Campus News
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November 18, 2024
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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November 15, 2024
Speaker highlights risks to extramural speech protections
Recent measures to impede campus protests around the country are a threat to academic freedom and extramural speech, Judith Butler said in the Davis, Markert, and Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom.
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November 14, 2024
Online real estate course aims to empower communities
“Real Estate Development: Building Value in Your Community” teaches foundational real estate development through an equitable lens and is available on Michigan Online and Coursera.
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November 14, 2024
$3M gift establishes Samir and Puja Kaul directorship at MICDE
Business leaders and philanthropists Samir and Puja Kaul have donated $3 million to support the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering. The institute’s directorship will be named for them.
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November 14, 2024
How Native art forms sustain amid vanishing resources
New and existing works by fifth- and sixth-generation Indigenous basket weavers are on display at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design’s Stamps Gallery through Dec. 15.
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November 14, 2024
University offers resources for those who want to quit tobacco
For people thinking about quitting tobacco, Nov. 21 is a good time to start that journey. The Great American Smokeout is an opportunity to join thousands who are on the same path.
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November 13, 2024
Neubacher Award recipient fights for disabled on and off campus
Ayesha Ghazi Edwin, assistant clinical professor in the School of Social Work, received the 2024 James T. Neubacher Award in recognition of her commitment to advocating for social justice and policy change for the disabled.
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November 13, 2024
Proposed revisions to the Board of Regents’ Bylaws
A series of housekeeping revisions to the Board of Regents’ Bylaws have been proposed and are being posted for public comment before consideration at the board’s Dec. 5 meeting. Comments are due Nov. 27.
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November 12, 2024
Study: Boredom, relaxation, experimentation drive teen vaping
A U-M study shows that teens do not typically turn to electronic nicotine vapes to curb smoking habits despite marketing promoting them as aids for cigarette smoking cessation.
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November 11, 2024
Michigan Sustainability Community offers living‑learning experience
The Sustainable Living Experience pilot program, which introduces programming and learning opportunities during the first year of college, will become the Michigan Sustainability Community.
