Today's Headlines
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Angela Davis celebrates movement’s unsung heroes in MLK keynote
Activist, scholar and author Angela Davis said the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would agree the civil rights movement was bigger than just one person and her MLK Symposium keynote highlighted its unsung heroes.
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New center to focus on ethical, equitable computing practices
U-M leaders at the forefront of research on the opportunities and pitfalls surrounding society’s expansive use of technology are part of the new Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing.
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IRWG-Mcubed research incentive grants announced
A new research incentive from the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and Mcubed seeks to build upon scholarship and research collaborations that incorporate gender or feminist perspectives.
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Distinguished University Professors to present lectures Jan. 28
Three faculty members who have received one of U-M’s highest honors will discuss their work and answer audience questions during the upcoming Distinguished University Professorship Event.
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LSA dives into Great Lakes issues with current theme semester
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U-M highlighting women’s suffrage victories, struggles that remain
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Connell, Steiner to receive AWC’s Goddard Power Award
Coming Events
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Jan 21
Three Failure Fables
With professor Peter Adriaens, 2-3 p.m., Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center, Johnson Rooms.
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Jan 22
Identity Way-Finding and Cultural Connections for an Inclusive Outdoors
With José González, director emeritus of Latino Outdoors, 2:30-4 p.m., Dana Natural Resources Building, Room 1040.
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Jan 23
Blues & Boogie-Woogie Piano
Gifts of Art free concert with Mr. B and Pete Siers, noon-1 p.m., University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
WHOOO’s the winner?
This photo by graduate student John David Curlis, titled “A family of camouflage” and showing the natural hiding abilities of great horned owls, took first place in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology’s 2019 Photographer at Large Contest. “I cannot emphasize enough how much luck went into actually photographing them,” Curlis said of his winning photo, which was taken in Ann Arbor’s Island Park. View other entries in the EEB contest.
Read more about this photo and other winnersFaculty/Staff Spotlight
“An unexpected highlight of the day was hanging out with contestants. It’s a great group of fellow nerds.”
— Lisa Murray, UMS associate director of development, foundation and government relations, and “Jeopardy!” contestant
Read more about Lisa MurrayThis Week in U-M History
On the ‘Rebound’
On Jan. 21, 1931, students staged the comedy “Rebound” at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of Jan. 20-26.
Read more about U-M in HistoryMichigan in the news
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“We don’t have a long history of figuring out what to do in cases of human trafficking. I think this litigation and the courts are just trying to come up with the best, imperfect solution,” said Bridgette Carr, clinical professor and director of the Human Trafficking Clinic at the Law School, commenting on a lawsuit against the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that alleges he sexually abused and trafficked hundreds of young women and girls on his private Caribbean island, some as recently as 2018.
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Gabriel Ehrlich, director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, says Michigan’s economy will keep growing but at a slower pace because young people are not joining the workforce as fast as older workers are dying, retiring or moving: “Expansions don’t die of old age, so it’s not just a function of how long it’s been going on, but we do think we’re going to run into speed limits as we face a shortage of workers as we get out into 2022 and beyond.”
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Aaron Kall, director of the U-M debate program, said last week’s Democratic presidential debate lacked fireworks despite the hype and added urgency of the upcoming caucus: “I don’t know it changed all that much heading into Iowa. The problem is I don’t know that anybody knows exactly how Iowans will act. … If you’re Sanders and Biden, I think you probably feel pretty good after the debate. Things are pretty bunched up at the top.”
MLive
