Lisa Nakamura, who began teaching courses about digital media in 2001 and at U-M in 2012, helped create a digital studies minor to provide recognition for students who had spent so much time researching it.

On Oct. 17, 1918, President Harry B. Hutchins issued a campuswide order to wear face masks to combat the influenza pandemic. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of Oct. 12-18.

George Wieland, a retired study director at the Institute for Social Research and associate research scientist at the School of Public Health, died Sept. 29, 2020, at the age of 84.

Fourth-degree sexual assault reported at Bursley Residence Hall On Sept. 11, a student reported that she was inappropriately touched by a person known to her on Oct. 1, 2017. This case is currently under investigation. — Melissa Overton, Division of Public Safety and Security Ann Arbor campus major crimes, by category, reported to U-M Police…

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

A banner featuring the words Black Lives Matter will welcome faculty, staff, students and other campus visitors at the front of the museum’s Alumni Memorial Hall entrance of the U-M Museum of Art. 

Faculty, staff and students on U-M’s Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses as well as Michigan Medicine now have access to Dropbox Team folders with unlimited storage.

UM-Dearborn saw a 4.5 percent decrease in fall enrollment from last year, primarily due to declines in the international student community, many of whom had COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Confidence in running accurate elections among Michigan local government leaders remains high, despite challenges posed by a pandemic and an expected high voter turnout, according to a U-M survey. 

The National Center for Institutional Diversity is accepting applications for its Diversity Scholars Network, which includes more than 900 scholars from more than 200 institutions.