Today's Headlines
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VP for Student Life E. Royster Harper announces plans to retire
After working hand-in-hand with multiple generations of students, Vice President for Student Life E. Royster Harper has announced she will retire in January from the place she has called “home” for more than four decades.
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66th Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice coming to U-M next month
Condoleezza Rice, the 66th U.S. secretary of state, will participate in a number of activities next month during a two-day visit to the U-M campus.
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Faculty grants available to help prevent, alleviate poverty
U-M’s Poverty Solutions initiative is announcing its fourth round of faculty grants with up to $180,000 available to support research on ways to prevent and alleviate poverty.
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U-M listed No. 21 in annual Times Higher Education world rankings
U-M is one of only three public institutions in the United States included in the top 21 of the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
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NCID welcomes first three scholars in residence
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Wolverine Pathways paving way to higher ed for kids unsure how to get there
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Tool promotes internal funding opportunities for research, scholarship
Coming Events
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Sep 16
A Conversation with U.S. Rep. Justin Amash
In commemoration of Constitution Day, 4:10-5:30 p.m., Jeffries Hall, Room 1225
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Sep 17
Rights Make Might
“Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan” with Kiyoteru Tsutsui, director, Donia Human Rights Center, 4-5:30 p.m., Weiser Hall, Room 1010
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Sep 18
Chinese Railroad Workers, The Transcontinental, and the Making of Modern America
A lecture and discussion with Gordon H. Chang, Stanford University, discussing the Chinese railroad workers who have been relegated to the margins or erased altogether from many accounts in the story of the transcontinental railroad, 4-6 p.m., Tisch Hall, Room 1014
Addressing teen mental health
A program developed at the U-M Depression Center called TRAILS — Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students — works with 145 schools across Michigan to provide effective mental health resources to students affected by depression and anxiety. This video explores how TRAILS, coupled with a Peer-to-Peer Depression Awareness Campaign, helps empower students to demystify and normalize mental illness and treatment.
Read more about how TRAILS helps teenagersFaculty/Staff Spotlight
“As a lawyer, I wanted to think about how to much more proactively help people.”
Amanda Alexander, senior research scholar and founder of the Detroit Justice Center
Read more about Amanda AlexanderThis Week in U-M History
Remembering 9/11
Hundreds gathered on the Diag Sept. 11, 2011, to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of Sept. 9-15.
Read more about U-M In HistoryMichigan in the news
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“Feeling confident that you’re going to get a job is important, but we want to provide opportunities for students to develop confidence that the job matters and that the work has purpose,” said Paula Wishart, assistant dean of student development and career initiatives at the LSA Opportunity Hub, which offers resources to help place students and make sense of their internships and prepare for life after graduation.
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“Median household income today is right where it was in 1999. We’ve seen two decades with no progress for the middle class. The economy is producing more than before, but the gains aren’t being shared equally,” said Justin Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy.
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Research by Calista Harbaugh, general surgery resident, suggests that kids do well with alternative pain relievers like acetaminophen or ibuprofen after common pediatric surgeries: “Our study found that use of non-opioid and non-medication pain strategies results in good pain control after many children’s operations. If opioids are prescribed, parents should expect that their child should need few doses and only in the first days after surgery.”
Reuters
