Campus News
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March 16, 2020
Advisory committee to aid search for Matthaei-Nichols director
An advisory committee has been named to assist in the search for a new director of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. Bob Grese is stepping down after serving in that role since 2004.
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March 16, 2020
Biosciences Initiative offering final round of two funding sources
U-M’s Biosciences Initiative has issued its third and final request for applications in two categories of funding that seek high-impact research projects from U-M faculty to solve biosciences problems.
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March 16, 2020
Smoke cessation programs, screening for cancer can reduce mortality
Programs that help smokers quit along with existing lung cancer screening efforts could reduce lung cancer mortality by 14 percent compared with screening alone, according to a study led by U-M.
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March 16, 2020
Non-Senate faculty nominations sought for police panel
Nominations are now being sought for a lecturer, active emeriti, adjunct or clinical faculty representative to serve in the non-Senate faculty seat on the U-M Police Department Oversight Committee.
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March 16, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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March 14, 2020
Michigan Medicine video Q&A about coronavirus
Michigan Medicine hosted a Facebook Live discussion about the COVID-19 coronavirus with Sandro Cinti, professor of internal medicine and one of U-M’s top infectious disease physicians.
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March 13, 2020
U-M taking new steps to fight coronavirus
U-M is implementing additional measures to stem the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, including new workplace policies for faculty and staff, and the cancellation of all Spring Commencement ceremonies.
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March 12, 2020
U-M, Big Ten cancel remainder of winter, spring sports seasons
U-M has suspended all athletic activities, including practices, until further notice in response to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. The cancellation follows a similar announcement by the Big Ten Conference.
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March 12, 2020
Original Earth Day organizers come together 50 years later
Six former members of the U-M student organization that established the original Teach-In on the Environment in 1970 reconvened 50 years later for a panel discussion.
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March 12, 2020
Ecologist awarded five-year $2M grant from Moore Foundation
U-M disease ecologist Meghan Duffy was awarded a five-year grant for more than $2 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation last week to study symbiosis in aquatic systems.
