COVID-19
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May 5, 2020
Job cuts, other steps part of Michigan Medicine economic recovery plan
Michigan Medicine will undertake an economic recovery plan that includes furloughs or layoffs for hundreds of employees as well as other measures to cover hundreds of millions of dollars in projected losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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May 4, 2020
Game theory project explores maximizing COVID-safe behavior
Shedding light on how officials at different levels of government can work to maximize COVID-safe behavior is a new goal of a game theory project funded with $6.5 million from the Department of Defense.
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May 4, 2020
Effort helps engineering students in need during COVID-19
Since the arrival of COVID-19, staff at the College of Engineering’s Office of Student Affairs and other college employees have provided some form of assistance to 700 engineering students.
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May 4, 2020
A look at COVID-19 research and activity across U-M
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the University of Michigan works on many levels, but it also has galvanized activity across the university as a broad range of academic, research and administrative units apply their expertise to this worldwide crisis. These synopses offer a glimpse into the variety of activity underway. Go online to… -
May 3, 2020
Grant launches wearable health technology research center at U-M
A $2.5 million grant from the American Heart Association will help establish a new wearable health technology research center, and a $200K grant will be used to track cardiovascular consequences of COVID-19.
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May 1, 2020
Committees to prepare for fall semester amid COVID-19
The Office of the Provost has convened several faculty and staff committees that have been charged with developing recommendations for how the university will operate in the fall.
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April 29, 2020
ITS moves quickly to take campus into new normal
When the pandemic hit, Information and Technology Services’ goal was to ensure that tens of thousands of students, faculty and staff could continue to learn, teach and work from anywhere.
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April 29, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic shocks global food supply chain
Ravi Anupindi, founding faculty director of the Center for Value Chain Innovation, discusses the many challenges and opportunities for players in the food supply chain as it deals with the fallout from COVID-19.
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April 28, 2020
U-M eyeing resumption of some activity on campus
President Mark Schlissel says he is “cautiously optimistic” U-M will be able to deliver “as much in-person instruction as possible” during the fall semester, but many questions remain about how that will be accomplished.
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April 27, 2020
Looking at the future of museums during and beyond COVID-19
As cultural institutions try to fulfill their missions under the restrictions of COVID-19, U-M Museum of Art Director Tina Olsen talks about their future and the importance of art in times of crises.
