February 1, 2019
New DEI video resources available to U-M faculty and staff
Organizational Learning is releasing a new series of online videos to help celebrate the diversity of the University of Michigan community.
Campus News
January 31, 2019
CHRT 2019 Policy Fellowships now underway
Six university-affiliated researchers and six Lansing-based policymakers will participate in a series of seminars and experiential learning opportunities focused on health policy and practice in Michigan and nationally.
January 30, 2019
Poverty Solutions report a testament to partners, progress in Detroit
A growing partnership on economic mobility with the city of Detroit, a new collaboration with Harvard University, community voices, policy impact and student engagement are highlighted in the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions Impact Report.
January 29, 2019
Wind chills prompt reduced operations Wed.-Thurs.; classes canceled
The University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus issued an emergency reduction in operations effective at midnight Tuesday through 7 a.m. Friday, due to predicted extreme low temperatures and wind chills.
All classes and events occurring during this time have been canceled.
January 29, 2019
February teach-out will focus on issues around self-driving cars
The race is on to get self-driving cars on the road, with Waymo, BMW and Volkswagen recently announcing plans to further invest and experiment with autonomous vehicle technology.
January 30, 2019
SMTD professor Martin Katz to explore the art of accompaniment
Dubbed the “dean of accompanists” by the Los Angeles Times, Martin Katz has spent more than 50 years collaborating with the world’s most celebrated soloists.
January 28, 2019
New institute explores impact of technology on identity, inequality, ethics
From data breaches to deep fakes to self-driving cars to anti-loot box legislation, digital cultures dominate the news cycle, making it more important than ever to understand the new opportunities and dangers presented by technological disruption and digital cultures.
January 28, 2019
U-M participating in second AAU survey on sexual misconduct
The University of Michigan is participating in the Association of American Universities’ second national campus climate survey on sexual assault and misconduct.
January 25, 2019
WeListen staff series tackles impact of mass incarceration
Rebecca Bowles saw her uncle go in and out of prison her entire life.
January 28, 2019
Sally Camper to lecture on value of mouse genetics
Sally A. Camper has enjoyed many firsts during her long and successful tenure at the Medical School.
January 28, 2019
Campus briefs
Ford School joins public affairs schools in Diversity AllianceJanuary 25, 2019
Annual waste reduction competitions returning to campus
The University of Michigan community is being challenged to think outside the trash bin to reduce the amount of waste generated on Ann Arbor’s campus during the annual RecycleMania Battle of the Buildings Competition.
January 25, 2019
DIA Plaza finalists hope to bring joy, cohesion, parking to Detroit
When Craig Wilkins looked out into the audience during his team’s presentation at the Detroit Institute of Arts on Wednesday, he was happy to see many of his University of Michigan students in the crowd.
January 24, 2019
U-M leading $25M program to advance nuclear nonproliferation
Advancing technologies to identify bomb-making nuclear materials, ferret out secret nuclear weapons facilities and detect nuclear detonations anywhere in the world is the aim of a new $25 million program led by the University of Michigan and funded by the Nuclear National Security Administration.
January 23, 2019
U-M in blood donation competition with four other schools
The University of Michigan’s new winter semester blood drive competition, We Challenge You!, is underway and will run through Feb. 27.
January 23, 2019
Search begins for head of institutional equity office
A search is underway for the next associate vice provost and senior director to lead the university’s Office for Institutional Equity.
This senior leadership role includes universitywide oversight for handling allegations of harassment or other discriminatory behavior, as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act.
January 21, 2019
MLK Symposium speakers explore resistance, unraveling injustice
Julia Putnam and Tim Wise discussed ways to resist oppressive systems, the misremembering of American history, and how education can help unravel injustice during their Keynote Memorial Lecture for U-M’s 33rd annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium.
January 22, 2019
H.V. Jagadish to be Michigan Institute for Data Science director
H.V. Jagadish has been appointed director of the Michigan Institute for Data Science, effective Feb. 15.
January 21, 2019
Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize nominations due Jan. 31
Members of the U-M community can reward innovative teaching by submitting a brief online form until Jan. 31.
January 21, 2019
Professor’s work focuses on molecules key to curing diseases
Growing up in Germany, Nils G. Walter formed a positive, but secondhand, impression of the United States.
His father had been a prisoner of war in Texas who often told Walter about the kindness of Americans and T-bone steaks the size of dinner plates.
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