Today's Headlines
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Distinguished University Professors to discuss their scholarly work
Three faculty members who have been recognized with one of U-M’s highest honors will discuss their professional and scholarly experiences during an upcoming event.
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Funding available for ergonomic-friendly solutions
Departments and units that want to solve ergonomic issues can apply for a grant through the MHealthy Ergonomics Awareness Program. Any employee can apply on behalf of their area.
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U-M kicking off 2021 Blood Battle against Ohio State
The annual competition with Ohio State University to see which school can donate more blood runs Oct. 27-Nov. 24. Click on “Schedule” at the Blood Battle website for a list of blood drives.
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Study shows men, women share similar emotional highs and lows
U-M researchers found little to no differences in fluctuations in emotions between men and women, suggesting that men’s emotions fluctuate to the same extent as women’s, although likely for different reasons.
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Sanctions set for employees not complying with vaccine policy
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Student disability advocate to receive Neubacher Award
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Academic Innovation seeks proposals to address global challenges
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U-M’s 2021 fall enrollment tops 50,000 for first time
Coming Events
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Oct 26
Reading “The Fortunes”
With Peter Ho Davies, Charles Baxter Collegiate Professor of English Language and Literature, 5-6 p.m., virtual
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Oct 27
America’s place in the post-Afghanistan world
With journalists Robin Wright and Jawad Sukhanyar, 4-5 p.m.. virtual
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Oct 28
A Conversation on Critical Race Theory: Its Meaning, Controversies, and Influence
With Angela Valenzuela of University of Texas – Austin; Camille Wilson, Diversity and Social Transformation Professor at U-M; and Mike Spencer of the University of Washington, 3-4 p.m., virtual
Built with robots
A robotically fabricated structure at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens brings leading-edge fabrication research to the public space. Because of the robots’ ability to mass-customize prefabricated modules and assembly routines, the pavilion is a novel approach to reconsidering issues of material use, labor, and the environment and contributes to larger advancement in carbon neutrality and sustainable building practices. In this photo, workers assemble prefabricated modules. (Photo by Jacob Cofer, A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning)
Read more about the pavilion projectSpotlight
“I have this drive to fight for this population because I know how hard it was for us to get services when he was a cute kid.”
— Kelly Miltimore, a registered nurse who works in the Central Staffing Resources at Michigan Medicine and wrote a book about raising a special-needs child
Read more about Kelly MiltimoreU-M Heritage
Seeds of discontent
Already flourishing with students, professors and facilities, U-M was also determined to be the state’s agricultural school. It was a headiness that would fuel heated rhetoric and an animated rivalry that continues today between U-M and the school that prevailed as the agricultural school, Michigan State University.
Read a summary of this storyMichigan in the news
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One of the most common ways people fail to intervene in a culture of sexual violence is by excusing or minimizing the behavior of perpetrators, says Nicole Bedera, doctoral student in sociology: “You’re not doing the people in your life a favor if you refuse to intervene on the violence they have committed. … A lot of men who’ve committed acts of sexual violence have never had anyone raise any reservations about their behavior to them before.”
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Research by Sara Adar, associate professor of epidemiology, and colleagues found that using cleaner fuels or upgrading older diesel buses reduced children’s exposure to airborne particles by as much as 50 percent. A nationwide switch to cleaner school buses could result in 14 million fewer student absences each year, she says.
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“Some investors would rather drink rat poison than be identified with Mr. Trump. Other investors will remember the following he had on Twitter and see 12-story-high dollar signs,” said Erik Gordon, clinical professor of business, on the reaction of investors in a special purpose acquisition company that financed Donald Trump’s new social media company — a merger partner unbeknown to investors.
The New York Times
