Campus News
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April 2, 2020
Assistance, resources, activities and ways to help from a social distance
With many U-M faculty and staff members working remotely, and in-person activities canceled, the Record has compiled a list of online resources to help during this unprecedented time.
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April 2, 2020
Case studies provide in-depth lessons about sustainability
With the support of faculty and the $25 million, five-year Third Century Initiative, U-M students are learning about environmental science and sustainability by building thorough, thoughtful case studies.
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April 2, 2020
Doctors discuss latest treatments, and rumors, for COVID-19
Although doctors describe potential therapeutic and treatment options that are being explored, they warn against seeking out these drugs on your own or trying other untested remedies.
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April 2, 2020
UM-Flint opens residence hall to area health care workers
UM-Flint is opening its First Street Residence Hall to medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Doctors and nurses in Genesee County will be able to stay in the hall beginning April 3.
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April 1, 2020
New COVID-19 paid-time-off bank supports faculty and staff
The university is providing a new bank of 80 hours of paid time off for COVID-19-related absences as guided by the federal Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act. The new PTO is effective April 1.
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April 1, 2020
Kellogg Eye Center, College of Engineering team up on shield
A team from the Kellogg Eye Center and College of Engineering joined forces to create a new, larger breath shield that will help providers and patients reduce COVID-19 transmission.
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April 1, 2020
Publicly shaming harassers may be popular but doesn’t bring justice
U-M researchers seeking to understand what people who are harassed on social media want sites to do found most wanted some action that felt just but a one-size-fits-all approach will not work.
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April 1, 2020
Aggressive social distancing may cut COVID-19 hospitalizations
Forecasting models from Michigan Medicine clinicians show aggressive social distancing could reduce the number of COVID-19 patients at U-M hospitals in early May by as much as 65 percent at peak.
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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.
