Campus News
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January 24, 2017
Activist, writer Shaun King challenges notions of humanity’s progress
Writer and civil rights activist Shaun King told his audience at Rackham Auditorium that he was not there to inspire them, but to “give you a new lens to see the world.”
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January 24, 2017
ITS says be wary of phishing scams, especially during tax season
The university is urging faculty and staff to be extra diligent as tax season draws near by being alert to “phishing scams” aimed at gaining access to personal information.
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January 24, 2017
URC R&D spending tops $2.1B, increases 53 percent since ’07
Michigan’s University Research Corridor was responsible for $2.15 billion in research and development spending in fiscal year 2015, an increase of 53 percent since 2007.
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January 24, 2017
Nominations sought for Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award
Nominations are now being accepted for the Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award recognizing faculty members who contribute to a culturally and ethnically diverse campus.
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January 24, 2017
UMS names N.Y. Philharmonic’s Matthew VanBesien as new president
Matthew VanBesien, president of the New York Philharmonic, will become president of the University Musical Society at U-M in July.
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January 24, 2017
Projects use Big Data to predict diseases, advance genomics analysis
Three U-M research projects will use Big Data and mobile technology to learn how to predict when individuals will get diseases including depression and hepatitis C, and to unlock the potential of single-cell gene sequencing.
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January 24, 2017
Big Data research projects to seek insights from social media
Two recently funded U-M research projects will use Big Data from social media to gain new insights into economics and the way people communicate about parenting and politics.
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January 23, 2017
Professor showcases hard realities of incarceration through theater
When Ashley Lucas’ father was sent to prison, “it was earth-shattering.” The associate professor of theatre and drama, and the Residential College, and director of the Prison Creative Arts Project was 15 when her father was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The experience with incarceration inspired her career bringing the arts to prisons.
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January 23, 2017
Campus briefs
News from around the university.
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January 23, 2017
Stephen Forrest to discuss the advent of a new light source
Flexible, lightweight and economical with energy: organic light emitting diodes are making it out of the lab and into the marketplace, and Stephen Forrest has been a major driver of that progress.
