Today's Headlines
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U-M updates community on monkeypox ahead of fall term
The university is sharing information with the campus community related to the spread and prevention of the monkeypox virus as it prepares for the start of the fall 2022 term.
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Campuswide New Faculty Orientation set for Aug. 24
A campuswide New Faculty Orientation, designed to help new faculty members prepare for their first year at U-M, will take place Aug. 24 at the Michigan League.
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Roe v. Wade Teach-Out to address questions about abortion access
U-M has created an online “Roe v. Wade Teach-Out” to help people understand the history of abortion rights, legal challenges and what comes after the Supreme Court’s ruling that there is no constitutional right to abortion.
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Brandon Naurato named interim head coach of ice hockey
Brandon Naurato, who recently completed his first season on the U-M coaching ice hockey coaching staff, will serve as Michigan’s interim head coach for 2022-23.
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University files amicus brief in support of Harvard, UNC
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Ruling paves way for new programs targeting sexual misconduct
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Federal agency awards U-M Health five-star quality rating
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Elizabeth Yakel to serve as interim School of Information dean
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Nancy Bartlett named Bentley Historical Library interim director
Coming Events
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Aug 10
What’s going on?
Because there are fewer events on campus during the summer, the Record is reducing its Coming Events listings until the fall. Please visit Happening @ Michigan for a list of events the weeks of:
Aug. 7-13 and Aug. 14-20
College confidant
Through the Michigan College Advising Corps, a diverse group of recent U-M graduates works full-time as college advisers in under-served high schools throughout the state of Michigan to help students navigate every aspect of the college application process and identify their best fit among post-secondary options. The program, started in 2010, has helped more than 20,000 students throughout the state select and apply for colleges and scholarships.
Read more about the Michigan College Advising CorpsSpotlight
“I feel like it’s important … that children feel that they own the space, it’s theirs and that they can be artists here.”
— John Ellis, associate professor of piano and piano pedagogy in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, who helps administer two community engagement programs that teach piano to young people
Read more about John EllisU-M Heritage
The vanishing of Schoolgirls’ Glen
From the late 1800s through World War II, university students and the people of Ann Arbor liked to walk through a deep, green ravine that led from the heights near Forest Hill Cemetery down to the Huron River. Schoolgirls’ Glen featured greenery and wildflowers that attracted birds and inspired poetry.
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“I think the Kansas vote reflected an important statement on what the broader will of the people of the United States is. I think this vote really reflects what the center-of-the-road, middle America wants,” said Siobán Harlow, professor of epidemiology, and obstetrics and gynecology, on the rejection of a state constitutional amendment that would have banned abortion rights for women in Kansas.
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“The headline says telemedicine, but in reality there was actually no telemedicine going on. It was just a corrupt practice that was occurring, obviously targeting seniors and the Medicare program,” said Chad Ellimoottil, assistant professor of urology, on alleged kickback schemes totaling more than $1 billion in which telemedicine companies got providers to order unneeded tests and equipment.
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Kevin Boehnke, research investigator at the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, says cannabis tends to be safer than anti-inflammatories and opioids for chronic pain: “That doesn’t mean it’s without risk (but) at this point, there’s not really a good justification from at least a pain-management standpoint of why that should not be an available tool.”
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“Flexible thinking drives creativity and resilience in the face of challenges and unexpected sudden change. Studies generally find that when it comes to eating and exercise, being overly restrictive often backfires. However, flexible thinking enables us to better manage our food consumption and physical activity,” wrote Michelle Segar, research investigator at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and health policy fellow at the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation.
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“The reason that urban design keeps coming back to the linear city is that it really does have a functional logic,” said Robert Fishman, professor of architecture and urban planning, of Saudi Arabia’s proposal for a 105-mile, high-tech, energy-efficient building in the desert where millions can live and work.
Fast Company
