Today's Headlines
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$4.8M campaign led by U-M will improve forecasts in western U.S.
A new science expedition in Yampa Valley, Colorado, will improve forecasts of snowfall and estimates of how climate change will impact snowpack and water availability in the western U.S. mountains.
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A leap toward carbon neutrality, CO2 to methanol
U-M researchers have developed a catalyst material known as cobalt phthalocyanine that converts carbon dioxide — a significant driver of climate change — into renewable fuels such as methanol.
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REMINDER: Distinguished University Innovator nominations sought
Innovation Partnerships is seeking nominations for the 2024 Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award, U-M’s highest honor for faculty who bring new ideas to the marketplace.
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Karen Thole to become College of Engineering dean
Karen A. Thole of Penn State University has been named dean of the College of Engineering, effective Aug. 1. Thole is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State.
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Endowment 101: Facts about U-M’s $17.9 billion endowment
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$14.5M center to help Navy overcome emerging challenges
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Culture Journey challenge encourages focus on university values
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Study shows racial bias is no ‘false alarm’ in policing
Coming Events
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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
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May 9
Building Strong Roots
Tools for Strengthening Parental Mental Health, webinar; 7-8:30 p.m.; virtual
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May 10
“War Relics”
Exhibition of works by Enna Diddio; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; North Campus Research Complex Building 18, Connections Gallery; runs through Aug. 2
Focusing on mental health
In his May video message to the university community, President Santa J. Ono acknowledged U-M’s focus on well-being, and particularly its efforts to promote mental health. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Ono recognized Kelcey Stratton, chief behavioral health strategist at University Human Resources, as this month’s Portrait of a Wolverine.
Spotlight
“Hong Kong has turned me into a voracious omnivore who lives to eat and plans everything around it.”
— Gray Carper, a service quality analyst with Health Information Technology & Services who first visited Hong Kong in 2003 and now lives there and serves as a tour guide
Read more about Gray CarperIt Happened at Michigan
The university’s first gift — in 13 volumes
The first recorded gift from an individual to the university came from a well-to-do fur trader who never set foot in Ann Arbor. In 1840, Charles W.W. Borup shipped to U-M a highly regarded German encyclopedia set. Borup’s donation of 13 volumes gave U-M its first gift and a solid scholarly foundation in its fledgling library.
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“The faster you’re going, the farther down the road you have to be able to see the thing that (the system) is assessing. It’s a harder job for the sensor,” said Carol Flannagan, research professor at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, on a federal rule that requires automatic emergency braking systems in vehicles — with enhanced speed and nighttime requirements — by 2029.
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“The firms would see fuel cost reductions … an increase in productivity and there would be safety and environmental benefits. It would be the government asking truck operators to share some of the gains they would make from automation,” said Parth Vaishnav, professor of environment and sustainability, on the benefits of self-driving semitrucks.
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“This is a gateway for someone right now who has some or no college education. They’re ambitious and smart, but they’re working in a gig or a retail job. And we’ll create a gateway for that person to an entry-level job in potential career paths,” said Scott Shireman, director of the U-M Innovation Center, who would like to see 30,000 Detroiters enrolled in job certification programs each year at the new center.
Bridge Michigan
