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January 13, 2020
No admittance: The story of U-M’s first female applicants
When Sarah Burger sought admission to U-M in 1858, her application ultimately resulted in the Board of Regents deciding it was in women’s best interests that they not be admitted.
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January 13, 2020
REMINDER: International education award nominations due Feb. 1
Nominations are due Feb. 1 for the President’s Award for Distinguished Service in International Education, which recognizes extraordinary efforts to advance international education.
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January 13, 2020
This Week in U-M History — Jan. 13-19
On Jan. 17, 1952, U-M leaders unveiled plans for a 267-acre “overflow” campus north of the Huron River. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of Jan. 13-19.
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January 13, 2020
Three in one: How academic medical centers came to be
Today, we take them for granted, but the idea for three-in-one academic medical centers — combining patient care, medical education and research — began at U-M.
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January 13, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university.
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January 13, 2020
Professor joins fight club to research ‘no rules’ subculture
While pursuing his graduate degrees at UCLA, Neil Gong participated in a “no rules fight club,” the core principle of which is reflected in its name. Soon he found himself distracted from his dissertation on inequities in the mental health system and spending ever more time immersed in the fight subculture.
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January 13, 2020
2020 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium
An index of stories from the Record’s special section on the 2020 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, including previews of several lectures and discussions on the Ann Arbor campus.
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January 13, 2020
Detroit Center’s MLK Day events to focus on immigration issues
The Detroit Center will explore today’s events in the historical perspective of U.S. immigration policy, with local expertise to engage with the university and Detroit communities.
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January 13, 2020
Lecture to consider challenges faced by black, deaf people
Researcher Joseph C. Hill will explore how black deaf people can face double discrimination — for both their deafness and their skin color — as part of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium.
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January 13, 2020
Ford School to host former U.N. representative Susan Rice
Susan E. Rice, former national security adviser and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will discuss her distinguished career and best-selling memoir.
