SummerWorks seeks to expand the mentorship program and recruit at least 100 U-M mentors so each young person involved in the summer youth employment program can have a mentor.

Schedule Builder, developed by the Center for Academic Innovation, is a new schedule-building tool that promises to make it easier for students to connect with the classes they want.

Michigan Drug Discovery is adding a new grant program to its support for U-M researchers. Project Grants represent the third funding opportunity to be offered by Michigan Drug Discovery

Rebecca Hasson, associate professor of movement science in the School of Kinesiology, helped lead an effort to provide resources for and remove barriers to physical activity for children during the pandemic.

On March 16, 1961, workers installed a section of a 310-ton magnet core for a new cyclotron on North Campus. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of March 15-21.

George Bornstein, C.A. Patrides Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature in LSA, died after sunset Feb. 2, with his wife, Jane Bornstein, by his side.

Edward J. McGuire, professor emeritus of urology, died peacefully at home Feb. 16 at age 81. McGuire was a founder of a branch of urology, now described as neurourology and female pelvic medicine and reconstruction.

Michael Anthony (Tony) Schork died peacefully in his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Feb. 25, at the age of 84, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

The election to fill the union staff representative position on the university’s Police Department Oversight Committee will take place April 5-16. The deadline to submit nominations is March 19.