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January 15, 2020
U-M prepares for March visit by reaccreditation team
The Higher Learning Commission’s decennial reaccreditation review of U-M’s Ann Arbor campus culminates this year with a March visit by faculty and staff members from peer institutions.
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January 13, 2020
REMINDER: International education award nominations due Feb. 1
Nominations are due Feb. 1 for the President’s Award for Distinguished Service in International Education, which recognizes extraordinary efforts to advance international education.
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January 13, 2020
Professor joins fight club to research ‘no rules’ subculture
While pursuing his graduate degrees at UCLA, Neil Gong participated in a “no rules fight club,” the core principle of which is reflected in its name. Soon he found himself distracted from his dissertation on inequities in the mental health system and spending ever more time immersed in the fight subculture.
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January 13, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university.
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January 8, 2020
Renovated, improved, historic Michigan Union offers intriguing features
Expanded public areas and student spaces, energy efficiency and sustainability, and flexible meeting areas — there’s something for everyone in the recently renovated Michigan Union.
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January 8, 2020
Union project revealed surprises, reuse opportunities
Workers renovating the Michigan Union uncovered surprises, found creative ways to reuse materials and added modern amenities while respecting and preserving the iconic building’s history.
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December 16, 2019
Annual report highlights strong finances, new research initiatives
From record-breaking fundraising efforts to cutting-edge research initiatives, fiscal year 2019 abounded with honors and accomplishments for U-M, according to a new annual report.
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December 15, 2019
Meijer reminds graduates life is an opportunity for reinvention
Unlike the deadlines they faced for papers or exams, U-M’s newest graduates will never run out of time to revise their life story, 2019 Winter Commencement speaker Hendrik G. (Hank) Meijer told them.
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December 12, 2019
U-M community invited to join Equity Challenge
The Ginsberg Center invites U-M students, faculty, staff and community members to join the United Way of Washtenaw County’s 21-day Equity Challenge, which runs Jan. 6-26.
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December 4, 2019
Scores of staff members recognized for diversity leadership
Recipients of the 11th annual Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award for University of Michigan staff were celebrated Wednesday at a breakfast ceremony at the Michigan League. The event was opened by Jeffrey Frumkin, associate vice provost and interim senior director of the Office for Institutional Equity, and included comments by Katrina Wade-Golden, deputy chief diversity officer.…
