July 5, 2017
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July 5, 2017
Campus briefs
No Record email the week of July 4June 28, 2017
No Record email the week of July 4
The University Record will not distribute an email edition the week of the July 4 holiday. The email will resume its weekly summer schedule on July 12.
June 26, 2017
Higher ed leaders consider compact between universities, society
Leaders from some of the world's leading research universities gathered Monday to consider the intersection of the college campus and open discourse, why universities should better publicize their positive impact on society, and strategies to make them more effective engines of social mobility.
June 26, 2017
U-M receives grant to study impact of low-cost family planning
A University of Michigan economist will lead a grant of up to $5.9 million from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to study how reducing financial barriers to reproductive health care affects women’s lives.
June 26, 2017
Halderman testifies in Senate's Russia probe
June 23, 2017
Mcity demos show how connected tech can make self-driving cars safer
A car barrels through a red light, but the Lincoln MKZ leading the cross traffic doesn't T-bone it. In fact, the Lincoln never enters the intersection. It gradually slows down and yields to the law-breaking vehicle with time to spare.
June 21, 2017
Driverless shuttle service coming to North Campus
Mcity will launch a driverless shuttle service on the University of Michigan's North Campus beginning this fall.
June 20, 2017
Amal Dahmani elected to Police Department Oversight Committee
Amal Dahmani, registered nurse in Michigan Medicine Children’s Emergency Services, has been elected as the bargained-for staff representative to the Police Department Oversight Committee for a two-year term beginning July 1.
June 21, 2017
Civil rights, elusive sleep, technology are next teach-out topics
Four new teach-outs in August and September will focus on technological advances that have changed the way we live, civil rights and civil liberties in the current political environment, and a silent epidemic that impacts the health of millions.
The second round of the short, weekend-long global learning opportunities will focus on:
June 19, 2017
Social work professor brings classroom to Mexican border
For Sherrie Kossoudji, bringing her students to the Mexican border was the teaching opportunity of a lifetime.
Kossoudji, an associate professor of social work at the School of Social Work, has worked over the years to provide her students with an opportunity to travel to the United States-Mexico border.
June 19, 2017
Campus briefs
U-M remains top U.S. public university in QS World RankingsJune 14, 2017
U-M is 15th in Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings
The University of Michigan is ranked as the 15th top university in the world, according to the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings released Wednesday.
June 15, 2017
Henry Russel lecturer, awardees named for 2018
Terry E. Robinson, one of the world's most influential biopsychologists and behavioral neuroscientists, has been selected as the 2018 Henry Russel Lecturer, one of the university's highest honors for senior faculty members.
June 13, 2017
U-M first Division 1 campus to receive environmental certification
A joint effort involving eight departments on the Ann Arbor campus has earned the University of Michigan the state's first Division 1 campuswide certification for reducing the use of pesticides and fertilizer.
June 13, 2017
M Farmers Markets bringing fresh produce to campus
Finding affordable, farm fresh vegetables and fruits on campus just got easier thanks to the M Farmers Markets, currently available at six Ann Arbor campus locations, with more being added each month through the fall.
June 12, 2017
Union staff election for police oversight panel runs through Friday
The election to fill the union representative staff position on the university's Police Department Oversight Committee is underway. Online voting is available today through 4 p.m. Friday.
June 8, 2017
U-M remains top U.S. public university in QS World Rankings
The University of Michigan maintained its ranking as the top U.S. public university in the QS World University Rankings for 2017-18, and ranked 21st among all institutions on the list, moving up two spots from last year in the ranking released Thursday.
June 15, 2017
Regents approve Martin Philbert as next provost at U-M
Martin Philbert, dean of the School of Public Health, has been named the University of Michigan's next provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.
His appointment is effective Sept. 1, and was approved by the Board of Regents at its meeting Thursday.
June 5, 2017
Kennedy family works to honor U-M history
Fifty years after Richard "Dick" Kennedy spearheaded the University of Michigan's sesquicentennial celebration, his son is following in his footsteps to honor U-M's history once again.
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