ANN ARBOR—Faculty appointments, with tenure, approved by the University of Michigan Regents at their July 17-18 meeting included:

Brian P. Coppola, lecturer in chemistry at U-M, will become associate professor of chemistry, effective Sept. 1.

Julia C. Hell, a faculty member at Duke University, will be associate professor of German languages and literatures at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

Smadar Karni, a faculty member at Temple University, will be associate professor of mathematics at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

Webb Keane, a faculty member at University of Pennsylvania, will be associate professor of anthropology at U-M, effective July 1.

George Steinmetz, a faculty member at the University of Chicago, will be associate professor of sociology and of Germanic languages and literatures at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

Linda L. Tesar, a faculty member at the University of California at Santa Barbara, will be associate professor of economics at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

Katherine M. Verdery, a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University, will be the Eric R. Wolf Professor of Anthropology and professor of anthropology at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

Regents