Campus News
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September 20, 2021
Heritage Project — Of splendid ability
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September 20, 2021
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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September 19, 2021
LEO membership ratifies new three-year contract
The union representing 1,700 lecturers on U-M’s Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses has overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract with the university administration.
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September 16, 2021
First-responder robots could team with wildfire fighters
Tomorrow’s wildfire fighters and other first responders may tag-team with robotic assistants that can hike through wilderness areas and disaster zones, thanks to a U-M research project funded by a new $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
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September 16, 2021
Professor behind weather data tools wins U-M innovation award
Perry Samson has been named this year’s Distinguished University Innovator for developing a series of pioneering learning and weather-related tools and technologies and launching companies around them that serve millions.
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September 15, 2021
COVID antibodies reduce reinfection risk for up to six months
A Michigan Medicine study found that most patients with mild COVID-19 infections produce antibodies that persist and protect them from reinfection for up to six months.
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September 15, 2021
COVID-19 disproportionately affected state’s essential workers
A disproportionate share of COVID-19 cases among working adults in Michigan were in the health care and social assistance industries, according to a new U-M survey.
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September 15, 2021
U-M ADVANCE works to improve faculty diversity through hiring
U-M’s ADVANCE Program has been vigorously spearheading an interdisciplinary effort to boost faculty diversity and excellence through recruitment efforts.
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September 14, 2021
U-M ends general COVID-19 notifications for classrooms
The university has discontinued its broad, generalized COVID-19 case notifications for classrooms and building spaces following recent changes to state guidance and community feedback that the notices were confusing and of limited benefit.
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September 14, 2021
Second round of anti-racism faculty hiring proposals due Oct. 1
As U-M’s Anti-Racism Faculty Hiring Initiative moves forward, the Office of the Provost is inviting proposals for the second round of clusters of new tenure-track faculty whose scholarship focuses on structural racism and racial inequality.
