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February 23, 2026
It Happened at Michigan: U-M students elected first Black senior class president in 1948
Val Johnson’s mix of campus involvement and congeniality made him a strong candidate, but he was asking a predominantly white student body to choose him over one of U-M’s most decorated football players.
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February 23, 2026
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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February 20, 2026
Clements Library commemorates 250th anniversary of Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’
Four editions of Paine’s “Common Sense” are featured in the student-curated exhibit “Revolutionary Paine,” running through May 8.
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February 20, 2026
Strategic Initiative Fund draws significant campus engagement
The opening call for proposals for U-M’s Strategic Initiative Fund attracted strong demand: nearly 465 proposals representing faculty and staff from all over U-M.
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February 20, 2026
Project honors formerly incarcerated Nikkei workers at U-M
The Center for Japanese Studies has announced the Yuzuru J. Takeshita Nikkei Workers Memorial Project, a database and map of 401 formerly-incarcerated Japanese Americans who worked for U-M in the 1940s.
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February 20, 2026
Race, red tape keep sexual assault victims from compensation
Bureaucratic hurdles and racial disparities restrict access to victim compensation for adult survivors of sexual assault, deepen justice system inequities and compound trauma, according to a U-M study.
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February 20, 2026
Highlights from UM-Dearborn’s State of the University
Interim Chancellor Gabriella Scarlatta discussed milestones, opportunities and challenges, emphasizing that faculty and staff help students succeed in ways big and small each day.
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February 20, 2026
U-M’s open-source, modular robot for understanding evolution
A customizable, open-source robot design called The Robot of Theseus, developed at U-M, could help researchers discover the particular advantages related to the length and segmentation of animal limbs.
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February 19, 2026
Regents approve new behavioral health, ambulatory surgery centers at UM Health-Sparrow
The Board of Regents approved two projects that will improve access to much-needed mental health resources and create a lower-cost setting for certain surgical procedures in Mid-Michigan.
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February 19, 2026
Regents appoint five Arthur F. Thurnau Professors
Five University of Michigan faculty members have been named Arthur F. Thurnau Professors in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education.
