Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

U-M students and faculty scholars were offered 40 Fulbright grants for the 2020-21 academic year. The university is among the top producing institutions in the country for both programs. 

U-M’s ResponsiBLUE app is being updated and will include a quarantine and isolation indicator for students, an additional question in the daily symptom tracking questionnaire and other improvements. 

The consulting firm Guidepost Solutions will work with campus leaders, faculty and key staff to help develop a “statement of shared values, ethics and standards” for U-M.

The five U-M faculty members named Arthur F. Thurnau Professors, approved by the Board of Regents, are Branko Kerkez, Sarah C. Koch, Richard L. Lewis, Stephen M. Ward and M. Remi Yergeau. 

President Mark Schlissel has appointed a 14-member advisory committee and launched the search for U-M’s next executive vice president and chief financial officer.

The Board of Regents approved Srijan Sen as the U-M Depression Center’s next director. Sen, previously the center’s associate director, takes the reins from founding director John Greden.

Other items approved by the Board of Regents at its meeting Feb. 18.

Three scholars dedicated to defending free academic inquiry and instruction spoke about academic freedom at home and abroad during the 30th annual Davis, Markert, and Nickerson Academic Freedom Lecture.

U-M staff who have been working remotely through the COVID-19 pandemic hope to continue doing so at least one day a week, according to a recent survey by University Human Resources.