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January 22, 2025
State to give U-M $10M to help develop new startups
The university is poised to receive about $10 million in new state funding for research commercialization, as part of a package of bills recently signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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January 22, 2025
University receives $2M to improve growth of AI models
A project led by U-M and funded by a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation could help topple the “memory wall,” which currently limits computing speed and the growth of artificial intelligence models
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January 21, 2025
New technology helps turn seawater into drinking water
Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water.
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January 21, 2025
Circle of Unity
The MLK Symposium’s annual Circle of Unity, which usually takes place on the Diag, moved indoors to the LSA Building Atrium on Jan. 20.
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January 21, 2025
High-speed internet linked to drop in COVID-19 death rates
The mortality rate from COVID-19 was about 50% lower in U.S. counties with higher internet access in the summer and early fall of 2020, according to a U-M study.
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January 21, 2025
Physician assistants’ union ratifies contract with U-M Health
United Physician Assistants of Michigan Medicine workers have ratified a three-year contract with University of Michigan Health, the clinical division of Michigan Medicine.
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January 20, 2025
Action is key to activism, MLK Symposium speaker says
Erika Alexander, the keynote speaker at U-M’s 2025 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, had a clear message for modern activists seeking to sustain King’s fight against inequity: “Get on with it. Don’t overthink it.”
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January 20, 2025
Q&A: NCAA to pay for women’s basketball success
The NCAA has announced that Division I conferences will receive payment the longer their teams stay in the NCAA women’s basketball March Madness tournament.
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January 20, 2025
Yearlong celebration to mark Medical School’s 175th anniversary
Michigan Medicine will mark its 175th anniversary over the coming year, through a wide range of activities meant to celebrate and examine the legacy of its past and connect its history to its present and future.
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January 20, 2025
Key ‘firsts’ and milestones
Here are a few of the Medical School’s many milestones, from the events leading to the its founding up to the 21st century.
