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October 28, 2022
Searching for accurate voting information
Read a Q&A with Arthur Lupia about voting informationVoters can easily find information about political issues and candidates from various sources, but the challenge is determining what’s accurate and why it’s being shared. In this video, Arthur Lupia, the Gerald R. Ford Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, talks about how voters can seek accurate information before going to the polls.
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October 26, 2022
Reducing single-use plastic
Read more about UM-Dearborn’s water bottle filling effortUM-Dearborn started installing water bottle filling stations in 2020, and it now has 19 across eight campus buildings, including four new stations that were installed this year. To date, the stations have replaced the equivalent of nearly 108,000 single-use plastic bottles. (Photo by Rudra Mehta)
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October 25, 2022
‘Race to the Sunset’
View all the finalists in the fall contest“Race to the Sunset” by LSA student Phoebe Huang is the first-place winner for Arts at Michigan’s fall 2022 photo contest. Competitions take place periodically throughout the year, with calls for art using different themes and mediums. The October contest’s theme was “Travels.” This photo was taken in Brooklyn, New York.
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October 23, 2022
Santa meets the students
View a gallery of photos from the receptionsHundreds of students turned out for receptions on Central and North campuses Oct. 21 to welcome President Santa J. Ono as he concluded his first week in office. During the reception on Ingalls Mall, the president took a turn directing students from the Michigan Pops Orchestra.
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October 20, 2022
Million-dollar surprise
Read more about the million-dollar surpriseColleagues, friends and family members gathered at U-M’s Indoor Track and Field facility Oct. 20, to surprise Feranmi Okanlami (center left, in yellow T-shirt) with an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” The surprise included a $1 million award from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation for U-M’s Adaptive Sports & Fitness Program, which Okanlami oversees as director of Services for Students with Disabilities. Watch the full “GMA” segment. (Photo by Joe Borek, UMSocial)
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October 18, 2022
Leinweber groundbreaking
Read more about the ceremonyLarry Leinweber, founder and president of the Leinweber Foundation, signs a commemorative drawing of the new Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building, as his daughter, Ashley Leinweber, and wife, Claudia Babiarz, look on during an Oct. 14 ceremony to mark the North Campus building’s groundbreaking. A $25 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation will help fund the building, which will house the College of Engineering’s computer science and engineering division and the School of Information. (Photo by Dianna Oatridge for Michigan Photography)
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October 17, 2022
Celebrating U-M inventions
Read more about the 2022 Distinguished University Innovator of the YearPresident Santa J. Ono listens as Yan Zhang, assistant professor of biological chemistry, discusses her work on CRISPR-Cas3 during the Celebrate Invention event Oct. 13 at the Michigan Union. Looking on are Kelly Sexton (left), associate vice president for research – innovation partnerships, and Rebecca Cunningham, vice president for research. The annual celebration highlights U-M inventors and the impact of their innovations, and features the presentation of the Distinguished University Innovator of the Year, which this year was awarded to Wei Lu, professor of electrical engineering and computer science. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)
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October 14, 2022
Welcome, President Ono
Read a Q&A interview with President OnoThe U-M campus community — including students from across the institution, an array of staff members, and the UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint chancellors — welcome Santa J. Ono for his first official day as the 15th president of U-M.
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October 12, 2022
“DEI: Nurturing the Heart, Mind, & Soul”
Read more about the DEI SummitDena Scott, clinical psychologist with Headspace Health, speaks Oct. 13 during the DEI Summit at the Power Center for the Performing Arts. Scott was one of three featured speakers focusing on the theme, “DEI: Nurturing the Heart, Mind, & Soul.” Todd Boyd, a.k.a “Notorious Ph.D.” and a professor at the University of Southern California, and Sarah Hurwitz, a clinical psychologist at Headspace Health, were the other two featured speakers. Members of the U-M community gathered in person for the first time in three years for this year’s DEI Summit. (Photo by Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography)
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October 11, 2022
Creative Campus Voting Project
Read more about the Creative Campus Voting ProjectTwo installations at the Duderstadt Gallery and the U-M Museum of Art intend to make the voting process clear, welcoming and delightful for students on both Central and North Campus this fall. Stephanie Rowden and Hannah Smotrich, associate professors of art and design in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, are co-leads of the nonpartisan Creative Campus Voting Project. Their installations each feature a satellite location of the Ann Arbor City Clerk’s Office, where residents, including U-M students who live in Ann Arbor, will be able to register to vote, obtain absentee ballots, complete ballots on site if they wish, and return their absentee ballots to an official City of Ann Arbor dropbox.
