Campus News
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May 7, 2020
Scientists seek public’s help to understand, fight coronavirus
U-M researchers are asking members of the public — whether they have had COVID-19 or not — to sign up for the U-M Health Research Registry to assist their efforts in fighting the pandemic.
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May 7, 2020
Center for Academic Innovation encourages sharing remote-teaching resources
The Center for Academic Innovation has created a new website that encourages faculty, staff and graduate students to share information that will help them teach remotely in the immediate future.
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May 7, 2020
ICPSR launches new repository for COVID-19 data
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research has created a new archive for data examining the social, behavioral, public health and economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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May 5, 2020
Retirement loans, withdrawals available for coronavirus needs
Faculty and staff may withdraw or initiate loans from their accounts in certain U-M retirement savings plans under a provision of federal legislation designed to assist investors affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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May 5, 2020
Campaign encourages checking on others during pandemic
A new campaign involving U-M called 6˚ of Separation encourages people to commit to checking in on six people on the 6th, 16th and 26th of each month through the end of June.
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May 5, 2020
Job cuts, other steps part of Michigan Medicine economic recovery plan
Michigan Medicine will undertake an economic recovery plan that includes furloughs or layoffs for hundreds of employees as well as other measures to cover hundreds of millions of dollars in projected losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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May 4, 2020
Game theory project explores maximizing COVID-safe behavior
Shedding light on how officials at different levels of government can work to maximize COVID-safe behavior is a new goal of a game theory project funded with $6.5 million from the Department of Defense.
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May 4, 2020
Effort helps engineering students in need during COVID-19
Since the arrival of COVID-19, staff at the College of Engineering’s Office of Student Affairs and other college employees have provided some form of assistance to 700 engineering students.
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May 4, 2020
Senior profiles from the Class of 2020
Each year The University Record profiles several graduating seniors who highlight the range of experiences and people who attend U-M. Profiled this year are Amber George, Maximillian C. Garcia III, Somya Bhagwagar and Yoav Jacob.
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May 4, 2020
LSA student researcher works to build healthy environment, community
Yoav Jacob believes in leaving things better than he found them — specifically the environment and the University of Michigan.
