Today's Headlines
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Law student wins Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Law student Rana Thabata has been awarded a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a program that provides financial support to immigrants and children of immigrants.
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Study: Alphabetical order of surnames may affect grading
An analysis by U-M researchers of more than 30 million grading records from U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names receive lower grades.
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Senate Assembly passes resolution regarding pay‑raise schedule
The U-M faculty’s Senate Assembly has approved a resolution requesting retroactive pay for all faculty members whose salaries it contends were affected by the way raises have been scheduled.
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Dearborn, Flint campuses announce commencement schedules
UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint have scheduled their Spring Commencement ceremonies. UM-Dearborn will conduct three ceremonies April 27, and UM-Flint’s four ceremonies will be April 27-28.
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Students turn fallen campus trees into public tables
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McCauley shares vision for making education more accessible
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New U-M study explores video game addiction rates
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University establishes the Common Agenda for Well‑being
Coming Events
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Apr 18
An Evening with Kemp Powers
A conversation with the Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, playwright, producer and director; 5:30-7 p.m.; Rackham Amphitheatre
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Apr 19
IHP-EIHS Symposium
Approaches to Oral History and the Work of Inclusive History, with Camron Amin, Alexis A. Antracoli, Lorena Chambers and Jay Cook; noon-2 p.m.; Tisch Hall, Room 1014
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Apr 22
2024 Ermine Cowles Case Memorial Lecture
Pincelli Hull of Yale University will speak on using fossils to understand biodiversity dynamics on an ever-changing planet; 8-10 p.m.; Rackham Amphitheatre
Surname order and grades
Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade. An analysis by U-M researchers of more than 30 million grading records from U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names receive lower grades. In this video, researchers Jun Li, Jiaxin Pei and Helen Wang discuss the study’s findings and how they arrived at them.
Read more about the studySpotlight
“I was keen on exploring this idea of beauty emerging despite injury or destruction.”
— Irina Bondarenko, a statistician lead for the biostatistics department at Michigan Medicine who grew up in Ukraine and has been inspired to create ceramic artwork honoring her homeland
Read more about Irina BondarenkoIt Happened at Michigan
The ‘rare and curious’ Stearns Collection
Frederick Stearns had never purchased a musical instrument, but a small guitar caught his eye. It was called a quirten and dated to 1807. He acquired instruments for the next 17 years, focusing on the “rare and curious.” And then he donated his vast collection to the University of Michigan.
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“We’re detecting a lot of these chemicals in people’s bodies and we don’t really know the health effects. It’s pretty early stages in understanding this,” said Justin Colacino, associate professor of environmental health sciences and nutritional sciences, on the potential for harm associated with fragrance ingredients in personal care and beauty products.
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The United States must lead in the global transition to electric vehicles or there will be consequences, says Alan Taub, professor of materials science and engineering and director of the Electric Vehicle Center: “It is moving at a pace that’s faster than the automotive industry has ever experienced. … If we don’t target to lead in it, we’re putting the entire domestic automotive industry at risk.”
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“Students and families from Michigan and around the world understand the profound impact and value of a University of Michigan education,” said Adele Brumfield, vice provost for enrollment management, after the university received more than 105,000 applications for fall 2024 — an all-time high and 11% jump from the year before. Erica Sanders, executive director of undergraduate admission, said, “Our aim is to attract and develop a dynamic and diverse incoming undergraduate class by … highlighting the impact a U-M education can have on future achievements.”
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