COVID-19

  1. May 16, 2020

    University to gradually reopen some research activity

    Laboratory and studio-based research activity at U-M, the majority of which has been paused since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will gradually resume during the next several weeks.

  2. May 14, 2020

    University construction to resume following executive order

    Construction crews have resumed U-M campus building projects that were in progress prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recent executive order.

  3. May 14, 2020

    Seven teams chosen to receive funding for COVID-19 research

    The Michigan Institute for Data Science announced seven interdisciplinary teams, chosen from 49 submissions, will receive funding support of up to $30,000 for COVID-19 research.

  4. May 13, 2020

    UM-Dearborn study finds wearing masks is about caring

    To better understand people’s behavior when it comes to precautionary measures against COVID-19 like mask wearing, a business professor discovered most people choose to be socially responsible.

  5. May 12, 2020

    Nichols Arboretum cancels 2020 peony celebration

    The historic peony garden at Nichols Arboretum at U-M, which has bloomed every spring for nearly 100 years, will do so without any visitors but will offer virtual sightings of the bloom.

  6. May 11, 2020

    U-M advances antibody test development in COVID-19 fight

    Scientists at U-M are advancing new antibody tests, being validated now, to identify people who have been infected with the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease.

  7. May 11, 2020

    Bentley Library seeks to archive U-M’s pandemic experiences

    The Bentley Historical Library, well known for its archives chronicling the history of the state of Michigan and U-M, recently launched an effort to collect the varied COVID-19 experiences of students, staff and faculty.

  8. May 10, 2020

    The idea to ‘flatten the curve’

    Howard Markel, director of U-M’s Center for the History of Medicine, was on a task force in 2006 to make recommendations to the Bush administration for handling an outbreak of the avian flu.

  9. May 8, 2020

    Delivery robots help Ann Arbor restaurants weather pandemic

    The restaurant business has suffered under the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic, but U-M startup Refraction AI that builds three-wheeled, autonomous REV-1 delivery robots is trying to prop it up.

  10. May 8, 2020

    U-M developing plans to safely re-engage limited research activity

    University research leadership is working to solidify re-engagement plans so faculty and staff are prepared for when the state of Michigan eventually authorizes the limited reopening of research activity.