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  • Mar 19

    Inclusive History Project Showcase

    Hear from the IHP team and project leaders, 4-5:30 p.m., Student Activities Building, Maize & Blue Auditorium

  • Mar 20

    Brahms and the Erard piano

    Part of the Erard Piano Festival, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Earl V. Moore Building, Britton Recital Hall

  • Mar 20

    An Equitable Dinner @UMICH

    With Out of Hand Theater – inspiring action on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 7-9 p.m., Rogel Ballroom

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Spotlight

A photo of Isabel Wakefield
“There are so many elements that can go right but can also go wrong. There’s a lot of variability even though it’s such a short race.”

— Isabel Wakefield, research area specialist associate in the School of Kinesiology who is attempting to qualify for the Great Britain Olympic track and field team in the 100-meter hurdles

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It Happened at Michigan

Jim Abbott

Born to handle winning

When Jim Abbott pitched his first Little League game as an 11-year-old growing up in Flint, he fired a no-hitter. It was a glimpse of the extraordinary career to come. Born without a right hand, Abbott played baseball at U-M and the major leagues and was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Michigan in the news

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    • Cathy Goldstein

    Cathy Goldstein, professor of neurology at the Sleep Disorders Center, says if one’s sleep-wake cycle changes a lot, the body will not have a great idea of when to have high-quality deep sleep: “Circadian rhythm is our internal biological clock, it times when we’re awake, it times when we’re asleep — it times most of our physiological processes, so our body does what it needs to do at the right time of day.”

    CNN
    • Brian Jacob

    “It’s a substantial reduction in their achievement. It’s a tragedy. It’s a massive case of government failure in one of its basic jobs to help ensure the physical well-being of its citizens,” said Brian Jacob, professor of public policy, economics and education, who found that after the Flint water crisis, students faced a substantial decline in math scores — losing the equivalent of five months of learning progress.

    The Washington Post
    • Hafiz Malik

    While AI-generated audio lacks the obvious visual cues of AI images or videos, there are ways to identify AI audio by listening for abnormalities in vocal tone, articulation or pacing, says Hafiz Malik, professor of electrical and computer engineering at UM-Dearborn: “(AI-generated voices) lack emotions. They lack the rise and fall in the audio that you typically have when you talk. They are pretty monotonic.”

    The Dallas Morning News