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AV Challenge puts engineering algorithms to the test

U-M has issued the Mcity AV Challenge, in which autonomous-vehicle researchers in academia and industry will compete to measure the performance of their decision-making modules in a world-leading simulated environment.
UROP humanizes research for young U‑M academics

Students participating in the the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program will present their findings at the UROP 2024 Spring Research Symposium from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. April 24 at the Michigan League.
U-M, LEO still at odds over Dearborn, Flint salary increases

After nearly six months of negotiations, the university and the Lecturers’ Employee Organization on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses have reached agreement on every contractual issue except salary increases.
Michigan Medicine, others get $15M to study inflammation

The American Heart Association has awarded $15 million to scientists at U-M and two other universities to study inflammation’s role in cardiac and brain dysfunction.
Runge addresses U-M’s role in human health and well-being
U-M pioneering a digital wellness program for youths
Survey explores perceptions of large-scale solar projects
Climate change will boost value of rooftop solar panels, study shows

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Coming Events

Apr 24

Shared Memories

Second annual community commemoration of the anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide; 3-5 p.m.; Weiser Hall, Room 1010
Apr 25

Remote Work and City Structure

With Esteban Rossi-Hansberg of The University of Chicago; 11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.; Lorch Hall, Room 201
Apr 26

Commence

An exhibition celebrating and highlighting the work of graduating undergraduate students from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design; 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Stamps Gallery, 201 South Division St.; runs through May 4

ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards

The 2023 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award recipients are, from left: Lulu Shang, biostatistics; Markus Borsch, electrical and computer engineering; Maria Ahmed, molecular, cellular, and developmental biology; Kayla Kroning, chemistry; Evan Radeen, English language and literature; Luis Flores, sociology; and Kevin Napier, physics. Not pictured: Salem Elzway, history; Alex Kapiamba, mathematics; and Graham Liddell, comparative literature. The awards recognize exceptional work produced by doctoral students for the high caliber of their scholarship and the significance and interest of their findings. (Shannon Shultz, Michigan Photography)

Spotlight

“Music is very, very important to me. It’s a big part of my life. So, I feel really fortunate that I get to be involved in this.”

— Trisha Miller, student services coordinator at the Marsal Family School of Education who has been a member of the Out Loud Chorus for nearly 20 years

It Happened at Michigan

College Republicans and their U-M roots

In mid-May of 1892, hundreds of students from universities around the country gathered on the University of Michigan campus. When the students departed late that evening, it was as the newly christened American Republican College League, a national political group that continues today as the College Republicans.

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Michigan in the news

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“President Trump was probably the first politician who openly encouraged this type of confrontational behavior. … It’s the normalization of the rhetoric that seems to be a defining feature of this era that we’re in,” said Javed Ali, associate professor of practice of public policy, on the impact of Donald Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric.
U.S. News & World Report
“I think that’s important for households to really get a good sense for the value of their solar … think not just how valuable is it now but how valuable will it be over its lifetime,” said Michael Craig, assistant professor of environment and sustainability and of industrial and operations engineering, whose research found that climate change will increase the value of rooftop solar panels over the next 75 years.
Michigan Public
“Assumptions about people who speak Andalusian Spanish stem from a combination of historical socioeconomic disparities, regional stereotypes and lack of awareness about the dialect’s complexity,” said Nicholas Henriksen, associate professor of Spanish linguistics. “These stereotypes are perpetuated by media representations and societal biases, leading to a simplified and often unfair characterization of the area.”
Research Features