Safer play: How 90,000 Michigan soccer players went back to playing the sport they love
When soccer teams across Michigan meet over the next few weeks for traditional tournaments and championships, the COVID-19 mask mandates and event attendance restrictions will start feeling like a thing of the past.
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The fake news about James Neel
Upon his death in 2000, this pioneer in human genetics was lauded as one of U-M’s greatest scientists. But a post-mortem assault on his honor provides a cautionary tale of what can happen when ideas become weapons and an appetite for outrage overcomes the search for truth.
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The suicide rate among female nurses is shocking
The 3 million nurses working in the U.S. today comprise the country’s largest health-care workforce — 85 percent of whom are women. They are twice as likely to die by suicide than the general female population, and 70 percent more likely than female physicians.
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Fourth-generation grad for the Balogh family
The Wolverine blood runs strong in this Michigan clan, whose newest alum, Amanda Balogh, BS, is the 14th member of the family to attend U-M. The pioneer was her great-grandmother Helen Cortade, who received a Michigan master’s degree in the 1920s.
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A league of his own
Journalist, author, and baseball fanatic Daniel Okrent, BA ’69, created the precursor to ‘fantasy sports’ with his Rotisserie League some 40 years ago. But there’s a glaring gap in this native Detroiter’s encyclopedic baseball memory: the 1968 World Series.
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Stamps students bring art projects to families at home
Stamps students in Melanie Manos’ ‘Detroit Connections: In the Classroom’ course created ways to inspire kids with creative activities and remote art education throughout the pandemic.
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State House proposal would slash budget for Ann Arbor campus
A Michigan House committee moved forward a higher-education budget bill May 5 that would radically change state-funding for U-M Ann Arbor, including a loss of some $40M in the next fiscal year.
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Campus COVID-19 Briefing
From shots in arms to kids in dorms
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Who’s with me?
That feeling you’re fighting? It’s called languishing, according to 'The New York Times.' -
Climate Blue
Reality Check
Can’t we all just get along? Ricky Rood analyzes the divide between so-called ‘real science’ and ‘gentlemen’s science.’
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Let’s get real
Though not a complete return to old-school commencement in Michigan Stadium, the Spring 2021 ceremony moved the most significant action off the screen and into the stands. As you can see, COVID-19 was no match for these graduates’ pride and joy. The images here are accompanied by quotes from past U-M commencement speakers. (Text was sourced by Rob Havey, communications specialist at U-M’s Bentley Historical Library. All images are by Michigan Photography. Watch the 2021 commencement ceremony.)
