Education & Society
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Satellite clerk’s office at UMMA registers thousands to vote
The satellite city clerk’s office registers about 150-200 students per day. As of Oct. 13, more than 2,600 students registered and more than 2,900 voted in person at UMMA or by returning their ballot to the museum’s drop box.
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U-M experts discuss global impact from Trump testing positive for COVID-19
Specialists in epidemiology, public health, media, global politics, and more weigh in on the ‘October surprise’ no one was expecting.
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Ecology in the digital age
As opportunities for fieldwork at U-M’s Biological Station were placed on hiatus due to coronavirus, BioStation faculty and students shifted focus and discovered new wonders much closer to home.
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No one dies alone
U-M medical students have reintroduced a bedside program amid the COVID-19 crisis in which volunteers comfort patients near the end of life: ‘It’s an essential part of humanity.’
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Call for honorary degree nominations
Nominees will have advanced their field of endeavor in significant ways or made compelling contributions to society. Past recipients include alumnus Sanjay Gupta and economist Robert J. Shiller.
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Roadmap for teachers: U-M online free learning platform paves the way
Collabrify Roadmaps provides teachers with customizable templates; the system guides students through the day, points them to the resources they need to complete their work, and enables them to collaborate with teachers and each other.
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Fight the policy, not the politician
The presidential election is near, but it’s no time to ease up on Black Lives Matter and other social movements, says Mary Frances Berry, PhD ’66/JD ’70/HLLD ’97. The author of ‘History Teaches Us to Protest’ says the fight to change policy is just beginning.
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Schlissel, Collins explain fall semester virus testing plans
Reopening plans are based on recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state of Michigan, and experts from public health, education, medicine, engineering, and more.
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Meeting unprecedented challenges
President Schlissel presents the latest news re: Fall 2020, including customized services provided by experts and students in U-M’s School of Public Health.