Today's Headlines
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University leaders issue statement following Derek Chauvin’s conviction
The Board of Regents and top university administrators issued a statement following Derek Chauvin’s conviction in the murder of George Floyd. “No single verdict represents the end of the journey that must continue,” they wrote.
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Michigan Medicine hits vaccine milestone, offers more appointments
Michigan Medicine has invited all U-M staff, students and faculty who have filled out the BlueQueue questionnaire, and who are not yet vaccinated against COVID-19, to make a vaccination appointment.
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Ross School receives gift of more than $1M for Business+Impact
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business has received more than $1 million as a result of a gift from the Applebaum Family Philanthropy to support its Business+Impact initiative.
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Gift establishes esports program at School of Information
A $4 million gift from Robert “Bobby” Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, will establish a multidisciplinary esports program at the School of Information.
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Schlissel shares updates at annual Congressional Breakfast
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Senate Assembly resolution urges mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
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Institute for the Humanities names fellows for summer and 2021-22
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Venture fund reaches milestone, makes first investment
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Nominations open for Distinguished University Innovator Award
Coming Events
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Apr 19
Attend at Home — For the week of April 19
Each week, U-M’s Arts & Culture website highlights selected virtual events or exhibitions around the university. This week includes: Technology and the Future of Art; The Literary Worlds of the Spanish Philippines; Musket’s “Bright Star”; the Boston Massacre, a family history.
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Apr 22
City of Champions
An Exploration of Detroit as a Sports Town, moderated by Mark S. Rosentraub, 6-7:30 p.m.
Great Lakes water levels
How will fluctuating water levels across the Great Lakes impact the growth of cities, people moving to the region, changes in water supply and the overall economy? Drew Gronewold, associate professor of environment and sustainability, civil and environmental engineering, and earth and environmental sciences, is working with researchers across U-M to answer those critical questions. In this video, Gronewold and Dick Norton, professor of urban and regional planning, and Program in the Environment, discuss the changing water levels and what we can do to adjust to them.
Faculty/Staff Spotlight
“I like birds. I’ve always had a birdfeeder and a birdhouse, and I’ve always liked picking up pretty little stones off of Lake Michigan. It makes a good combination.”
— Sally Sivrais, research administrator senior manager at Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in the Medical School, who builds, paints and decorates birdhouses with stones she finds on beaches
Read more about Sally SivraisThis Week in U-M History
Polio vaccines arrive
Batches of the newly approved polio vaccine arrived in Washtenaw County on April 19, 1955. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of April 19-25.
Read more about U-M in HistoryMichigan in the news
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“There’s actually considerable historical support that what this means is they get to serve for the term of their appointment, and that term of their appointment could be decided by Congress,” said Leah Litman, assistant professor of law, on a provision in the Constitution that states federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, hold their office “during good behavior” — a provision that does not explicitly use the words “life term.”
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“Being vaccinated does mean that you can begin to engage in limited low-risk activities without a mask … (but) given the high number of COVID-19 cases and community transmission in Michigan at this time, there is a good chance you may encounter someone who has COVID infection in public so you should limit interactions with large groups of people and wear your mask in public,” said Laraine Washer, associate professor of internal medicine.
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Elizabeth Birr Moje, professor and dean of the School of Education, says Michigan’s “frighteningly high” retirement projections suggest many teachers have reached a breaking point: “If they aren’t in classrooms, they’re getting yelled at in the popular imagination; if they are in classrooms, they are basically doing twice the work as they were pre-pandemic, because there are very few teachers who are teaching completely in person.”
Detroit Free Press
