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October 30, 2017 |
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The UMich200 Fall Festival was the final festival of the university’s bicentennial year. Despite the day’s wet weather, there was a good turnout all day as the campus celebrated its 200th birthday with a variety of events, and the photographers at Michigan Photography were there to capture the moments.
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 A highlight of the bicentennial’s UMich200 Fall Festival was Friday night’s HAILstorm! show celebrating the university’s 200 years. This video replays the unique show of light and sound that was projected onto the facade of the Rackham Building.
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The “Small World Effect,” familiar to many as “Six Degrees of Separation,” posits that a person can be linked to anyone else through a small number of individuals. Mark Newman will examine the effects of this theory in his Distinguished University Professor lecture Thursday.
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The opening ceremony for the new School for Environment and Sustainability on Friday marked the start of a new path in sustainability research and education that brings together faculty from various disciplines and schools and colleges to address sustainability challenges.
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The university will launch an all-student survey designed to gauge the climate regarding diversity, equity and inclusion on the Ann Arbor campus. The survey is part of the university’s five-year DEI strategic plan, and faculty and staff are asked to encourage students to participate.
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COMING EVENTS
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Oct. 30
With Sean Taylor, Facebook social scientist, 3:30-5 p.m., North Quad, Room 3100
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IN THE NEWS
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Comments by Kelly Orringer, director of general pediatrics and assistant professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, were featured in a story about the American Academy of Pediatrics urging doctors to take steps to stop the spread of germs in their practices.
CBS News
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“We hope to make Detroit a leader in climate adaptability and innovation,” said Omar Gates, a climatologist with U-M’s Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments program, regarding efforts by Detroit businesses to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent in the next five years and by 80 percent by 2050.
Crain's Detroit Business
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President Mark Schlissel discussed U-M’s rising enrollment numbers, its Go Blue Guarantee free tuition program for low-income students, Detroit’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters, K-12 education in Michigan, autonomous vehicle technology, Michigan football and more.
"The Nolan Finley Show" (starts at 1:03:18) WFDF Radio 910 AM
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VICTORS FOR MICHIGAN
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In advance of the annual “Be a Hero at the Big House” donor registration event, U-M students Meghan Hoffman and Blake Rogolsky — a bone marrow recipient and the daughter of a heart transplant patient — are working to increase donor awareness.
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