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September 29, 2020
Great Lakes Discovery seeking therapeutic research proposals
The first funding cycle for the new Great Lakes Discovery alliance to commercialize U-M therapeutic projects is open, with letters of intent being sought through Nov. 30.
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September 28, 2020
Virus prompts U-M to cancel winter 2021 study abroad programs
U-M schools and colleges are canceling winter 2021 study abroad programs for undergraduate students, due to ongoing travel warnings and restrictions related to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
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September 28, 2020
Key findings from ‘Investing in Us’ report
The community-based research project, “Investing in Us: Resident Priorities for Economic Mobility in Detroit,” aims to provide policymakers, philanthropic organizations, nonprofits and other service providers with clear guidance on how Detroiters define economic well-being and what strategies they think will work best to increase economic mobility, which is the ability to improve one’s economic status.… -
September 28, 2020
Report lifts Detroit residents’ economic mobility priorities
A new report from U-M’s Poverty Solutions lifts up more than a decade’s worth of input from Detroit residents on how to increase economic mobility and decrease poverty in their city.
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September 28, 2020
UMS announces digital residencies, six projects over next year
The University Musical Society at U-M has announced its full cohort of Digital Artist Residency artists, each of whom will explore timely themes through an array of new creative projects being developed specifically for the digital frame.
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September 28, 2020
Last-resort life support option helps save COVID-19 patients
An international study led by a U-M researcher shows the life-support option known as ECMO appears to be saving the lives of many critically ill COVID-19 patients who receive it.
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September 28, 2020
Caution and connection with in-person classes
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fall classes are being delivered in a mix of remote, in-person and hybrid formats, and instructors and students must be prepared for format shifts at any point.
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September 28, 2020
U-M professor’s work featured in ‘Enslaved’ TV series
Ron Eglash is known for his work in the field of ethnomathematics and recently lent this expertise to “Enslaved,” a docuseries that explores 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World.
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September 28, 2020
This Week in U-M History — Sept. 28-Oct. 4
On Sept. 29, 1817, Native American tribes ceded land to the new “college at Detroit,” or the University of Michigania, as part of the Treaty of Fort Meigs. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 4.
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September 28, 2020
Campus briefs
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