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September 8, 2020
Investment funds update — June 30, 2020
Quarterly report on U-M investment funds, for the quarter ending June 30, 2020.
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September 8, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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September 7, 2020
GEO votes to strike; U-M says it violates contract, state law
The Graduate Employees’ Organization, representing about 2,000 U-M graduate student instructors and graduate student staff assistants, has voted to go on strike. U-M says the action violates GEO’s contract and state law.
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September 4, 2020
Contact Tracing Corps to help monitor virus on campus
Student volunteer investigators will have a key role in U-M’s COVID-19 response as contact tracers, reaching out to people on the Ann Arbor campus who had close contact with students testing positive for the coronavirus.
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September 3, 2020
FutureLearn, U-M seek MOOCs to enhance professional skills, social learning
FutureLearn and the Center for Academic Innovation are seeking proposals from faculty to create massive open online courses that provide real-world skill-building and social learning experiences.
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September 3, 2020
President Schlissel announces weekly COVID-19 updates
With the fall semester underway, President Mark Schlissel has begun what will be weekly update messages to the university community regarding the COVID-19 situation at U-M.
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September 3, 2020
University to test 3,000 weekly for COVID-19 on campus
U-M will begin surveillance testing students, faculty and staff for the virus that causes COVID-19 next week, ramping up to 3,000 weekly on the Ann Arbor campus by the end of September.
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September 3, 2020
The first week
As classes got underway during the first full semester under conditions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, U-M faculty, staff and students settled into the new normal.
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September 2, 2020
U-M No. 22 in annual Times Higher Education world rankings
U-M ranks No. 22 in the world, according to the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It is down one spot from last year, and one of three U.S. public institutions in the top 25.
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September 2, 2020
Early COVID-19 news coverage amplified political divide
U-M research shows both newspaper and network news COVID-19 stories were polarized in early coverage of the pandemic from March to May 2020, which may have shaped pandemic attitudes.
