COVID-19
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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.
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September 3, 2020
University to test 3,000 weekly for COVID-19 on campus
U-M will begin surveillance testing students, faculty and staff for the virus that causes COVID-19 next week, ramping up to 3,000 weekly on the Ann Arbor campus by the end of September.
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September 2, 2020
Early COVID-19 news coverage amplified political divide
U-M research shows both newspaper and network news COVID-19 stories were polarized in early coverage of the pandemic from March to May 2020, which may have shaped pandemic attitudes.
