Today's Headlines
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Journalist promotes kindness to graduates at Rackham ceremony
Prize-winning journalist and critic Robin D. Givhan said she thinks about kindness often nowadays, and she encouraged those receiving advanced degrees from U‑M to do the same.
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Taubman students partner with state to help ‘onboard’ young people
Students in the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning have partnered with the state of Michigan to help attract and acclimate young people to the state.
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Institute for the Humanities names summer and 2024-25 fellows
The Institute for the Humanities has announced who it has awarded 2024 summer fellowships and who will be fellows during the 2024-25 academic year.
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UM-Flint archive helps digitize historical Black newspapers
A collaboration involving UM-Flint’s Frances Willson Thompson Library and the Digital Collections Service at the U-M Library is digitizing Flint’s Black historical newspapers.
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Six faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences
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Prioritizing conversations about mental health in the workplace
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U-M data dashboard sheds light on U.S. criminal justice system
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More local officials see relevance of electric vehicle planning
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Bold Challenges awards $700K for eight research teams
Coming Events
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May 6
RNA Innovation Seminar
Using Complex Genetics in Mice to Unlock the Secrets of Cognitive Resilience, with Catherine Kaczorowski; 4-5 p.m.; Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building, ABC Seminar Room
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May 7
Mind Matters: Bipolar Disorder and Addiction
Insights from Experts and Inspirations from Experience; 7-8:30 p.m.; virtual
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May 8
Unlocking the 5 C’s of Well-Being
Contentment, Calmness, Compassion, Courage and Clarity, with James Joseph of the Heartfulness Institute, noon-1 p.m., virtual
Helping Michigan grow
Undergraduate students in the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning’s new Urban Technology program have partnered with the state of Michigan to develop technology-driven urban services aimed at attracting and acclimating — aka “onboarding” — young people to the state. In this photo, program participants engage in roundtable discussions with Taubman Dean Jonathan Massey and guest reviewers following presentations to the state’s population growth campaign, Let’s Grow Michigan. (Photo by Dori Sumter)
Read more about these projectsSpotlight
Among those preparing to graduate are Mahalina Dimacali from LSA/School for the Environment and Sustainability; Evan Eidt from the College of Engineering; Ikalanni Jahi from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design; Olivia Jeong from the School of Public Health; Neil Nakkash from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; and Hannah Slawson from the School of Nursing
— Each year, the Record highlights the range of experiences and people who attend U-M by profiling selected graduates about their time at the university and their plans for life afterward.
Read more about the seniorsIt Happened at Michigan
Family trees and the ‘striking incidence’ of cancer
For years, U-M pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin studied the lives — and deaths from cancer — of an extended Ann Arbor family. In 1913, he wrote a landmark paper sharing that cancer could be passed on from generation to generation. Warthin’s research became the foundation of what is known as Lynch Syndrome.
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“Now that we have these medications that can drastically lower weight, but also lower the risk for cardiovascular disease, we’re in a new era of medicine with very good therapies to apply to those with unhealthy body weight,” said Eric Brandt, assistant professor of cardiovascular disease, about semaglutide drugs that reduce feelings of hunger and may change how much a person desires food over time.
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“This is an affordable option and one for those with physical limitations in attending (shows),” said Lija Hogan, a lecturer at the School of Information, on the growing number of musical artists performing virtual reality concerts to connect with their fans. People can “enjoy a show on their own terms,” she said.
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“I don’t want tests out there that we don’t know anything about and might not even work,” said Daniel Hayes, professor of internal medicine, who welcomes a new FDA rule that is likely to reshape how medical testing is done — after tests marketed in recent years could have led to wrong treatments for heart disease or cancer, or being incorrectly diagnosed with rare diseases, autism and Alzheimer’s.
The Wall Street Journal