Today's Headlines
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U-M, LEO still at odds over Dearborn, Flint salary increases
After nearly six months of negotiations, the university and the Lecturers’ Employee Organization on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses have reached agreement on every contractual issue except salary increases.
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Michigan Medicine, others get $15M to study inflammation
The American Heart Association has awarded $15 million to scientists at U-M and two other universities to study inflammation’s role in cardiac and brain dysfunction.
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Runge addresses U-M’s role in human health and well-being
In the latest Michigan Minds podcast, Marschall Runge, executive vice president for medical affairs, discusses U-M’s role in human health and well-being, a key area of the university’s Vision 2034.
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U-M pioneering a digital wellness program for youths
U-M students and scholars launched an interprofessional course in partnership with sixth-graders at Ann Arbor Public Schools to provide classroom and real-world engagement about digital wellness.
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Survey explores perceptions of large-scale solar projects
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Climate change will boost value of rooftop solar panels, study shows
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Study looks at ‘shadowbanning’ of marginalized social media users
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Engineering professor Kamal Sarabandi receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Coming Events
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Apr 23
A view from Kyiv
Sixth Annual Arthur Vandenberg Lecture, with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink; 4-6 p.m.; Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
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Apr 24
Shared Memories
Second annual community commemoration of the anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide; 3-5 p.m.; Weiser Hall, Room 1010
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Apr 25
Remote Work and City Structure
With Esteban Rossi-Hansberg of The University of Chicago; 11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.; Lorch Hall, Room 201
ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards
The 2023 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award recipients are, from left: Lulu Shang, biostatistics; Markus Borsch, electrical and computer engineering; Maria Ahmed, molecular, cellular, and developmental biology; Kayla Kroning, chemistry; Evan Radeen, English language and literature; Luis Flores, sociology; and Kevin Napier, physics. Not pictured: Salem Elzway, history; Alex Kapiamba, mathematics; and Graham Liddell, comparative literature. The awards recognize exceptional work produced by doctoral students for the high caliber of their scholarship and the significance and interest of their findings. (Shannon Shultz, Michigan Photography)
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“Music is very, very important to me. It’s a big part of my life. So, I feel really fortunate that I get to be involved in this.”
— Trisha Miller, student services coordinator at the Marsal Family School of Education who has been a member of the Out Loud Chorus for nearly 20 years
Read more about Trisha MillerIt Happened at Michigan
College Republicans and their U-M roots
In mid-May of 1892, hundreds of students from universities around the country gathered on the University of Michigan campus. When the students departed late that evening, it was as the newly christened American Republican College League, a national political group that continues today as the College Republicans.
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“Unfortunately, I have seen parents try to support their child through experiences of weight-based bullying by suggesting that they try to ‘eat healthier’ or ‘lose some weight.’ Young people, no matter what their body size, do not deserve to be ridiculed or mistreated because of their weight,” said Kendrin Sonneville, associate professor of nutritional sciences.
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“Different telescopes have filters that are made to be sensitive to only certain wavelengths of light. We can assign each filter to a separate color channel. … When stacked on top of each other, we get the spectacular textbook color image that we’re used to seeing in the media,” said Katya Gozman, doctoral student in astronomy, on how scientists make vibrant spectacles out of grayscale blobs in space telescope images.
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“The idea that we should retire (the term ‘clean energy’) because no energy is totally clean is just ridiculous,” said Catherine Hausman, associate professor of public policy, who notes that concerns about environmental damage from mining are important to consider, but they pale in comparison to the damage from extracting, refining and burning fossil fuels.
Fast Company