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June 6, 2022
Race and racism at U-M is Inclusive History Project’s initial focus
U-M is set to begin the Inclusive History Project to study, document and better understand the university’s history with respect to diversity, equity and inclusion. Its first major focus will be the history of race and racism at U-M.
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June 6, 2022
Election underway for non-union staff member on police oversight panel
The election for a non-bargained-for staff member to serve a two-year term on the U-M Police Department Oversight Committee is underway and continues through June 19.
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June 6, 2022
Professor rethinking African experience in Latin America
Paulina Alberto, professor of history and Spanish in LSA, focuses her research on the history of African people and Afro-descendants in Brazil and Argentina.
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June 6, 2022
Heritage Project — The arsonist was a scholar
Robert H. Stacy wrote to U-M President Alexander G. Ruthven that he was being falsely accused of setting the fire that destroyed Haven Hall on June 6, 1950, and felt that his life’s goal of becoming a college professor was “all but destroyed.” Stacy would be proven wrong on both counts.
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June 6, 2022
Obituary — Ernest McCarus
Ernest McCarus, professor emeritus of Arabic and Kurdish languages and linguistics, died April 5 at age 99.
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June 6, 2022
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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June 2, 2022
Second annual Juneteenth Conference is June 15-18
U-M’s second annual Juneteenth Conference will be June 15–18, with a variety of activities — including two keynote addresses, a music festival and a march — built around the theme of “Celebrate, Educate, Inspire.”
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June 1, 2022
Faculty Perspective: Reporting structures for ethics, compliance
Two faculty members advocate for the university to amend its structures for handling reports of alleged misconduct related to ethics and compliance.
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May 31, 2022
UMPD to conduct scenario training June 1-2 on North Campus
The U-M Police Department will conduct training June 1-2 at the Northwood III buildings. It will consist of sworn police officers responding to a variety of scenarios.
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May 31, 2022
What’s in a name? Glimmers of evolution, U‑M researcher finds
Evolutionary biologist Mitchell Newberry, assistant professor of complex systems, has found that the more popular a name becomes, the less likely future parents are to follow suit.
