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Athletic director Warde Manual hugs retired U-M softball coach Carol Hutchins

Athletic director Warde Manuel gives a congratulatory hug to retired softball coach Carol Hutchins after the Board of Regents voted March 23 to rename the university’s softball stadium in Hutchins’ honor. The home of U-M’s softball program will now be known as Alumni Field at Carol Hutchins Stadium. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)

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Spotlight

Mark Meier, lecturer II in architecture in the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, who builds furniture, sculpts ceramics and explores his expansive curiosity through digital means

“I love wood. That’s what I’m really into. But I’ve come to appreciate ceramics, because I can come up with an idea and realize it so quickly, which is appealing.”

— Mark Meier, lecturer II in architecture in the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, who builds furniture, sculpts ceramics and explores his expansive curiosity through digital means

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U-M Heritage

In 1965, only a handful of students were radical in their politics. But the faculty included a scattering of progressives involved in the early stirrings of dissent against the war. The attack on North Vietnam rang in their ears like a shrieking alarm. Faculty members Zelda and William Gamson sought to do something.

The first teach-in

In 1965, only a handful of students were radical in their politics. But the faculty included a scattering of progressives involved in the early stirrings of dissent against the war. The attack on North Vietnam rang in their ears like a shrieking alarm. Faculty members Zelda and William Gamson sought to do something.

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    As lawmakers appear closer than ever to blocking TikTok, a total ban would most likely result in Apple and Google removing the popular Chinese social media app from their app stores and turning off app updates. “Everyone who’s installed it would still have it. But my guess is that for everyone who has it on their phone, it would stop working in various ways,” said Kentaro Toyama, professor of information.

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    “The most useful way to use them is to spark conversation. Think about, ‘Here are the ways I’m different from other people.’ That might be helpful in understanding yourself,” said Robin Edelstein, professor of psychology, who sees some value in the popular Enneagram personality test but wouldn’t use it to make any “important life decisions.”

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    Dave Ulrich, professor of business administration, says in today’s uncertain times, good business leaders should focus on what is certain in their environment: “It’s an actually really interesting contradiction. We shape the future by being certain about what we know and believe and what we value, and that becomes critical to our success. … Hope comes when we are optimistic that our efforts today will lead to success tomorrow.”

    Forbes