College of Engineering
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September 22, 2020
COVID-19 app built at U-M helps businesses stay open
A COVID-19 symptom checklist web app developed at U-M is helping more than 2,500 Michigan employers, including small businesses, meet state requirements to screen employees each day.
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September 8, 2020
Seven honored with Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards
Seven faculty members who have contributed to the development of a culturally and ethnically diverse U-M community received 2020 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards from the Office of the Provost.
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September 2, 2020
Researchers lead efforts to improve solar storm forecasts
Solar storms and other space weather events have the potential to impact society on a national or global scale, and U-M researchers lead two multimillion-dollar projects to improve forecasting.
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August 31, 2020
Schools, colleges share goals and hopes for 2020-21 school year
The University of Michigan is preparing to welcome back students for a fall semester unlike any other, creating never-before-seen challenges and opportunities for Ann Arbor’s 19 schools and colleges as well as at Dearborn and Flint.
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August 18, 2020
The science behind campus bus changes during COVID-19
Engineers used smoke machines, physics-based modeling and route optimization algorithms to quantify risk.
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August 10, 2020
Origami microbots: Artform guides cutting-edge advances in tiny machines
U-M researchers have demonstrated that origami principles can unlock the potential of the smallest robots, enhancing speed, agility and control in machines no more than a centimeter in size.
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July 21, 2020
Four U-M projects aim to advance computational discovery
The Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering recently awarded $240,000 in funding to four research projects as part of its Catalyst Grants program.
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July 16, 2020
Susan Gelman named 2021 Henry Russel Lecturer
Susan A. Gelman, a psychology and linguistics professor who is a world leader in the field of psychological science, has been named U-M’s 2021 Henry Russel Lecturer, and four junior faculty members will receive Henry Russel Awards.
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July 16, 2020
Regents approve five Distinguished University Professors
Faculty members Nicholas Kotov, Arthur Lupia, Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar, Lutgarde M. Raskin and Donald R. Zak have received one of U-M’s top honors as Distinguished University Professors.
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June 16, 2020
Michigan Drug Discovery awards pilot grants for new projects
Three innovative drug discovery projects targeting cancer, fungal infection and vision loss are moving forward at U-M with early-stage funding from Michigan Drug Discovery.
