Today's Headlines
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Karen Thole to become College of Engineering dean
Karen A. Thole of Penn State University has been named dean of the College of Engineering, effective Aug. 1. Thole is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State.
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Endowment 101: Facts about U-M’s $17.9 billion endowment
With calls for divestment on college campuses across the country raising questions about university endowments, this Q&A explains U-M’s endowment and related investment procedures.
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$14.5M center to help Navy overcome emerging challenges
A new $14.5 million Center for Naval Research and Education at U-M will work with the U.S. Office of Naval Research to solve current and future problems, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced.
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Culture Journey challenge encourages focus on university values
U-M faculty and staff are invited to take part in a challenge designed to help them learn about and engage with the university’s values by completing at least five activities by June 28.
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Study shows racial bias is no ‘false alarm’ in policing
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Commencement speaker shares how magic provides insight to shape lives
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Journalist promotes kindness to graduates at Rackham ceremony
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Taubman students partner with state to help ‘onboard’ young people
Coming Events
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May 7
Mind Matters: Bipolar Disorder and Addiction
Insights from Experts and Inspirations from Experience; 7-8:30 p.m.; virtual
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May 8
Unlocking the 5 C’s of Well-Being
Contentment, Calmness, Compassion, Courage and Clarity, with James Joseph of the Heartfulness Institute, noon-1 p.m., virtual
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May 9
Building Strong Roots
Tools for Strengthening Parental Mental Health, webinar; 7-8:30 p.m.; virtual
Focusing on mental health
In his May video message to the university community, President Santa J. Ono acknowledged U-M’s focus on well-being, and particularly its efforts to promote mental health. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Ono recognized Kelcey Stratton, chief behavioral health strategist at University Human Resources, as this month’s Portrait of a Wolverine.
Spotlight
“Hong Kong has turned me into a voracious omnivore who lives to eat and plans everything around it.”
— Gray Carper, a service quality analyst with Health Information Technology & Services who first visited Hong Kong in 2003 and now lives there and serves as a tour guide
Read more about Gray CarperIt Happened at Michigan
The university’s first gift — in 13 volumes
The first recorded gift from an individual to the university came from a well-to-do fur trader who never set foot in Ann Arbor. In 1840, Charles W.W. Borup shipped to U-M a highly regarded German encyclopedia set. Borup’s donation of 13 volumes gave U-M its first gift and a solid scholarly foundation in its fledgling library.
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“Some of these medications might cause more heat sensitivity because you’re not sweating. Your body is not making the secretions that it should be making,” said Vicki Ellingrod, dean of the College of Pharmacy, about certain drugs that block cells’ receptors from binding to a neurotransmitter that helps the body adjust to heat.
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Lan Deng, professor of urban and regional planning, says that large developers in China overbuilt in places that didn’t need that much supply, a key factor triggering the ongoing property market crisis: “The concentration of the real estate industry not only exacerbates challenges for the national economy, but also brings negative impacts to local economies.”
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Transnational grief — experiencing the loss of someone you love while in another country — is “one of the most difficult parts of being undocumented in the United States,” said Kristina Fullerton Rico, predoctoral fellow at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy’s Center for Racial Justice. “If we pass laws that prioritize a fast path to citizenship, we could avoid having people go through these experiences.”
Yes! Magazine
