The Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia is helping support Ukrainian scholars who are not currently able to safely conduct their research in Ukraine because of the ongoing war with Russia.

• Q&A: U-M’s support for Ukraine’s higher ed faculty is unique

Geneviève Zubrzycki, director of the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia and professor of sociology in LSA, leads the Scholars at Risk Fellowship.

Information and Technology Services, in partnership with the Division of Public Safety and Security, has been working to spread the word about a complex scam known as a Job Offer Scam. 

U-M continues to make progress toward creating a team dedicated to representing the interests of the campus community on future policies, procedures and prevention efforts related to sexual and gender-based misconduct.

To bolster a just transition to cleaner, more resilient energy systems, U-M’s Energy Equity Project has released the first standardized national framework for comprehensively measuring and advancing energy equity. 

The Office of the Vice President for Research has awarded $450,000 in grants across eight research teams to explore persistent racial disparities embedded in various systems.

The African Studies Center is hosting 12 early and mid-career faculty from universities in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda.

Three U-M groups will receive the Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change at the CEW+ Advocacy Symposium on Sept. 21.

Shawn McKee and Jeanne Stuckey will receive Research Research Faculty Achievement Awards, Monique Verhaegen will receive the Research Faculty Recognition Award, and Mihaela Banu will be recognized as the OVPR Collegiate Research Professor.

New resources are available this fall through the Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX Office, including a redesigned website, additional staff and a new team focused on prevention and education for faculty and staff.