Campus News
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November 7, 2017
U-M, Cavium partner on big data research computing platform
A new partnership between U-M and the semiconductor company Cavium Inc. will create a powerful new big data computing cluster available to all U-M researchers.
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November 7, 2017
Author, actor Hill Harper to deliver 2018 MLK Symposium keynote
Award-winning actor, best-selling author and philanthropist Hill Harper will deliver the 32nd annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium keynote memorial lecture.
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November 7, 2017
$10M gift to fund expansion of U-M’s Barger Leadership Institute
The Barger Leadership Institute is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a $10 million gift from U-M alumnus and retired JetBlue Airways CEO Dave Barger to expand and sustain the institute’s work.
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November 7, 2017
Diversity Summit keynote speaker addresses impact of stereotypes
Stanford University psychology professor Claude M. Steele explained how stereotypes can affect people’s lives, and recommended ways to create a successfully diverse community.
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November 6, 2017
Campus briefs
News from around the university.
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November 6, 2017
Media specialist runs award show for bad movies
Matthew Quirk, a multimedia specialist at the History of Art Visual Resources collections, helps run a show on campus called the Smithee Awards, which focuses on the worst of the worst when it comes to film.
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November 6, 2017
Sarah Thomason will speak on world’s vanishing languages
Sarah Thomason will discuss endangered languages around the world, and the potential impact of their loss, during her Distinguished University Professorship lecture Tuesday.
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November 3, 2017
Michigan Road Scholars applications accepted through Nov. 28
Instructional, research and clinical track faculty are invited to apply to be a part of the 2018 Michigan Road Scholars Tour, scheduled for April 30-May 4.
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November 2, 2017
Surveys show majority of campus satisfied with DEI climate
A majority of the U-M community is satisfied with the Ann Arbor campus climate related to diversity, equity and inclusion, but those positive experiences are not equally distributed across the institution, surveys show.
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November 2, 2017
Office of Research seeks nominees for staff recognition awards
The Office of Research is now accepting nominations from across all three U-M campuses for its annual administrator and technical staff recognition awards.
