradu- ate or professional schools after graduation. Another way that students can earn money through research is par- ticipating in studies as "human guinea pigs." This may involve something as innocuous as filling out a psychology questionnaire and getting $5 for an hour's work , or a more involved 2-month study where the compensation is $250 but it re- quires injections of medicinal drugs, blood-sampling, and several all-day oreverrovernight stays in the hospi- Notices for studies needing partici- pants are often posted around campus or in "The University Record." U-M has an extensive and varied research program. Projects that are currently underway include such di- verse topics as cloning the gene re- sponsible for neurofibromatosis (better known as elephant man's disease), mathematical studies into high-dimensional quasi-formal map- pings, the design of manual trans- mission controls in automobiles, the Geological Sciences Prof. William C. Kelly, who served as as- sociate vice president for research under Wilson, took over her position in an interim capacity on July 1. The University will begin the formal search for a permanent successor in September. Kelly has been on the U-M fac- ulty since 1956, and his administra- tive experience includes serving as chairperson of the Department of Geological Sciences from 1978-81 and as interim director of the Institute of Science and Technology from 1986-87. University President James J. Duderstadt said that "Prof. Kelly's current role as associate vice presi- dent for research, along with his aca- demic and administrative background at the U-M, make him extremely well qualified to assume this new position." The area of expertise of both Kelly and Wilson was in the sciences. Wilson was an inorganic chemist who also published research articles in higher education and science policy, while Kelly is an in- ternationally recognized authority on the application of chemistry, miner- alogy, and petrology to the study of ore deposits. Duderstadt said that "it is difficult to lose a colleague of Linda's stature and abilities... And no one deserves this new challenge more tian Linda Wilson, whose intellectual gifts, policy vision, and administrative tal- ent have served Michigan so well these last four years." Until a permanent successor to Wilson is named, it is difficult to predict how the course of research at the University will be affected by her departure. Her strong commitment to supporting the role of women in science will be missed by many at the University. Dr. Cinda-Sue Davis, director of the Women in Science Program at the at Michigan, said "I have to ad- mit I feel that she is a real advocate for women in science that we never had before." See Research, Page 20 To "Beat" or not to Beat? FILE PHOO After nearly 10 months at downtown Ann Arbor's Heidelberg restaurant, local personality Martin Tury's original rock'n'roll club, The Beat, found itself without a home in mid-July. Heidelberg mamager Fritz Kochendorfer said that he had kicked out Tury over debts; Tury claims to have instigated the split himself, initially indicating that he was seeking a new location for the club, which earned a reputation for breaking local bands onto the scene. While the guitarist/songwriter can now be seen busking around State Street, the future of his venture seems doubtful - if only in name. A similar roster of college/ garage rock bands has continued on stage at Kochendorfer's site - under the "Club Heidelberg" banner. Wilson causes and treatment of childhood depression, .and long-term, intimate social relationships among wild ba- boons. The research is carried out in ev- ery department and school of the University. The U-M is also home to a number of research programs and institutes which are funded by money from many sources, includ- ing private organizations and corpo- rations as well as the state and fed- eral governments. 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