coronavirus

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.