Campus News
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March 31, 2020
Would a sewage surveillance effort help track COVID-19?
With a $200,000 rapid-response grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers at U-M and Stanford University are exploring whether a community’s wastewater gives an early warning for COVID-19.
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March 31, 2020
U-M leads $62M ‘largest radio telescope in space’ mission
A new $62.6 million NASA mission led by U-M aims to provide better information on how the sun’s radiation affects the space environment that our spacecraft and astronauts travel through.
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March 30, 2020
García-Amaya receives 30th Golden Apple Award in virtual surprise
This year’s Golden Apple Award recipient, Lorenzo García-Amaya, was surprised with the award during a virtual meeting of the Speech Production Lab, a twist necessitated by social distancing.
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March 30, 2020
U-M professors coordinate international donation efforts
When Michigan Medicine called for donations of personal protective equipment, U-M professors of Chinese heritage were among the first to respond, leveraging donations of more than 36,000 items.
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March 30, 2020
Commuting analysis team exploring options beyond driving
In support of the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality, an analysis team of students and faculty is examining commuting trends at U-M, with the goal of reducing vehicle miles traveled.
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March 30, 2020
UM-Dearborn associate professor connects engineering, medicine
In Nilay Chakraborty’s lab, the inspiration often comes from surprising places. Take, for example, one of the UM-Dearborn mechanical engineering associate professor’s recent muses: the tardigrade, a chubby half-millimeter creature that’s considered by scientists to be one of the most indestructible animals on earth. They can be found in Antarctica, lava fields and most of… -
March 30, 2020
This Week in U-M History — March 30-April 5
The Cube featured an April Fool’s Day look on April 1, 2008. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of March 30-April 5.
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March 29, 2020
University Record cuts back print editions in April
The University Record is reducing publication of its print edition for the month of April, and will publish April 20 only, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at U-M.
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March 27, 2020
Alternative child care services available during the pandemic
Kids Kare at Home is a service for U-M faculty, staff and students when regular child care is unavailable, and it remains open during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 27, 2020
U-M adopts alternative grading for graduate, professional courses
Graduate and most professional degree programs at U-M’s Ann Arbor campus are adopting an alternative grading policy for the remainder of the semester to address challenges related to COVID-19.
