Harrison Leon Morton (“Harry” or “Tim”) passed away Oct. 13, 2020, at the age of 81. Morton joined the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment in 1966.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

U-M leaders met with students, faculty and staff to inform and shape plans for the winter term, learning what went well in the fall and what did not.

Incumbent Democrat Mark Bernstein and Republican newcomer Sarah Hubbard were the top vote-getters in the Nov. 3 race for two eight-year terms on the Board of Regents.

A four-year $3.3 million grant will allow researchers from the School of Public Health to take part in a study of the ethical, legal and social implications of workplace genomic testing in the United States.

U-M maintained its ranking as the 15th top university in the world for the fourth year in a row, according to the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings.

Boosting incentives to speed turnaround of COVID-19 testing, real-time monitoring of testing operations among public health officials and coordination across state lines could save more lives, according to a U-M study.

For the past four decades, Gary Bohas has been drawing napkin portraits of the celebrities he meets and strangers he sees and has collected more than 4,000 of these drawings.

On Nov. 5, 1962, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spent the day on U-M’s campus. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of Nov. 2-8. Click the photo and expand your browser window to view a larger version.

Barbara Murphy of Ann Arbor, Michigan, passed away on Oct. 10, 2020, at the University of Michigan Hospital after a sudden and brief illness. Her 33-year career with U-M began in 1967.