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  • Oct 16

    Bipolar General: Ya Gotta Own Your Condition

    General Gregg Martin

    18th Annual Prechter Lecture, with Gregg Martin, etired Army major general; 6-9 p.m.; Alfred A. Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building, Kahn Auditorium

  • Oct 17

    Social Justice Changemaker Lecture

    With Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the “1619 Project” and a New York Times Magazine staff writer; 10-11:30 a.m.; Michigan Union, Rogel Ballroom, and virtual

  • Oct 17

    Future of Work in Michigan

    With Ben Marchionna, state of Michigan chief innovation ecosystem officer; 5-6 p.m.; Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

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Spotlight

Mica Harrison Loosemore
“I unwind by doing my art, and some days that’s coloring and some days that’s new creations.”

— Mica Harrison Loosemore, assistant dean of admissions, financial aid and enrollment at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance who loves to create fabric art or textile art

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It Happened at Michigan

A photo of U-M forestry students gathered in trucks in the 1920s.

A forest of knowledge

Following a period in which Michigan’s logging industry cleared acres upon acres of densely packed forests, U-M became the first in the nation to offer courses in forestry in 1881. The School of Forestry and Conservation, now the School for Environment and Sustainability, opened in 1927 with Samuel T. Dana as dean.

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Michigan in the news

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    • Photo of Justin Wolfers

    Inflation is cooling, the stock market is booming, unemployment is down, consumer sentiment is up. “This is the economic expansion that economists were afraid to hope for,” said Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics. “But it’s happening, and it’s amazing.”

    CNBC
    • Headshot of Ravi Anupindi

    The closure of a North Carolina plant that produces 60% of the nation’s supply of IV fluid could cause a national health crisis, and such companies should have a contingency plan in place when a disaster occurs, says Ravi Anupindi, professor of technology and operations: “Especially for critical health commodities. There has to be some oversight on the part of the relevant agencies to ensure we’re not so vulnerable.” 

    WILX/Lansing
    • Greg Less

    “We’ve had 100 years to refine the safety of gasoline-powered vehicles, and we’re a little over a decade in terms of high-volume production of (electric vehicles). Events are rare but they catch a lot of attention,” said Alan Taub, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering, about the likelihood of EV lithium-ion batteries catching fire. Greg Less, director of the U-M Battery Lab, said “in spite of what might sound like dire warnings, we still believe EVs are safe to drive and safe to own.” 

    The New York Times