Today's Headlines
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U-M encouraging students to share COVID-19 vaccination records
The university is urging students on all three of its campuses to submit their COVID-19 vaccination information. At this time, U-M is not collecting information regarding employee vaccination status.
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Leaders expect a ‘more normal’ fall, say vaccination is key
In a Zoom chat session with incoming first-year and transfer students, along with their parents, university leaders said they should expect a more typical U-M experience in the fall.
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Public safety task force to share preliminary recommendations
The Advancing Public Safety at the University of Michigan Task Force will share its preliminary recommendations related to fostering public safety on campus at a virtual forum April 21.
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NEH grant to help Clements digitize Revolutionary War collection
The William L. Clements Library has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize one of its largest and most utilized collections.
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ER visits for suicidal behavior down in pandemic’s early months
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SAPAC, CAPS form care team for student sexual misconduct survivors
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Registration open for virtual 2021 Hacks With Friends
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Robert Sellers announces end of tenure as chief diversity officer
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U-M alters COVID-19 clinics amid concerns over J&J vaccine
Coming Events
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Apr 12
Attend at Home — For the week of April 12
Each week, U-M’s Arts & Culture website highlights selected virtual events or exhibitions around the university. This week includes: Poetry Blast!; discussion of “The Beauty of Your Face”; Reforming Remembrance; annual Integrated Product Development Trade Show; “Collage 44: A Virtual Concert Experience.”
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Apr 19
Leadership in Technology
A conversation with David Goeckeler of Western Digital, 1-2 p.m.
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Apr 19
Technology and the Future of Art
The role of the arts in framing and producing social justice commentary, with American Artist, Salome Asega with Marisa Olson, 4-5:10 p.m.
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Apr 20
Michigan Redistricting
Making Public Hearings Fair and Effective, 7-8 p.m.
Female nurses and suicide
Female nurses are roughly twice as likely to commit suicide than the general female population and 70 percent more likely than female physicians, according to a U-M study examining suicide among physicians and nurses. The demands that COVID-19 has placed on women exacerbates the stress these nurses experience. In this video, Christopher Friese, professor of nursing and health management & policy, talks about the study.
Read more about the increased risk of suicide for female nursesFaculty/Staff Spotlight
“I want to make sure I’m contributing and not just creating this additional piece of shiny trash that sits on the internet.”
— Joe Coeling, human resource generalist associate in LSA who has been documenting his fitness journey on Instagram and also streams gaming sessions on Twitch
Read more about Joe CoelingThis Week in U-M History
Power groundbreaking
Ground was broken April 17, 1969, for the new Power Center for the Performing Arts. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of April 12-18.
Read more about U-M in HistoryMichigan in the news
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“The ship has sailed on that,” said Mahshid Abir, associate professor of emergency medicine, who is sympathetic to both Gov. Whitmer’s predicament and the White House’s position on sending more vaccines because the surge in Michigan is already out of control.
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Even if the reported blood clots from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are incredibly rare, pausing the shots is the right move — and shows the vaccine regulatory system is actually working, says Ryan Malosh, assistant research scientist in epidemiology: “That’s really important, and a way to build trust is that if there are serious side effects from any of these vaccines, that we can recognize them quickly and we can do the appropriate things.”
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“There is definitely an increase in the total number of patients that are coming to the ER, both on the pediatric side and the adult side,” said Prashant Mahajan, professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics and division chief of children’s emergency medicine at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. “We are seeing the number of patients who are getting admitted who had a baseline illness, like say for example, asthma or Crohn’s disease, increase. Those patients are now coming in with COVID.”
Bridge Magazine
