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February 6, 2023
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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February 3, 2023
Brain health, concussions, sports: A long-term connection?
The Michigan Alumni Brain Health Study will examine whether sport participation and concussions are associated with later-life brain health in former U-M athletes and nonathletes.
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February 3, 2023
Symposium will explore universities’ institutional history
U-M will host a symposium at noon Feb. 10 focusing on what it means for universities to uncover and reckon with their institutional pasts with regard to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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February 3, 2023
$1.2M grant supports effort to build DEI leadership capacity
The National Center for Institutional Diversity has been awarded $1.2 million over three years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a suite of tools and resources for leadership capacity building.
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February 2, 2023
Fish preserves earliest fossilized brain of backboned animal
A 319 million-year-old ray-finned fish fossil at U-M provides new information about early evolutionary history. The fossil was pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago.
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February 1, 2023
Occupational therapist adds custom touch to patients’ hand splints
Augusta Simmons, a board-certified hand therapist, has been fitting patients with splints for over 25 years, the past six at the Northville Health Center.
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February 1, 2023
University joining worldwide alliance to advance global role
U-M has accepted an invitation to join the U7+ Alliance of World Universities, an international alliance of university presidents who work together to address pressing global challenges.
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February 1, 2023
U-M launches first phase of effort to amplify research, scholarship
U-M has launched the first phase of its new presidential strategy to bolster resources and personnel to help faculty achieve their research and scholarship goals in key strategic areas.
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January 31, 2023
Medical School withdraws from U.S. News annual rankings
The Medical School has announced it will no longer participate in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of medical schools. The magazine’s criteria to rank medical schools has long been a concern at U-M.
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January 31, 2023
Seventeen faculty members named 2022 AAAS fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected 17 U-M faculty and staff members as 2022 fellows for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.
