A new, portable lab-on-a-chip developed at U-M can identify the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in blood with greater speed and efficiency than the current standard ELISA technology.

Jennette Green, a clinical analyst for the Department of Family Medicine in the Medical School, took up beekeeping at her Manchester home several years ago.

On Oct. 5, 1978, Hazel “Doc” Losh, one of U-M’s most popular professors, died at age 80. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of Oct. 5-11.

A roundup of short news items from around the University of Michigan.

U-M physicists Tom Schwarz, Bing Zhou and Junjie Zhu will have a key hand in upgrading CERN’s Large Hadron Collider using grants from the National Science Foundation totaling $7.1 million.

More than $260,000 total will be awarded to six action-based research projects as part of the inaugural “Confronting and Combating Racism” grants.

State funding for the three U-M campuses will remain stable under the 2020-21 budget signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, easing concerns about further pandemic-related state financial impacts on the current year.

The U-M COVID-19 Hotline provides a triage structure that allows community members to reach the appropriate unit based on their needs and follows the recommendation of the Campus Health Response Committee.

A task force charged with identifying changes to better support graduate student mental health at U-M has released its first-year report, outlining 10 recommendations for individuals, programs and the university.

President Mark Schlissel and Provost Susan M. Collins are launching a weekly COVID-19 briefing at 1 p.m. every Friday to keep members of the U-M community up-to-date on news and information related to the pandemic.