Campus News
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November 22, 2021
Associate professor’s love of dance started early
A dramaturg, dance historian and theorist, Clare Croft is associate professor of American culture in LSA. She also has launched and curated projects to promote queer dance and open dialogue in that sphere.
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November 22, 2021
Heritage Project — The assassin’s widow
Unable to speak much English but desiring to stay in the United States after her husband, Lee Harvey Oswald, was killed, Marina Oswald was invited to study at U-M’s English Language Institute.
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November 22, 2021
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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November 21, 2021
LSA senior named Rhodes Scholar for 2022
Rachael Merritt, an LSA senior double majoring in Russian and international studies, has been named a 2022 Rhodes Scholar. She is the 30th Rhodes Scholar from U-M since the awards were established in 1902.
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November 18, 2021
U-M economists see signs of U.S. growth amid volatile picture
The U.S. job market has been recovering despite pandemic waves, inflation woes and supply chain strains, yet those and other barriers could threaten broad, sustained economic momentum.
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November 18, 2021
$1.4M NSF grant helps researchers bridge the digital divide
School of Information researchers have been awarded a $1.4 million National Science Foundation grant to help bridge the digital divide and reduce digital exclusion.
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November 18, 2021
CAPS piloting online platform to support student mental health
Counseling and Psychological Services is piloting a new mental health and well-being resource that allows students to receive and provide support anonymously through an online peer-to-peer community.
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November 18, 2021
Ceremony marks decades of dedication at Staff Service Awards
University Human Resources hosted a virtual Service Awards event Nov. 17, inviting 269 staff members who celebrated 30, 40, 45, 50, or 55 years of service in 2021.
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November 17, 2021
$4M donation launches Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics will pursue cutting-edge research to understand changes and stability in inequality across generations, time and place.
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November 16, 2021
Expert answers questions about health care spending accounts
U-M offers faculty and staff the opportunity to pay for eligible health care expenses with pre-tax dollars using a health care Flexible Spending Account, which allows employees to have a set amount taken from their pay before taxes.
