Today's Headlines
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Engineering professor Kamal Sarabandi receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor
College of Engineering professor Kamal Sarabandi has received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, which recognizes individuals for excellence and service to the country in professional, cultural and civic roles.
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Twelve U-M faculty members named as AAAS fellows
Twelve U-M faculty and staff members have been recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science as 2023 fellows in recognition of their extraordinary achievements.
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Support resources, insurance available for international travelers
As travel season approaches, faculty and staff are encouraged to register their international travel and enroll in travel-abroad health insurance, even for personal travel.
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Chemicals stored in home garages linked to ALS risk
A new Michigan Medicine study finds that storing chemicals in a garage at home may be associated with an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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Law student wins Soros Fellowship for New Americans
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Study: Alphabetical order of surnames may affect grading
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Senate Assembly passes resolution regarding pay‑raise schedule
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Dearborn, Flint campuses announce commencement schedules
Coming Events
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Apr 22
2024 Ermine Cowles Case Memorial Lecture
Pincelli Hull of Yale University will speak on using fossils to understand biodiversity dynamics on an ever-changing planet; 8-10 p.m.; Rackham Amphitheatre
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Apr 23
A view from Kyiv
Sixth Annual Arthur Vandenberg Lecture, with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink; 4-6 p.m.; Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
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Apr 24
Shared Memories
Second annual community commemoration of the anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide; 3-5 p.m.; Weiser Hall, Room 1010
Surname order and grades
Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade. An analysis by U-M researchers of more than 30 million grading records from U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names receive lower grades. In this video, researchers Jun Li, Jiaxin Pei and Helen Wang discuss the study’s findings and how they arrived at them.
Read more about the studySpotlight
“I was keen on exploring this idea of beauty emerging despite injury or destruction.”
— Irina Bondarenko, a statistician lead for the biostatistics department in the School of Public Health who grew up in Ukraine and has been inspired to create ceramic artwork honoring her homeland
Read more about Irina BondarenkoIt Happened at Michigan
The ‘rare and curious’ Stearns Collection
Frederick Stearns had never purchased a musical instrument, but a small guitar caught his eye. It was called a quirten and dated to 1807. He acquired instruments for the next 17 years, focusing on the “rare and curious.” And then he donated his vast collection to the University of Michigan.
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Doctors would be ill-prepared to assess and treat patients of all racial and gender identities if a U.S. House bill banning DEI in medical schools passes, says Versha Pleasant, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology. “We are doing our medical students an incredible disservice by eliminating DEI in the curriculum. Our future health care workforce will not have adequate tools to combat racism and bias in medicine.”
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If an FDA recall of a heart device linked to hundreds of injuries and at least 14 deaths leads to permanent removal from the market, end-stage heart failure patients could have no options, said Francis Pagani, professor of cardiac surgery: “It would be devastating to the patients. … It’s not a perfect option — no pump ever is — but this is as good as it’s ever been.”
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“The business school curriculum needs a major reset,” wrote Andy Hoffman, professor of sustainable enterprise. “Revising business school programs to reflect today’s realities — notably, climate change and inequality — requires us to do more than add a few electives. We must teach students to become stewards of the market in order to correct what ails it.”
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