Ellen Spence Poteet, lecturer in the Department of History, died April 3 in Batouri, Cameroon, where she is buried, as she wished.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

Other action taken by the Board of Regents at its July 18 meeting.

U-M Health and MSU Health Care are entering into a joint operating agreement to provide neurosurgery and neurology care to the people of mid-Michigan.

Ruth Behar, a cultural anthropologist who has spent decades building bridges across political and cultural chasms, has been selected as the 2024 Henry Russel Lecturer.

U-M professors Ron Eglash and Isis Settles have been appointed University Diversity and Social Transformation Professors for their contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion.

U-M faculty members Roger D. Cone, Deborah Dash Moore, Jeffrey Fessler, Sergey Fomin, Deborah Loewenberg Ball and Robert M. Sellers have been recognized as Distinguished University Professors.

The U-M Solar Car Team’s latest vehicle will speed down parts of the Oregon Trail and seven other national historic trails during this year’s American Solar Challenge on July 20-27.

U-M has launched a new program designed to establish equitable, sustainable and mutually beneficial research collaborations with minority-serving institutions.

The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Advanced Transportation Innovation Hub at U-M awarded more than $1.5 million to support 15 research projects.