Campus News
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May 4, 2020
Information graduate connects students through storytelling
The social project that would help define Somya Bhagwagar’s college experience started on a bit of a whim. Motivated by a desire to learn more about the people around her and inspired by photographer and blogger Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New York” project, Bhagwagar began collecting stories and images for what she would call “Students of Umich.”
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May 4, 2020
Ross graduate is a ‘numbers guy’ who thrives in crisis
Maximillian C. Garcia III is viewing the global pandemic through the eyes of someone who thrives in a crisis. As a senior honors student at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Garcia became a veteran of the annual and intense Leadership Crisis Challenge that throws real-world dilemmas at students, who have 36 hours to develop business and media solutions.
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May 4, 2020
Engineering grad’s passion is creating things that help the world
Amber George loves to create. That passion led her to study engineering at U-M, a journey that included campus leadership roles, an internship at NASA and efforts to help students of color feel more included and heard.
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May 4, 2020
New prescription drug cards arriving in June
U-M prescription drug plan members will receive new drug plan ID cards in June as the university teams with Magellan Rx Management to administer its prescription drug benefit plan beginning July 1.
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May 4, 2020
Public comments sought on proposed Regents Bylaws changes
Revisions to the U-M Board of Regents Bylaws have been proposed and are posted for public comment through May 18.
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May 4, 2020
Obituary: Ejner Jacob Jensen
Ejner Jacob Jensen, 83, of Philadelphia, professor emeritus of English language and literature, died April 21 at the Phoebe Allentown Home in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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May 4, 2020
Campus briefs
Public comments sought on proposed changes to Regents’ Bylaws Revisions to the University of Michigan Board of Regents’ Bylaws have been proposed and are posted for public comment. The revisions include a new Committee on UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint, the addition of undergraduate degrees to the list of degree types offered at the School of Information and School… -
May 4, 2020
A look at COVID-19 research and activity across U-M
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the University of Michigan works on many levels, but it also has galvanized activity across the university as a broad range of academic, research and administrative units apply their expertise to this worldwide crisis. These synopses offer a glimpse into the variety of activity underway. Go online to… -
May 3, 2020
Grant launches wearable health technology research center at U-M
A $2.5 million grant from the American Heart Association will help establish a new wearable health technology research center, and a $200K grant will be used to track cardiovascular consequences of COVID-19.
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May 1, 2020
Committees to prepare for fall semester amid COVID-19
The Office of the Provost has convened several faculty and staff committees that have been charged with developing recommendations for how the university will operate in the fall.
