November 5, 2018
Campus News
November 1, 2018
Podcast, video series shares faculty expertise with broad audience
U-M Public Engagement & Impact has launched the Michigan Minds podcast and video series, giving the university’s faculty members a forum to easily share their work and expertise with a wide audience.
October 31, 2018
President, provost expand on issues of personal beliefs, reference letters
Recent events on the Ann Arbor campus have raised questions and sparked debates around issues of the role of personal beliefs in the decision by educators whether to write reference letters for students.
October 30, 2018
Donors sought for annual Blood Battle with Ohio State
The 37th annual Blood Battle against Ohio State began Monday and runs through Nov. 21. All potential donors, from those who have never donated blood before to those who donate every year, are asked to join the fight to save lives across the state and country.
October 30, 2018
Fall enrollment includes greater economic diversity, more underrepresented students
Nearly 26 percent of in-state undergraduates at the University of Michigan pay no tuition this fall due to university financial aid, including nearly 1,700 students under the landmark Go Blue Guarantee.
October 29, 2018
Biosciences Initiative invests $45M in U-M research
A new center for the study of concussions, an institute for global change biology, and a facility to advance the new field of cryo-electron tomography are among the University of Michigan projects to be funded in the first round of investments from President Mark Schlissel’s Biosciences Initiative.
October 29, 2018
Mentoring at Michigan
A lingering sense of self-doubt plagued Anna Horton when she transferred to the University of Michigan last year.
The English major worried her prior educational experiences hadn’t prepared her for Michigan, and her performance anxiety centered on her writing skills.
October 29, 2018
LSA professor to examine the early history of ‘normality’
Trained as a Shakespearean, Valerie J. Traub has moved in recent years toward thinking about how we know what we think we know about sex and gender in the early modern period.
October 29, 2018
DeLean Tolbert takes deep dive into diversity in engineering education
In some ways, DeLean Tolbert’s life at UM-Dearborn looks a lot different today than it did when she was an undergraduate there.
October 29, 2018
Campus briefs
UM-Flint’s Department of Public Safety receives state accreditationOctober 26, 2018
Information security policy revised and approved
The revised University of Michigan Information Security Policy was recently approved, along with a number of new Information Technology Standards, and will be phased in over the next two years.
October 25, 2018
Student sexual misconduct policy to include in-person hearing
The University of Michigan is revising its student sexual misconduct policy and procedures to include an in-person hearing where students involved in sexual misconduct investigations have the opportunity to ask questions of each other and witnesses.
October 24, 2018
Abstracts for campuswide sustainability conference due Nov. 8
The organizing committee for the third annual Michigan Universitywide Sustainability and Environment Conference is seeking abstracts until Nov. 8.
October 23, 2018
Open access monograph grants promote faculty engagement
The University of Michigan is a charter participant in a digital monograph publishing initiative that seeks to increase academic and public engagement with long-form humanities scholarship.
October 22, 2018
SACUA says recommendation decisions should be up to faculty
The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs issued a statement Monday declaring that although student merit should be the primary concern in providing letters of recommendation, the decision to write letters must remain in the hands of faculty members.
October 22, 2018
Ten seeking two eight-year terms in Board of Regents race
Ten candidates, including two incumbents, are vying for two eight-year terms on the University of Michigan Board of Regents in the Nov. 6 election.
October 22, 2018
David Chesney to receive 2018 James T. Neubacher Award
The University of Michigan’s Council for Disability Concerns has named David Chesney, a lecturer in computer science and engineering, as the 2018 recipient of the James T. Neubacher Award.
October 22, 2018
OIE releases faculty and staff sexual misconduct report
The University of Michigan is expanding its annual reporting on campus sexual misconduct with a review that details the number of reports the university received involving faculty and staff, and how those matters were addressed.
October 22, 2018
Open Enrollment for 2019 benefits is underway
Open Enrollment for eligible U-M faculty, staff and retirees seeking 2019 benefits begins today and runs until Nov. 2.
October 22, 2018
UM-Flint associate professor inspires future environmental problem solvers
Danielle Potts teaches biology to about 180 students every week at the University of Michigan-Flint. The lecturer encourages her students to get involved in research and learn first-hand what it takes to become an environmental problem solver.
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