Malcolm Alfred Lowther, professor emeritus of education, died at home Oct. 7 after a short illness. He retired from U-M in 1995 as professor emeritus of education.

Awards and honors for U-M faculty and staff.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

The 2021-22 academic year brings U-M Poverty Solutions’ sixth round of faculty grants to support research on ways to prevent and alleviate poverty. Up to five grants of $20,000 each will be awarded on a rolling basis.

“Connecting Students to Citizen Science and Curated Collections” was designed with six learning goals in mind, ranging from plant specimen collection in the field to the deposition of data in national or international databases.

U-M has removed questions asking job seekers about their criminal history from the application process. This change follows the practice known as “ban the box,” an attempt to remove deterrents for job candidates and bias from the hiring and selection process.

U-M is joining with other policy schools across the Big Ten to launch Democracy in the 21st Century, a conferencewide collaboration to develop educational programming that promotes active civic education and engagement.

As various units work to advance U-M’s commitment to carbon neutrality, the School of Nursing’s Clinical Learning Center is leading a new approach to waste reduction that it hopes may expand within and beyond the nursing field.

Take 5 to Focus offers an easy and sustainable way for individuals to practice mindfulness and meditation. To take part, individuals are asked to view a short video, about five minutes, each day for four weeks.

Lara Unger, digital conversion supervisor at the U-M Library, has made more than 50 artist’s books over the years, ranging from a book made largely of computer items to one that resembles a movie camera.