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Updates to ResponsiBLUE include booster information

Significant updates — including new statuses to support U-M’s COVID-19 booster requirement — have been made to ResponsiBLUE, the health-screening tool developed to help keep the campus community healthy and reduce the spread of COVID-19. The updated version of ResponsiBLUE will be available Wednesday.

U-M tops public universities for Fulbright student awards

U-M students and faculty scholars were offered 25 Fulbright grants for the 2021-22 academic year. The grants, one of the U.S. government’s most prestigious awards, have been offered to fund the research of 18 U-M students, the most among public universities, and seven faculty scholars overseas for up to 12 months.

Academic Freedom Lecture to focus on Palestinian discourse

Dima Khalidi, director of Chicago-based Palestine Legal, will give the 31st annual Davis, Markert, and Nickerson Academic Freedom Lecture from 4-5:30 p.m. March 14 in Forum Hall in Palmer Commons. Khalidi’s lecture is titled “A New McCarthyism? Academic Freedom and Palestine.”

Fleming fire training

The Ann Arbor Fire Department used the vacant Fleming Administration Building for a series of training sessions March 3-5. The department practiced techniques for fighting fires in high-rise structures where firefighters have to access a building’s internal fire-suppression systems, driver-operator Bryce McAlister said. While Ann Arbor city firefighters participated in the hands-on sessions, teams from the Ann Arbor, Scio and Pittsfield township departments also were able to observe. View a gallery of images from the training. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

Stay caught up with U-M news about the coronavirus pandemic and its impact. University news items and official messages related to COVID-19 can be found in the Messages & News section of the Campus Maize & Blueprint website.

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Police Department Oversight Committee sets listening session

Faculty, staff and students are invited to a Police Department Oversight Committee community listening session at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 1110 of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Attendees will be encouraged to share thoughts, experiences and ideas to help shape the model of policing at U-M.

Financial sanctions against Russia will create wide-ranging impact

The U.S. government and allies have responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine with a series of financial sanctions, including freezing assets and banning Russian banks from SWIFT. Amiyatosh Purnanandam, professor and chair of finance in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, shares insights on the situation.

COMING EVENTS

March 7

Art, Museums, and Politics in Poland

A conversation with Anda Rottenberg, the annual Copernicus Lecture, noon-1:20 p.m., virtual

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“The analogy of the iron curtain proves useful in that it reminds us of the many unresolved legacies of the Cold War that animate Putin’s sense of grievance about Russia’s loss of status in the world,” said Pamela Ballinger, professor of history. “It also mobilizes the language of freedom versus tyranny so central to the Cold War struggle, a language that resonates in the heroic efforts of everyday Ukrainians to defend their homeland.”

Christian Science Monitor

“The fact that he’s made himself relatable and … has stood by his people, literally, on the front line, that has given him credibility,” said Eugene Bondarenko, lecturer of Slavic languages and literatures, on the popularity of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is rallying Ukrainians against Russian troops in the largest battle in Europe since WWII.

ABC News

“More policing does not necessarily lessen violent crime. By and large, police exist as an investigative entity after incidents have already occurred. … If policing is not the answer, what is? At best, strong communities with the necessary resources can prevent, intervene in and de-escalate harmful situations. That requires an investment in educational opportunity and workforce infrastructure as preventative measures for reducing crimes,” wrote Charles H.F. Davis III, assistant professor of education.

Inside Higher Ed

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