coronavirus
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April 16, 2020
Tips for staying social while social distancing
Sarah Rosaen, professor of communications studies at UM-Flint, offers several tips to stay social during this period of social distancing prompted by COVID-19 precautions.
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April 16, 2020
New livestream series features virtual studio visits with artists
A new livestreaming video series, “House Calls: Virtual Studio Visits with Michigan Artists in a Pandemic,” will showcase 10 artists via video chat with Institute for the Humanities staff.
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April 15, 2020
Michigan Medicine donation drive succeeds through broad effort
The story of how Michigan Medicine organized its massive effort to collect personal protective equipment and other items is a tale of cooperation and coordination across the U-M campus.
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April 15, 2020
Michigan Stadium seismometer captures quiet during pandemic
A vibration-sensing seismometer installed in Michigan Stadium to measure ground shaking from football games has been repurposed to capture the quiet during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 15, 2020
New teach-out to focus on thriving in difficult times
Now through May 25, learners can take advantage of a new teach-out from U-M that focuses on how individuals, families and organizations can thrive, and not just survive, during this time.
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April 14, 2020
Website answers questions about federal stimulus checks
The 2020 Coronavirus Stimulus Payment website — co-developed by Poverty Solutions at U-M — walks people through a step-by-step process to ensure they receive their stimulus checks.
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April 13, 2020
U-M seeks help for health care workers, researchers, others
Weeks after U-M put out its first call for community help during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is doing so again, with more ways to help U-M health care teams and researchers, and community organizations.
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April 13, 2020
HLC moves site visit online for 2020 reaccreditation
A peer review team appointed by the Higher Learning Commission will virtually visit U-M’s Ann Arbor campus April 20-21 and invites the campus community to attend a series of online open forums.
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April 10, 2020
Repurposed respirator could free ventilators for COVID-19 patients
To help with the COVID-19 pandemic, U-M researchers have developed a portable and mass-producible helmet system that can potentially transform any hospital bed into a negative pressure room.
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April 10, 2020
U-M startup tracking social distancing through street cams
With advanced computer vision models and live public street cam video, U-M startup Voxel51 is tracking social distancing behaviors in real time at some of the most visited places in the world.