Campus News
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February 9, 2023
Ann Arbor campus meets two sustainability goals early
The university’s Ann Arbor campus achieved two of its 2025 sustainability goals in 2022, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% and applying 40% less chemicals to campus landscapes.
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February 8, 2023
Whitmer’s FY ’24 budget includes 4% more for universities
The state’s public universities — including the three U-M campuses — would receive an across-the-board 4% increase in state dollars for the next fiscal year under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal.
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February 8, 2023
U-M researchers helping to develop machine for N95 masks
The N95 mask shortage that exacerbated the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 won’t be repeated if a university-industry partnership succeeds. The $3 million effort aims to develop better respirators with new manufacturing processes.
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February 7, 2023
Academic freedom lecturer addresses teaching of racial history
New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie delivered the 32nd annual Davis, Markert, and Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom with a talk titled “Revisiting Du Bois and ‘The Propaganda of History.’”
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February 7, 2023
McCauley recommended as provost through June 2027
Provost Laurie K. McCauley has been recommended for a full term as U-M’s chief academic and budgetary officer. If approved by the Board of Regents, McCauley, who was first appointed last May, would serve through June 2027.
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February 6, 2023
Photonic fibers to enable invisible, indelible sorting labels
Less than 15% of the 92 million tons of clothing and other textiles discarded annually are recycled. Woven-in labels made with inexpensive photonic fibers, developed by a team led by U-M, could change that.
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February 6, 2023
Nominations sought for James S. Jackson and Harold R. Johnson diversity awards
Faculty nominations are being sought for the James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship and the Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award.
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February 6, 2023
UM-Flint offers customizable master’s in health services administration
UM-Flint’s College of Health Sciences is now offering a customizable Master of Science in Health Services Administration for fall 2023, allowing students to custom-build a degree with the skills that interest them most.
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February 6, 2023
University employers, mentors needed to support SummerWorks
SummerWorks, Washtenaw County’s preeminent Summer Youth Employment Program, is inviting members of the U-M community to provide a quality internship or mentorship in the summer of 2023.
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February 6, 2023
U-M Debate Program receives record $1 million gift
The U-M Debate Program has received a $1 million gift from a former standout debate participant and his wife, the largest gift in the program’s 120-year history.
