National Science Foundation
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July 15, 2021
Tilbury joins OVPR to lead strategy on future communities
Dawn Tilbury has joined the Office of the Vice President for Research to advance a new strategic endeavor that infuses social and technical expertise to address complex challenges facing future communities.
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December 7, 2020
Rackham joins alliance to increase diversity in STEM fields
U-M has joined with eight other universities in an effort that aims to increase the number of underrepresented minority faculty and postdoctoral researchers working in STEM fields.
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November 10, 2020
$1.62B in FY ’20 research volume spurs U-M innovation
U-M reported $1.62 billion in research volume during fiscal year 2020, which led to important advancements in a range of areas. The university maintained the same total research volume as FY ’19.
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October 1, 2020
U-M physicists part of Large Hadron Collider upgrade
U-M physicists Tom Schwarz, Bing Zhou and Junjie Zhu will have a key hand in upgrading CERN’s Large Hadron Collider using grants from the National Science Foundation totaling $7.1 million.
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September 8, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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September 2, 2020
Researchers lead efforts to improve solar storm forecasts
Solar storms and other space weather events have the potential to impact society on a national or global scale, and U-M researchers lead two multimillion-dollar projects to improve forecasting.
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August 31, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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August 20, 2020
U-M, MSU receive $1.4M NSF grant for joint STEM project
U-M and Michigan State have been awarded $1.4 million by the National Science Foundation to study inclusive environments in science, technology, engineering and math within academia.
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March 31, 2020
Would a sewage surveillance effort help track COVID-19?
With a $200,000 rapid-response grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers at U-M and Stanford University are exploring whether a community’s wastewater gives an early warning for COVID-19.
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February 17, 2020
Town hall highlights best practices for international engagement
U-M is taking steps to strengthen transparency and streamline the reporting processes around international engagement, including efforts to centralize disclosure procedures and develop a compliance auditing system.