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April 16, 2021
Public safety task force to share preliminary recommendations
The Advancing Public Safety at the University of Michigan Task Force will share its preliminary recommendations related to fostering public safety on campus at a virtual forum April 21.
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April 15, 2021
NEH grant to help Clements digitize Revolutionary War collection
The William L. Clements Library has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize one of its largest and most utilized collections.
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April 15, 2021
Suicide among female nurses double that of general female population
Female nurses are roughly twice as likely to die by suicide than the general female population and 70 percent more likely than female physicians, according to a U-M study examining suicide among physicians and nurses.
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April 15, 2021
ER visits for suicidal behavior down in pandemic’s early months
A U-M study suggests the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and state-of-emergency executive orders likely did not increase suicide-related behavior in the early months of the outbreak.
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April 15, 2021
SAPAC, CAPS form care team for student sexual misconduct survivors
The university has launched a new Survivor Care Team that combines advocacy with therapy to better address the specific needs of students who are survivors of sexual misconduct.
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April 15, 2021
Registration open for virtual 2021 Hacks With Friends
Hacks With Friends encourages all U-M IT and technology professionals and advocates, regardless of role, to break out of normal routines, form a team, build a project (or hack) from scratch.
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April 13, 2021
Robert Sellers announces end of tenure as chief diversity officer
Robert Sellers is stepping down as vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer to allow for “new leadership, new ideas, new energy and new perspectives” in the next phase of DEI planning.
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April 13, 2021
Extended state workplace restrictions unlikely to change U-M plans
U-M officials said the extension of state workplace restrictions announced by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are not likely to affect current on-site campus work or plans to gradually resume on-site work in the coming months.
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April 13, 2021
Liu to chair faculty governance for 2021-22; Finlayson is vice chair
Allen P. Liu will serve as chair of U-M’s Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs and J. Caitlin Finlayson will serve as vice chair, following their election by SACUA. Their one-year terms start May 1.
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April 13, 2021
U-M alters COVID-19 clinics amid concerns over J&J vaccine
U-M has switched some of its COVID-19 vaccination clinics to the Pfizer vaccine and canceled several others after concerns arose over possible side effects from the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine.
