Today's Headlines
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University provides additional clarity on COVID-19 dashboard
U-M has added more test results to its COVID-19 dashboard and provided further clarity around who has been tested, part of a continued effort to enhance data tracking related to COVID-19 within the university community.
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REMINDER: Open Enrollment ends at 5 p.m. Friday
Faculty, staff and retirees who are eligible for U-M benefits can make changes to their coverage for 2021 through Wolverine Access until 5 p.m. Oct. 30.
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Schlissel urges U-M community to exercise its right to vote
Participation in the electoral process is one of Americans’ most important responsibilities, and President Mark Schlissel is urging the U-M community to exercise their right to vote on or by Nov. 3.
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Despite challenges, report indicates DEI progress at U-M
The Ann Arbor campus community has made notable progress implementing and living out the core values of diversity, equity and inclusion, according to U-M’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Year Four Progress Report.
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University reminds campus community about football parking
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DEI Summit speakers focus on role of art in social justice
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Public safety task force nominations open until Nov. 5
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U-M’s Detroit River Story Lab to amplify waterway’s narratives
Coming Events
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Oct 26
Attend at Home — Week of Oct. 26
Each week, U-M’s Arts & Culture website highlights selected virtual events or exhibitions around the university.
This week includes: UMS Digital Presentation: Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason; Empowering the Women’s Vote Exhibition Panel Discussion; Late Antique Ceramic Contexts in an Egyptian Oasis; U-M Museum of Natural History Presents: Halloween @ Home — Science Fun.
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Oct 29
Civic Engagement & the Power of Speechwriting
Reflections from former presidential speechwriters Sarah Hurwitz and John McConnell, 5:30-7 p.m.
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Oct 30
The Future of Cybersecurity: Predicting the Unpredictable
With Ravi Pendse, vice president for information technology and chief information officer, and IT security experts Gee Rittenhouse and Dug Song, noon-1 p.m.
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Oct 30
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
With Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist and author, noon-1:30 p.m.
Relieving clerks, informing voters
With this election season’s huge increase in absentee voting, many city and township clerks are spending a lot of their time answering phone calls from voters wanting to know if their ballot has been sent or received by the clerk. This video explores how graduate students in the School of Information’s Citizen Design Interaction program helped streamline a solution to that problem in four municipalities.
Read more about the effort to aid local clerksFaculty/Staff Spotlight
“I would see a map of a park and see a network of trails, and I would instantly want to see and hike every trail on the map.”
Joe Braun, a senior systems administrator at the Institute for Social Research who has written hiking guides and is an avid photographer
Read more about Joe BraunThis Week in U-M History
Block ‘M’
On Oct. 31, 1914, the Michigan Marching Band formed a block “M” while performing at Harvard Stadium. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1.
Read more about U-M in HistoryMichigan in the news
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“The magnitude, the speed of this increase is unlike any we’ve seen since the spring,” said Emily Toth Martin, associate professor of epidemiology. “However, the increase in testing alone does not explain this rise. This rise supersedes any sort of adjustment that you would expect based on testing patterns, so we are convinced there is a rapid change in the spread across Michigan.”
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“I’m worried that the Georgia system is the technical equivalent to the 737 Max. They have just made a last-minute software change that might well have unintended consequences and cause even more severe problems on Election Day,” said J. Alex Halderman, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, on the latest election technology being used in Georgia.
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“There’s good data that women are better physicians and spend time with patients more. We don’t have nearly enough physicians. If COVID drives more women out of medicine, that will have long-term effects on physician shortages for decades,” said Srijan Sen, professor of psychiatry and associate vice president for health sciences.
Crain's Detroit Business
