UMHHC honored for healthcare sustainability practices
The U-M Hospitals and Health Centers has been awarded the Greenhealth Emerald Award by Practice Greenhealth. The award recognizes health care facilities with high achievement in mercury elimination, waste reduction, recycling, sustainable food, green purchasing, energy usage and green building design. UMHHC scored well in all of these areas, displaying leadership in the local community and in the health care sector. This is the 12th consecutive year that UMHHC has been recognized.
Regents meeting set for June 18
The Board of Regents will have its monthly meeting at 3 p.m. June 18 in the Anderson Room of the Michigan Union. To offer public comment at the meeting, sign up in advance at regents.umich.edu/meetings/publform.html. Public comments on agenda items will be taken prior to their consideration. Comments on nonagenda items will follow the regular business agenda. People with disabilities who need assistance should contact the Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the University in advance at 734-763-8194. For more about regents meetings, go to regents.umich.edu.
U-M wins virtual schooling study grant
University of Michigan researchers will share in a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to launch a three-year study of virtual schooling in Florida. The study will explore students’ course progression, academic achievement and teacher effectiveness. The results will help policymakers and school personnel understand how virtual classes affect achievement, which students are likely to benefit, and avenues for improvement.
UMS Choral Union announces Summer Sings schedule
All singers are invited to the University Musical Society’s Choral Union Summer Sings no-audition, no-performance evenings of music-making. As many as 300 singers from southeast Michigan, northern Ohio and Canada join each session. They sing classic choral repertoire with respected choral conductors and soloists. The first event is June 15, with Mozart’s “Requiem” in Stamps Auditorium. It is followed by a July 6 reading of Francis Poulenc’s “Gloria” in Hill Auditorium, and Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” Aug. 3 in Stamps Auditorium. All are at 7-9:30 p.m. Admission is $5. Scores are available to borrow. Registration for each session begins at 6:30 p.m. For more information, go to tinyurl.com/kcdgg6b.
