Campus News
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March 9, 2020
UM-Flint announces full-ride scholarship for area veterans
Open to Flint-area veterans pursuing their first bachelor’s degree, UM-Flint’s new Valiant Veterans Scholarship will cover costs of up to four consecutive academic years of tuition and fees.
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March 9, 2020
U-M team organizes suicide first aid workshop March 16-17
The Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, available to faculty and staff March 16-17, will teach participants how to recognize when someone may be at risk of suicide.
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March 9, 2020
Former V.P. Al Gore to speak at Spring Commencement
Former Vice President Al Gore will deliver U-M’s Spring Commencement address May 2 while dramatist Dominique Morisseau will deliver the Rackham Graduate Exercises address May 1.
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March 9, 2020
U-M theme semester to explore topics of democracy
U-M is launching the Democracy & Debate Theme Semester, a universitywide academic initiative that will coincide with the university’s preparations to host a presidential debate this fall.
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March 9, 2020
Art librarian tackles Cape Cod-style renovation project
Jamie Vander Broek, an art librarian at the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library, and her husband are renovating a 1,600-square-foot Cape Cod-style house on the far west side of Ann Arbor.
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March 9, 2020
Police Beat — March 9, 2020
Sexual assault reported at University Health Service On Feb. 20, an individual contacted the University of Michigan Police Department to report incidents of sexual assault that occurred during multiple medical exams at the University Health Service between 1974 and 1976. This case is currently under investigation. Sexual assault reported at Brighton Health Center On Feb.… -
March 9, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university.
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March 6, 2020
New statement regarding reports of misconduct by Robert E. Anderson
The Board of Regents and President Mark Schlissel say they are “profoundly grateful to our courageous alumni who have stepped forward to hold our University accountable” in the sexual misconduct case of the late U-M physician Robert E. Anderson.
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March 6, 2020
Medicaid expansion does not discourage unemployed from job-seeking
A U-M study found unemployed workers were less likely to drop out of the labor force in states that expanded Medicaid than in states that did not accept the expansion.
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March 5, 2020
U-M issues new recommendations related to coronavirus
A universitywide update related to the COVID-19 coronavirus recommends that faculty, staff or students who recently traveled to China, South Korea, Italy or Iran should self-quarantine for two weeks.
