Today's Headlines
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Students turn fallen campus trees into public tables
Storm-damaged trees and others from across U-M are being turned into new, functional campus furniture, thanks to the work of associate professor Joseph Trumpey and his students.
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McCauley shares vision for making education more accessible
In the latest Michigan Minds podcast, Provost Laurie McCauley discusses U-M’s vision for making higher education more accessible and affordable, a key part of the university’s Vision 2034 effort.
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New U-M study explores video game addiction rates
Using data from a top video game streaming service, Stephen M. Ross School of Business researchers are challenging preconceived notions of high addiction rates in the video game-playing community.
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University establishes the Common Agenda for Well‑being
The steering committee of U-M’s Well-being Collective has established the Common Agenda for Well-being, which will serve as a blueprint for the collective’s work moving forward.
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Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe to deliver Wege Lecture
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Arts Initiative announces 2024 Creative Careers Residents
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U-M sees surge in first-year, transfer student applications
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Study shows the evolving attitudes of Gen X toward evolution
Coming Events
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Apr 16
Tanner Lecture
“Truth and Love in Politics,” with Hélène Landemore of Yale University; 4-6 p.m.; Rackham Auditorium
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Apr 17
Tanner Symposium
With Don Herzog of the U-M Law School, Kyla Ebels-Duggan of Northwestern University, and Anne Phillips of the London School of Economics; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Rackham Amphitheatre
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Apr 18
An Evening with Kemp Powers
A conversation with the Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, playwright, producer and director; 5:30-7 p.m.; Rackham Amphitheatre
Trees to tables
Storm-damaged trees and others from across U-M are being turned into new, functional campus furniture. Associate professor Joseph Trumpey and his students are milling logs and working with wood from trees that include the historic Tappan Oak. The resulting conference and coffee tables will be placed around the Ann Arbor campus. In this photo, Trumpey (far left) and his students pose with one of their projects, a conference table. (Photo by Jen Hogan, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design)
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“I was keen on exploring this idea of beauty emerging despite injury or destruction.”
— Irina Bondarenko, a statistician lead for the biostatics department at Michigan Medicine who grew up in Ukraine and has been inspired to create ceramic artwork honoring her homeland
Read more about Irina BondarenkoIt Happened at Michigan
The ‘rare and curious’ Stearns Collection
Frederick Stearns had never purchased a musical instrument, but a small guitar caught his eye. It was called a quirten and dated to 1807. He acquired instruments for the next 17 years, focusing on the “rare and curious.” And then he donated his vast collection to the University of Michigan.
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Ariella Shikanov, associate professor of biomedical engineering, working with Jun Li, a professor of human genetics, helped create a comprehensive “atlas” of the cells in the human ovary.. “This new data allows us to start building our understanding of what makes a good egg — what determines which follicle is going to grow, ovulate, be fertilized and become a baby,” Shikanov said.
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A new federal rule mandates that people who sell firearms online or at gun shows conduct background checks on their customers. “We expect that when people have to do this, have to go through that background check, it (will) make people less likely to try to buy a gun by lying,” said April Zeoli, associate professor at the School of Public Health and Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention.
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The U.S. Department of Justice agreed with a Wisconsin tribe that Enbridge is trespassing on its lands by operating an oil and gas pipeline there, but stopped short of telling the Canadian company to move. “From the point of view of the tribe and its allies, this is incredibly concerning that the U.S. is not advocating for the shutdown or removal of that pipeline,” said Matthew Fletcher, professor of law and of American culture.
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