Campus News
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January 26, 2022
$12M calligraphy gift transforms UMMA’s Asian art collection
The U-M Museum of Art has received a gift of Chinese calligraphy from the family of Lo Chia-Lun valued at more than $12 million — the largest gift of art in the university’s history.
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January 26, 2022
20 U-M scientists, engineers named AAAS fellows for 2021
U-M led the nation with 20 faculty members elected as 2021 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.
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January 25, 2022
Neighborhoods play role in older adults’ pandemic experience
U-M researchers found that some older adults reported less social interaction and diminished relationships with their neighbors during the pandemic, while others reported more.
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January 25, 2022
$10M gift, renaming of institute honor critical care field’s pioneer
Michigan Medicine will rename its critical care research institute after U-M alumnus Max Harry Weil, a pioneer in critical care medicine, to recognize his family’s $10 million donation for advancing research and innovation.
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January 24, 2022
Michigan Dining chef building statewide sustainable food network
Frank Turchan, executive chef at University of Michigan Dining, travels the state looking for quality Michigan food products to be part of the campuswide Sustainable Food Systems Initiative.
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January 24, 2022
Expanded certification pathway to help ease teacher shortages
A newly expanded U-M program offers an alternative route to teacher certification to help alleviate the teacher shortage while ensuring the development of quality educators.
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January 24, 2022
Library taking steps to remediate harmful metadata language
The U-M Library, the William L. Clements Library, and the Bentley Historical Library are working to remediate harmful language in the metadata.
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January 24, 2022
New York native drums up performance, teaching career
Ian Antonio, assistant professor of music in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, has played the drums since before he can remember and performed on four continents.
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January 24, 2022
Heritage Project — Fraternity war
In the fall term of 1845, just four years after classes had begun at the University of Michigan, a junior named George Becker and several friends joined together to create U-M’s first fraternity.
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January 24, 2022
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