The President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality is pushing ahead with efforts on methane leakage, indirect carbon emissions and other initiatives in its ongoing effort to guide the University of Michigan toward carbon neutrality.
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Record: Commission on Carbon Neutrality interim report explores methane leakage, indirect emissions
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Record: Wallenberg medalist Safa Al Ahmad says her subjects are the courageous ones
November 21, 2019While working as a journalist and filmmaker in Yemen, Safa Al Ahmad met a woman whose sons were playing outside when a missile struck. Afterward, the woman went out to look for her children – and found only an earlobe. She wrapped it in a napkin and put it in her pocket. That harrowing story …
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President Schlissel’s Op-Ed in the Economic Times – India and the University of Michigan: A rich history and an exciting future
November 4, 2019For more than a century, India and the University of Michigan have shared a commitment to quality education and mutual prosperity. Now our future has even more potential for success because of our shared commitment to innovation and technology.
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Announcing the Detroit Center for Innovation partnership
October 30, 2019To All Members of the University of Michigan Community: As a great public research university, the University of Michigan has a responsibility to focus our academic strength on the challenges and opportunities that face the public we serve. For an institution with a more than 200-year history of driving growth and opportunity in our state, …
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DEI progress report: U-M has made gains, has more to do
October 17, 2019The University of Michigan has made great strides in its effort to become more welcoming and inclusive but still has work to do. That was the key message as Robert Sellers, vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, provided an update Oct. 16 on U-M’s five-year Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan.
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U-M seeks input on comprehensive sexual misconduct policy; AAU survey results shared
October 15, 2019To All U-M Ann Arbor Students, Faculty and Staff: I want to update everyone on a few of the ongoing comprehensive actions we are taking to prevent and address sexual and gender-based misconduct and support survivors at the University of Michigan. The actions further our goal of ensuring a safe and respectful community for all, and I …
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U-M to host presidential debate on October 15, 2020
October 11, 2019To All Members of the University of Michigan Community: For generations, the University of Michigan has led the way in advancing understanding of our nation’s most pressing issues – and next year our students, faculty, and staff will have a novel opportunity to enhance this essential quality of our mission at the national level. I …
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Record: Student input sought in search for next vice president for student life
October 10, 2019President Mark Schlissel has appointed a 17-member advisory committee and launched the search for the University of Michigan’s next vice president for student life. The committee, chaired by Alec Gallimore, dean of the College of Engineering and professor of engineering and aerospace engineering, will welcome input from the campus community in the search for the …
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U-M launches Firearm Injury Prevention Research Initiative
October 3, 2019The University of Michigan will launch an initiative that encourages and coordinates research across disciplines to develop new knowledge and data on firearm violence, a public health problem that causes about 100 deaths per day across the United States. U-M researchers in fields such as public health, medicine, social sciences, engineering, public policy and the …
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Schlissel announces plan to grow academic innovation
October 3, 2019Saying it is time for academic innovation at the University of Michigan to take a step forward, President Mark Schlissel has announced a plan to support new models for education and provide learning experiences that are global, engaged and lifelong.