State & Community
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July 18, 2024
U-M, MSU create mid-Michigan neuroscience care network
U-M Health and MSU Health Care are entering into a joint operating agreement to provide neurosurgery and neurology care to the people of mid-Michigan.
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June 28, 2024
State budget supports U-M’s education, economic development efforts
The Michigan Legislature passed a 2024-25 general fund and education omnibus budget June 27, allocating a modest increase for the Ann Arbor campus’ operations.
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June 27, 2024
$3M gift boosts Transfer Bridges to the Humanities@Michigan
LSA has awarded $3 million in funding for its Transfer Bridges to the Humanities@Michigan program, established in 2018 in partnership with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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May 30, 2024
University, Detroit Regional Chamber announce plans for innovation corridor
U-M and the Detroit Regional Chamber have unveiled plans for Innovate Michigan, a strategic initiative to foster innovation, technological advancement and economic growth in a corridor from Ann Arbor to Detroit.
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May 21, 2024
U.P. Scholars Program helps make U-M degree a reality
The U.P. Scholars Program provides limited-income students from the Upper Peninsula with need-based scholarships of up to $15,000 per year to attend U-M for four years.
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May 18, 2024
U-M report explores growing housing crisis in Michigan
The burgeoning housing crisis affecting Michigan and much of the nation is addressed in a new report by U-M in partnership with the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.
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May 18, 2024
U-M forecasts: Michigan economy strong, U.S. holds up amid inflation
Michigan’s economy is off to a strong start this year and expected to experience steady job growth, while the U.S. economy as a whole offers a slightly noisier picture, according to U-M economists.
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May 9, 2024
U-M initiative pairs students with older adults to improve hand function
Through the Hands and Health at Home program, School of Kinesiology students visit older adults in the Ann Arbor area twice a week to perform exercises to improve hand function.
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May 3, 2024
UM-Flint archive helps digitize historical Black newspapers
A collaboration involving UM-Flint’s Frances Willson Thompson Library and the Digital Collections Service at the U-M Library is digitizing Flint’s Black historical newspapers.
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May 3, 2024
Taubman students partner with state to help ‘onboard’ young people
Students in the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning have partnered with the state of Michigan to help attract and acclimate young people to the state.
