Domenico Grasso named interim president

The Board of Regents has named Domenico Grasso, PhD ‘87, as the University’s interim president, effective immediately. Grasso has been chancellor at UM-Dearborn since 2018. “We have full confidence that President Grasso will provide steady leadership during this critical time of transition,” the regents noted in a campus-wide email.
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Aero Club took to the skies in hot air balloons
In 1914, eleven years after the Wright Brothers took flight at Kitty Hawk, the first aeronautics class was offered at U-M, launching what would become the nation’s first collegiate aeronautics program. Adventurous students soon took to the skies in gliders, simple planes — and, by the 1920s, hot air balloons. Things didn’t alway sgo as planned.
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Medicaid telehealth study shows positive impacts
Research reveals nearly two-thirds of those who had a telehealth appointment in the past year said they received care that they could not or would not have gotten otherwise. Findings were published in Health Affairs Scholar by members of the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.
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Investing in COVID-19 vaccination more than paid off for U.S.
The new U-M research analyzes not only the cost of care for COVID-19 but also the cost of testing and treating people, of treating post-COVID conditions as well as rare vaccine reactions, and productivity costs such as lost workdays when someone became sick or died.
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Men’s gymnastics team claims seventh NCAA Championship
The men’s gymnastics team earned the program’s seventh NCAA Championship team crown behind a score of 332.224 April 19 at Crisler Center. It is the Wolverines’ first national title since 2014. Paul Juda was the final Michigan competitor of the meet, and his 13.966 on the vault was the difference.
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Historic Tappan Oak sapling planted to mark Earth Day at U-M
On Earth Day, April 22, a sapling grown from the historic Tappan Oak was planted near the Alumni Association’s Alumni Center on Central Campus. The planting carries forward the legacy of the original tree, which stood near the Hatcher Graduate Library for more than 300 years until its removal in 2021 when the trunk was discovered to have decayed.
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Revolutionizing prenatal care: New guidelines to transform 100-year model
For nearly a century, being pregnant usually meant seeing a doctor at least a dozen times before the baby was born. But after COVID hit and office visits were limited due to exposure risks in 2020, that practice shifted out of necessity — and now, those changes may be here to stay.
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