U-M Chief Diversity Officer Robert Sellers: ‘I am so tired’
As civic unrest intensifies nationwide, Sellers writes: ‘How long must we wait, plan, work, march, agitate, forgive, and vote before we have a society in which all lives matter equally, regardless of race or color?’
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U-M to launch second wave of research re-engagement
More than 700 researchers returned to the Ann Arbor campus in recent weeks and safely ramped up activity as part of the University’s pilot wave to re-engage research and scholarship.
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President Mark Schlissel: ‘We need to bring about change’
‘We must use our power to address major societal problems – especially those that diminish our society so tragically: This is clear in our mission,’ says Schlissel regarding civil unrest following George Floyd’s homicide at the hands of Minneapolis police.
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Riot? Or massacre?
Repost: Words matter, says Maggie Yar, BA ’95, executive director of Tulsa’s Hille Foundation. Especially when it comes to the little-known story of the 1921 Race Massacre – formerly known as the 1921 Race Riot – in which the city’s ‘Black Wall Street’ was destroyed.
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Med student Finn helps design COVID-19 class while training for Olympic trials
She concluded her collegiate career as a nine-time All-American in last June’s NCAA outdoor championships. But this champion is far from done running or with her studies. The first-year medical student recently earned her master’s in public health and epidemiology.
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2020 peony bloom celebration canceled
U-M’s historic peony garden, which has bloomed every spring for nearly 100 years, is closed to visitors this year. The risk from COVID-19 makes gathering at the garden impossible, but social media delivers virtual delights.
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Medical students drive development of new pandemic course
Students will explore various aspects of pandemic response using COVID-19 as a case study, from the history of pandemics; disaster response from the federal down to the local and institutional levels; and health inequities, among other topics.
Columns
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Editor's Blog
There’s always a sequel in the works
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Climate Blue
It’s all in the delivery
Ricky Rood subscribes to the theory that ‘it’s all in the delivery’ as he frames approaches to climate change problem-solving.
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Talking About Movies
The curtain falls
As the credits roll on his column, Frank Beaver takes a bow for the time being. Let’s push for a remake in the future.
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Health Yourself
Become a wellness champion
Victor Katch leaves readers with his secret recipe of how to become a wellness champion.
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- Harvard Business Review To solve big problems, look for small wins
Commencement under quarantine
COVID-19 may have forced 2020 graduation ceremonies to go virtual but proud Michigan Wolverines, their families, and loved ones still celebrated this milestone in resilient “Go Blue!” style. These jubilant images were posted at #mgograd on Instagram. They are reposted with permission.
