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March 25, 2024
Obituary — Hubert I. Cohen
Hubert Irwin (“Hugh”) Cohen, professor of film, television and media in LSA, and of arts and ideas in the humanities in the Residential College, died March 1 at age 93.
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March 25, 2024
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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March 24, 2024
Dusty May selected to lead Wolverine men’s basketball program
Dusty May has been named head coach of the U-M men’s basketball team. May, the 18th head coach in program history, spent the last six seasons as the head coach at Florida Atlantic University.
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March 22, 2024
Board of Regents to meet March 28 in University Hall
The Board of Regents is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. March 28 in University Hall in the Alexander G. Ruthven Building. The meeting also will be livestreamed online.
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March 22, 2024
University names first Black woman police chief
Crystal James has been named chief of the U-M Police Department, making her the first Black person to hold the position on the Ann Arbor campus, and the first woman chief on any of U-M’s three campuses.
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March 21, 2024
Three faculty members elected to serve on SACUA
Derek R. Peterson and Melanie S. Tanielian of LSA, and Soumya Rangarajan of Michigan Medicine have been elected to three-year terms on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs.
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March 21, 2024
MEDC, U-M award $1.8M for biomedical research projects
Eight innovative biomedical research projects, designed to address challenges from opioid use disorder to preterm birth, recently received more than $1.8 million in funding.
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March 20, 2024
Germ aversion affected 2020 election voting behavior
Voters opted to pick candidates in 2020 by mail-in ballots, avoiding poll sites due to COVID-19 concerns rather than because of political party efforts to promote specific voting methods.
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March 19, 2024
Unlocking origami’s power to produce load-bearing structures
For the first time, load-bearing structures like bridges and shelters can be made with origami modules — versatile components that can fold compactly and adapt into different shapes — U-M engineers have demonstrated.
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March 19, 2024
Nominations sought for Distinguished University Innovator of the Year
Innovation Partnerships is seeking nominations for the 2024 Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award, U-M’s highest honor for faculty who bring new ideas to the marketplace.
