Campus News
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April 19, 2021
Longtime staffer taps into creativity for the birds
Sally Sivrais, research administrator senior manager at Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in the Medical School, builds, paints and decorates birdhouses with stones she picked up from Lake Michigan and Lake Superior beaches.
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April 19, 2021
This Week in U-M History — April 19-25
Batches of the newly approved polio vaccine arrived in Washtenaw County on April 19, 1955. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of April 19-25.
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April 19, 2021
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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April 16, 2021
Leaders expect a ‘more normal’ fall, say vaccination is key
In a Zoom chat session with incoming first-year and transfer students, along with their parents, university leaders said they should expect a more typical U-M experience in the fall.
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April 16, 2021
U-M encouraging students to share COVID-19 vaccination records
The university is urging students on all three of its campuses to submit their COVID-19 vaccination information. At this time, U-M is not collecting information regarding employee vaccination status.
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April 16, 2021
Public safety task force to share preliminary recommendations
The Advancing Public Safety at the University of Michigan Task Force will share its preliminary recommendations related to fostering public safety on campus at a virtual forum April 21.
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April 15, 2021
NEH grant to help Clements digitize Revolutionary War collection
The William L. Clements Library has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize one of its largest and most utilized collections.
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April 15, 2021
Suicide among female nurses double that of general female population
Female nurses are roughly twice as likely to die by suicide than the general female population and 70 percent more likely than female physicians, according to a U-M study examining suicide among physicians and nurses.
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April 15, 2021
ER visits for suicidal behavior down in pandemic’s early months
A U-M study suggests the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and state-of-emergency executive orders likely did not increase suicide-related behavior in the early months of the outbreak.
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April 15, 2021
SAPAC, CAPS form care team for student sexual misconduct survivors
The university has launched a new Survivor Care Team that combines advocacy with therapy to better address the specific needs of students who are survivors of sexual misconduct.
