Today's Headlines
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Grounds Services nurtures trees to maintain campus character
U-M foresters, horticulturalists and other specialists in Grounds Services maintain a robust monitoring and tree care program to help trees on campus thrive in the face of urban stressors.
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Proposed bylaw changes open for public comment
Revisions to the U-M Board of Regents’ Bylaws, and UM-Dearborn Campus Bylaws have been proposed and are posted for public comment before coming before the regents for approval July 15.
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Stamps Gallery reopening to public in limited capacity
Stamps Gallery will welcome public audiences to visit the gallery in a limited capacity starting June 25. The gallery will be open three days each week: from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
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Michigan Medicine blood drives open to public in response to shortage
Michigan Medicine is reopening blood drives at Towsley and the NCRC beginning June 29 in response to the nationwide blood shortage caused by a rise in trauma cases, organ transplants, and elective surgeries over recent months.
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University lifts spending restraints imposed during pandemic
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U-M extends Go Blue Guarantee, $15 minimum wage to all campuses
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U-M reduces masking, distancing requirements on campus
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Birdi mail-order pharmacy website goes live July 1
Coming Events
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Jun 21
Attend at Home — For the Week of June 21
Each week, U-M’s Arts & Culture website highlights selected virtual events or exhibitions around the university. This week includes: “Considering Matthew Shephard” as part of the new UMS Digital Pride; Ann Arbor Summer Festival (A2SF) and The Ark Concert Series; Anti-Asian Hate & the Mental Health Crisis on College Campuses; Arts and the Public Good.
The Record is suspending most daily Coming Events and its print-edition events calendar for the summer. All submitted campus events can be found at Happening @ Michigan.
Mcity ABC’s
U-M’s Mcity Test Facility has developed the “Mcity ABC Test,” an independent and standardized way for automakers and state and federal regulators to validate the safety of Level 4 automated vehicles inside a closed test track, before they’re tested or deployed on public roads. In this video, Mcity researchers explain how the process works.
Read more about the Mcity ABC TestSpotlight
“I like to pride myself as having the biggest collection of Ogunquit art in Michigan.”
— Darin Leese, a business systems analyst for My LINC through Information and Technology Services and an art collector
Read more about Darin LeeseThis Week in U-M History
High court’s decision
The Supreme Court of the United States upheld U-M’s right to consider race in admissions decisions in a June 23, 2003, ruling. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the weeks of June 21-July 18.
Read more about U-M in HistoryMichigan in the news
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“George Floyd’s death reminded us that our inability to control what happens means that we’re all vulnerable. … That’s the power and the future of American democracy — our ability to remind one another that we are connected and that democracy in all of its forms is pretty fragile,” said Earl Lewis, professor of history, Afroamerican and African studies, and public policy, and founding director of the Center for Social Solutions.
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“The Southwest is getting hammered by climate change harder than almost any other part of the country, apart from perhaps coastal cities. And as bad as it might seem today, this is about as good as it’s going to get if we don’t get global warming under control,” said Jonathan Overpeck, dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability, commenting on a combination of the worst drought in two decades and a record-breaking heat wave in the American West.
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Research by Jennifer Erb-Downward, senior research associate at Poverty Solutions, found that homeless students face disciplinary action in Michigan public schools at a higher rate than their always-housed peers: “When you suspend or expel a child from school who’s homeless or housing unstable, you’re really removing from them the one location of consistency and stability that they have.”
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More than half of Detroit public school students said they experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression and 23 percent considered attempting suicide before the pandemic. “Given the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on communities of color, the need for mental health support for Detroit students is even greater now,” said Robin Jacob, co-director of the U-M Youth Policy Lab. Elizabeth Koschmann, director of U-M’s TRAILS program, said leveraging school and community resources already in place may be an effective strategy.
The Detroit News
