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  1. September 4, 2020

    Contact Tracing Corps to help monitor virus on campus

    Student volunteer investigators will have a key role in U-M’s COVID-19 response as contact tracers, reaching out to people on the Ann Arbor campus who had close contact with students testing positive for the coronavirus.

  2. September 3, 2020

    The first week

    As classes got underway during the first full semester under conditions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, U-M faculty, staff and students settled into the new normal.

  3. September 1, 2020

    U-M to conduct clinical trial to test COVID-19 vaccine

    Michigan Medicine is partnering with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for a Phase III clinical trial to test a vaccine against COVID-19, looking at how well the investigational vaccine works and how safe it is.

  4. August 31, 2020

    Library offering onsite services for fall semester

    The U-M Library is lending books and other items using contactless pickup service. It has also launched a system that allows students to reserve up to two hours of individual library study space.

  5. August 31, 2020

    Welcome back! School year unlike any other set to start

    U-M is preparing to welcome back faculty, staff and students for a fall semester unlike any other, creating never-before-seen challenges and opportunities in the midst of the pandemic.

  6. August 30, 2020

    Scenes from the start of a masked semester

    As students returned to campus over the past week, the usual scenes of residence hall move-ins and friends meeting up on campus were punctuated by that emblem of our unusual times — the required face covering.

  7. August 29, 2020

    Some faculty members voice concerns about fall semester

    Some faculty members said during a Faculty Senate meeting that the U-M’s COVID-19 pandemic response plans for the fall semester are inefficient and not transparent enough. They want a shift to all-virtual instruction.

  8. August 26, 2020

    Dining to-go sites opening with extensive composting options

    University dining halls, and five new to-go locations, are set to launch lunch and dinner services, seven days a week — with a continued commitment to composting and waste reduction.

  9. August 25, 2020

    Open Enrollment for 2021 benefits includes new health plan option

    Faculty, staff, retirees and benefits-eligible graduate students may change their benefits during the once-a-year Open Enrollment that runs Oct. 19 through 5 p.m. Oct. 30.

  10. August 20, 2020

    Ann Arbor campus adopts modified grading, flexible withdrawal

    U-M’s Ann Arbor campus will use modified undergraduate course grading throughout the academic year to help address the challenges of pursuing coursework during COVID-19 pandemic.