Today's Headlines
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Regents vote to approve institutional neutrality
The Board of Regents has established a new policy of institutional neutrality, adopting a heavy presumption against institutional statements on political and social issues not directly connected to internal university functions.
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Annual research volume at U-M tops $2B for first time
The university reported a record $2.04 billion in research volume during fiscal year 2024, marking the first time its annual research expenditures have exceeded the $2 billion mark. Total research volume grew by 9.9%.
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$25 million gift builds U-M’s leadership in health care AI
A $25 million gift has been made by Gilbert S. Omenn and his wife, Martha A. Darling, to the Medical School’s Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, which will be renamed for Omenn.
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University to build 570-space parking structure on Medical Campus
U-M plans to build a new parking structure on Zina Pitcher Place in support of patients and operations on the Medical Campus near the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Pavilion.
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U-M Health plans $32M health care center in Grand Ledge
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Regents Roundup — October 2024
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Space Force funds $35M institute for versatile propulsion at U-M
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UMSI students part of effort to boost election transparency
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Arb’s student-curated nature walk shares poems by Black authors
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Things to consider when choosing health insurance for 2025
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U-M receives $30M to expand work on precision health
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U-M awarded $3.6M to study post‑surgery pain management
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Report outlines U-M’s progress from first year of DEI 2.0
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U-M launches 2024 United Way campaign with $1M goal
Coming Events
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Oct 18
Leveraging the Power of Empathy to Build Equitable Health Care Systems
With Margo Brooks Carthon of the University of Pennsylvania, part of the Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series; noon-1:30 p.m.; School of Social Work Building, ECC 1840
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Oct 21
Essentialities of Peace in the Middle East
Weiser Diplomacy Center Ambassadors’ Forum, with retired ambassadors Jacob Wallis, Susan Ziadeh, David Satterfield and Ronald E. Neumann; 4-5:30 p.m.; Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
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Oct 22
The Silenced Muse
Deciphering Emily Hale’s Legacy, with Sara Fitzgerald; 5-6 p.m.; Rackham Graduate School, Amphitheatre
Celebrating U-M inventions
Ethan Miles, chief executive officer of Precision Trauma, demonstrates his company’s product, the Turn-I-Kit, at U-M’s annual Celebrate Invention event Oct. 15. The event included the presentation of this year’s Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award to Kevin Ward, professor of emergency medicine and of biomedical engineering, and Precision Trauma’s chief technology officer. Celebrate Invention, sponsored by Innovation Partnerships, showcases companies whose innovations or technology were developed at U-M. (Photo by Leisa Thompson, Michigan Photography)
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“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
Read more about Mica Harrison LoosemoreIt Happened at Michigan
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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“A lot of times people feel like, ‘It doesn’t matter how long I sleep. I wake up and feel like a truck ran over me,’” said Sonja Schuetz, clinical associate professor of neurology, about people who experience unrefreshing sleep without a clear underlying medical cause — a phenomenon that seems linked to inadequate deep, restorative rest.
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“It’s important to point out that the existence of (ballot) vulnerabilities is not in and of itself evidence that any past election result was compromised. But it’s certainly a concern looking ahead. … Of course, as a voter, the existence of vulnerabilities isn’t a reason not to vote,” said J. Alex Halderman, professor of electrical engineering and computer science.
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“On the one hand, we want (judges) to be nonpartisan, unbiased people who are lawyers, who apply the law without fear or favor. On the other hand, we know that judging is an activity — especially at the (state) Supreme Court level — that entails a lot of political judgment,” said Nicholas Bagley, professor of law. “That ambivalence … has really scrambled our elections, and put us into this, I think, unfortunate spot.”
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