In the last year, 13 U-M faculty members and researchers testified at 14 congressional hearings spanning an array of policy issues, from energy and climate innovation to pandemic relief programs.

Joseph A. Himle, associate dean for faculty affairs in the School of Social Work, will serve as interim dean of the school beginning Jan. 1, 2022, pending Board of Regents aproval Dec. 9.

Henry Liu will become director of Mcity when the public-private research partnership joins the College of Engineering from its current home in the Office of the Vice President for Research.

The Nov. 23 University Record email will be the last one sent until Dec. 1, as the Record’s online and print editions will take a break over the Thanksgiving holiday. There will be no print edition the week of Nov. 29.

The frustration from being involved in a Zoom video conference, in part, can be connected to trying to catch subtle cues during conversations over Zoom, in the face of internet lag time, according to a new U-M study.

A dramaturg, dance historian and theorist, Clare Croft is associate professor of American culture in LSA. She also has launched and curated projects to promote queer dance and open dialogue in that sphere.

Unable to speak much English but desiring to stay in the United States after her husband, Lee Harvey Oswald, was killed, Marina Oswald was invited to study at U-M’s English Language Institute.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

Michigan’s economy is recovering from the pandemic-induced recession at a faster pace than previous downturns, but a sharp rise in inflation and supply chain difficulties have been souring perceptions of the economy.

Researchers at U-M, Michigan State University and Oakland University are teaming up to develop wearable technology able to identify particulate matter pollution such as soot and toxic metals.