COVID-19
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
