COVID-19
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September 14, 2020
U-M asks court to require that GEO members return to work
President Mark Schlissel said U-M is seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that would order striking Graduate Employees’ Organization members back to work.
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September 14, 2020
Live conversation set with President Schlissel, Provost Collins
President Mark Schlissel and Provost Susan Collins will conduct a live, online conversation at 1:45 p.m. Sept. 15 as part of their pledge to engage and listen more in order to enhance trust and share information.
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September 11, 2020
Schlissel, Collins say U-M committed to engaging with campus
U-M is committed to engaging with members of its community as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and other issues affecting the campus and country, President Mark Schlissel and Provost Susan Collins said.
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September 10, 2020
GEO rejects proposal; U-M adds detail about its position
U-M has shared a more detailed response to the various requests made by the Graduate Employees’ Organization after a proposed agreement between the university and the union was rejected by GEO members.
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September 9, 2020
UM-Dearborn team pitches in to improve campus health safety
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, UM-Dearborn’s Manufacturing Systems Engineering Lab has become a small factory to support campus reopening plans.
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September 8, 2020
Michigan Medicine hosting new communitywide food drive
Michigan Medicine has launched a second food and toiletry drive for the community, in partnership with Food Gatherers, through Sept. 27. It is open to all U-M faculty, staff and students, and members of the community who are in a position to give.
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September 8, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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September 7, 2020
GEO votes to strike; U-M says it violates contract, state law
The Graduate Employees’ Organization, representing about 2,000 U-M graduate student instructors and graduate student staff assistants, has voted to go on strike. U-M says the action violates GEO’s contract and state law.
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September 4, 2020
Contact Tracing Corps to help monitor virus on campus
Student volunteer investigators will have a key role in U-M’s COVID-19 response as contact tracers, reaching out to people on the Ann Arbor campus who had close contact with students testing positive for the coronavirus.
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September 3, 2020
President Schlissel announces weekly COVID-19 updates
With the fall semester underway, President Mark Schlissel has begun what will be weekly update messages to the university community regarding the COVID-19 situation at U-M.
