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March 17, 2020
Michigan Medicine announces COVID-19 unit, new paid sick time for staff
Michigan Medicine has activated a 32-bed isolation unit and authorized an additional 120-hour PTO bank for staff who need to quarantine as a result of caring for confirmed COVID-19 patients.
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March 16, 2020
University Record suspending event listings
The Record is temporarily suspending its event listings in the print and online editions.
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March 16, 2020
U-M Detroit Center offers space, equipment for online classes
For faculty seeking a place to host their online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U-M Detroit Center has rooms set up with computers and video conferencing equipment available for use.
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March 16, 2020
Smoke cessation programs, screening for cancer can reduce mortality
Programs that help smokers quit along with existing lung cancer screening efforts could reduce lung cancer mortality by 14 percent compared with screening alone, according to a study led by U-M.
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March 13, 2020
U-M taking new steps to fight coronavirus
U-M is implementing additional measures to stem the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, including new workplace policies for faculty and staff, and the cancellation of all Spring Commencement ceremonies.
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March 13, 2020
COVID-19 resources
Links to university web pages with information about U-M’s response to COVID-19.
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March 12, 2020
Original Earth Day organizers come together 50 years later
Six former members of the U-M student organization that established the original Teach-In on the Environment in 1970 reconvened 50 years later for a panel discussion.
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March 11, 2020
University temporarily cancels classes in response to coronavirus
U-M will cancel classes March 12-13, and will resume delivering them March 16 in alternative formats. Classes will not meet in person through April 21, the last day of the winter semester. On-campus events with more than 100 people also are canceled.
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March 9, 2020
‘It’s like you have a hand again’
In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, U-M researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves and amplified them to enable real-time, intuitive, finger-level control of a robotic hand.
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March 9, 2020
U-M theme semester to explore topics of democracy
U-M is launching the Democracy & Debate Theme Semester, a universitywide academic initiative that will coincide with the university’s preparations to host a presidential debate this fall.
