Campus News
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March 12, 2021
Nominations open for police panel union staff spot
The election to fill the union staff representative position on the university’s Police Department Oversight Committee will take place April 5-16. The deadline to submit nominations is March 19.
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March 11, 2021
Wege lecturer urges inclusive, expansive climate change support
The climate justice movement has helped to shape the agenda of the Biden administration, and it’s a testament to the power of organizing, Naomi Klein said during the 2021 Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability.
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March 11, 2021
Commemorating the loss and lessons of COVID’s first year
As U-M marks the one-year anniversary of having our lives changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, several events over the next few days offer opportunities for the campus to reflect and remember.
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March 11, 2021
U-M receives gifts from more than 10,000 donors on Giving Blueday
More than 10,000 donors supported U-M’s seventh Giving Blueday, contributing more than $4.6 million in gifts of all sizes to causes of their choice across all three campuses and Michigan Medicine.
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March 11, 2021
17 faculty members chosen for Public Engagement Faculty Fellowship
Seventeen U-M faculty members have been named 2021 Public Engagement Faculty Fellows, and will spend the summer reflecting, building skills and planning projects with public engagement experts across campus.
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March 10, 2021
2020 FSA spending deadline extended until end of 2021
U-M has extended the deadline for employees to use pre-tax funds set aside through their 2020 flexible spending accounts to Dec. 31. The extension is possible because of federal legislation passed late last year.
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March 10, 2021
Feelings about scientists a factor in COVID-19 attitudes
Researchers from U-M and the University of Illinois found that people who expressed warmth toward scientists were more concerned about the impact of the virus and reported engaging in more preventative behaviors.
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March 10, 2021
U-M expert examines wealth inequality-reducing policies
To understand why rising wealth inequality does not equate to support for redistribution policies, the Ford School’s Charlotte Cavaillé says we must understand “the type of glasses that we wear to interpret the world.”
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March 10, 2021
2021 Hacks with Friends seeks proposals by March 17
All information technology professionals working at U-M are welcome to participate in the virtual 2021 Hacks with Friends. Pitches may be submitted through the end of March 17.
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March 9, 2021
Construction to resume on new hospital at Michigan Medicine
Michigan Medicine has received approval to restart construction on its new, state-of-the-art hospital, which was paused in March 2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
