COVID-19
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June 21, 2022
U-M COVID-19 response committee shares guidance for fall 2022
The Ann Arbor campus will maintain its vaccination and face covering policies, along with other COVID-19 prevention measures recommended by the COVID-19 Campus Health Response Committee.
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June 16, 2022
Ernst named chief health officer; new public health structure debuts
Robert Ernst, associate vice president for student life for health and wellness, and executive director of University Health Service, will become U-M’s chief health officer as the university transitions to a new public health structure.
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June 6, 2022
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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May 31, 2022
Asian Americans armed selves during pandemic due to racial acts
Asian Americans who experienced increased acts of racism at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely to acquire firearms and ammunition for self-defense, researchers at U-M and Eastern Michigan University found.
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May 31, 2022
Survey looks at online government meeting quality, service disparities
More than half of Michigan’s local officials say that moving government meetings online during the pandemic decreased the overall quality of such gatherings, according to a U-M survey.
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May 7, 2022
Fauci to comeback graduates: Fight ‘the normalization of untruths’
Anthony Fauci encouraged U-M’s Comeback Commencement crowd to challenge untruths and push back on the “egregious distortion of reality” that permeates social media and “so-called news organizations.”
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April 27, 2022
U-M updates mask guidelines, other COVID-19 policies
Wearing a mask will soon be optional across the university, except for selected areas on the Ann Arbor campus, under a revised face-covering policy that takes effect May 2.
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April 4, 2022
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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March 30, 2022
Alcohol users drank more often early in pandemic
A new U-M study shows that the frequency of drinking went up among those who used alcohol, even though the overall prevalence of drinking went down during the early months of the pandemic.
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March 29, 2022
Series to explore racialized health, economic disparities from COVID-19
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is kicking off a virtual event series with a discussion about the local impact of safety nets on communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic.