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October 26, 2020
Six candidates for Board of Regents present their positions
Ten candidates are running in the Nov. 3 election for two eight-year seats on the Board of Regents. Six answered a request for biographical information and a platform statement.
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October 22, 2020
Regents Roundup — October 2020
Other items approved by the Board of Regents at its meeting Oct. 22.
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October 22, 2020
U-M close to hiring consultant for sexual misconduct work
The university is closer to hiring a consultant to assist with implementing recommendations from the WilmerHale law firm regarding allegations of sexual misconduct by former provost Martin Philbert.
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October 22, 2020
Endowment provides increased funding for U-M operations
U-M’s endowment continued to provide funding for operations totaling $391 million, up more than 6 percent from a year earlier. The endowment was valued at $12.5 billion as of June 30.
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October 20, 2020
More undergrad courses going online after stay-in-place order
U-M will shift more of its undergraduate classes to fully remote instruction for the remainder of the fall semester after Washtenaw County issued a 14-day stay-in-place order for undergraduate students.
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October 20, 2020
University to launch several new anti-racism initiatives
U-M will launch several new anti-racism initiatives, and enhance a number of existing ones, as part of a national reckoning on race and as deep-rooted structural inequities in American life have been magnified.
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October 19, 2020
Five faculty members elected to National Academy of Medicine
Five U-M professors have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the highest honorary society in the United States for researchers in medicine and health.
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October 19, 2020
Board of Regents to meet publicly online Oct. 22
The Board of Regents will meet virtually at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 22, consistent with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive directive regarding public meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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October 18, 2020
VIDEO: Oct. 16 COVID-19 briefing with campus leaders
Topics covered in U-M’s weekly COVID-19 briefing on Oct. 16 included winter semester planning, a look ahead to football season and the Halloween weekend, and how increasing COVID cases may affect the remainder of the fall semester.
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October 18, 2020
Golden Apple recipient animates message of student learning
Lorenzo García-Amaya, assistant professor of romance languages and literatures and co-director of Speech Production Lab, used an animated video to help present his Golden Apple Award lecture via Zoom.
