Honoring veterans’ sacrifice
Proposed revisions to the Board of Regents’ Bylaws
A series of housekeeping revisions to the Board of Regents’ Bylaws have been proposed and are now being posted for public comment before coming before the regents for approval at the Dec. 5 meeting. The specific proposed changes can be found online. Comments must be submitted no later than Nov. 27 to [email protected].
UM-Flint DPS receives $935K grant for community development
The UM-Flint Department of Public Safety recently was awarded $935,000 from the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards to continue building its community policing capability, enhancing the department’s opportunity to serve the campus and surrounding area. The nearly $1 million grant focuses on youth crime intervention, aiming to connect at-risk youth with resources to set them on the right path, as well as programs and events that encourage safe and responsible choices. DPS has created a network of community partners that includes the Michigan State Police, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Hurley Medical Center, My Brother’s Keeper, and others. The grant will allow DPS to hire project managers to strengthen the connections between these partners and assist residents in finding support and employment opportunities. Read more about this program.
Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia to host panel on Ukraine
The Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, in partnership with the Atlantic Council, will host a panel discussion at 5 p.m. Dec. 3 on how the United States and Europe can best support Ukraine’s recovery and long-term stability after the war. The discussion will take place in Room 1010 of Weiser Hall. Panelists will present strategic recommendations prepared by a working group, led by U-M, of 20 international experts for the incoming U.S. administration. The discussion will be moderated by WCEE Director Geneviève Zubrzycki, the Weiser Family Professor in European and Eurasian Studies, and Daniel Fried, the Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council and former U.S. Ambassador to Poland, with remarks by John E. Herbst, senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The event is free and open to the public. Learn more about the event.
Chinese firms seeking global expertise to counter trade war impact
Chinese firms hit by the U.S.-China trade war are increasingly hiring executives with international experience to help manage adversity, particularly those skilled in European markets and marketing, according to new research from U-M. With U.S. tariffs rising and trade relations becoming strained, these firms are seeking leaders who can provide the strategic insight necessary to adapt to a shifting global landscape and pursue alternative markets for growth. The research, which examined 3,440 Chinese public firms, shows that with exports to the U.S. declining, Chinese firms appear to be focusing on the European markets as a primary alternative. After trade war-related tariff increases, exports to non-U.S. countries — especially the European Union — saw moderate increases. Read more about this research.
Racial differences in medical testing could introduce bias to AI models
Black patients are less likely than white patients to receive certain medical tests that doctors use to diagnose severe disease such as sepsis, U-M research has shown. Because of the differences in testing rates, some sick Black patients are assumed to be healthy in data used to train AI, and the resulting models likely underestimate illness in Black patients. But that doesn’t mean the data is unusable — the same group developed a way to correct for this bias in data sets used to train AI. These new insights are reported in a study published in PLOS Global Public Health, and one that was presented at the International Conference on Machine Learning in Vienna, Austria, in July. Read more about this research.
— Compiled by James Iseler, The University Record
