Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

Four leaders in the fields of higher education, theater, mathematics and community research are being recommended for honorary degrees at the Ann Arbor campus’ 2021 Winter Commencement.

A number of behaviors in younger adults that increase risk for the transmission of HIV/AIDS have declined or changed between 2010 and 2020, according to the national Monitoring the Future study.

In partnership with The School at Marygrove and others, the School of Education has a teacher-training program called the Michigan Education Teaching School that is structured like a medical school curriculum. 

A cooperative effort between the Library of Michigan and the presses of U-M, Michigan State and Wayne State has launched a unique collection of regional e-books available to Michigan residents.

A study by a global network of 126 researchers, including at U-M, found that adaptation to climate change around the world is mostly fragmented and incremental and undertaken primarily by individuals and households.

When astronomers observe superwinds traveling at extremely high speeds from super star clusters, or “starbursts,” they previously assumed the winds were driven by supernovae, the explosions of stars.

A team of researchers, including one from U-M, has attempted to quantify the massive loss of historical lands by Indigenous nations across the United States since European settlers first began laying claim to the continent.

Tony DeLaRosa serves UM-Dearborn as assistant director of experiential learning at the College of Engineering and Computer Science. He’s been with the university since 2001.

Whether stationed stateside, recuperating in hospitals, or seeing action in Europe and the Pacific, students, faculty, staff and alumni serving in World War II could expect to hear news about Ann Arbor from Ruth Buchanan.