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Hail! Class of 2019
Congratulations to all of the U-M students who earned their degrees this spring. Students received their diplomas during Spring Commencement at Michigan Stadium on May 4. Other graduation celebrations are being held across campus through May 10. #MGoGrad
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“Orion” Returns
After a yearlong hiatus, an iconic work of public art—along with the artist who created it—returned to the University of Michigan’s central campus last week. The sculptor, Mark di Suvero, will receive an honorary degree during the spring commencement ceremony.
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Close Up With Communities
As many Michigan communities — like Greenwood and Chandler Townships — face important decisions regarding their future in wind energy, they are using unbiased information provided by U-M’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) to get the answers they need.
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Milestone in Movement
From Hartland to Sturgis, Grand Rapids to Gaylord, children born with Down syndrome are walking three to six months earlier, thanks to U-M research that discovered just minutes a day on a tot-sized treadmill leads to the crucial life milestone.
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- U-M compounds show promise in lab model of advanced prostate cancer
- Paper wasps capable of behavior that resembles logical reasoning
- Fat fruit flies: High-sugar diet deadens sweet tooth; promotes overeating, obesity
- System grading doctors is inefficient, needs revisions
- University pilots new partnership for electric scooters on campus
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Public Engagement
- U-M report details phosphorus sources—both urban and agricultural—in Detroit River watershed
- UMS flips the script on Flint: Yo-Yo Ma inspires pride, empowerment during 'Day of Action'
- The Conversation: Predicting the next stock market 'flash crash'
- U-M's Meghan Duffy goes to Washington: Stresses importance of federal support in making scientific discoveries
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In The News
- National Public Radio Opioid addiction drug going mostly to whites, even as black death rate rises
- Detroit News Opinion: Wave of flooding a wake-up call
- CNN Reasons a woman may not know she's pregnant at six weeks
- The Hill Insider info on the state of the stock market
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Happening @ Michigan
Events
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May 11 4th Annual BME "Spring" Back into Fitness 5K Lurie Biomedical Engineering
- May 13 STEM in Color Symposium
- May 18 One Last Look: A Celebration and Temporary Farewell to the Detroit Observatory
- May 10 True to Life: Film Director Nancy Savoca’s Quest for Authenticity
- May 15 Midweek Mindfulness Guided Sits
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Academic Calendar
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Carpe Diem
All Michigan, all the time
There’s always something amazing happening at Michigan. Whether it’s on campus or around the world, our students, faculty, staff and alumni are out seizing the day as shown in the slideshow below.
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"The changes you have seen on campus and around the globe also provide a roadmap that can serve as a guide to the changes you can create in society. Purposefully contributing to change requires courage, trust, and the willingness to listen and consider many voices." #MGoGrad
“As you join our worldwide alumni body, it is our hope that you, too, will draw on the rich mix your education has provided as you choose the work you will do & the responsibilities you will assume as a citizen. The world is waiting for the contributions you will make.” #MGoGrad pic.twitter.com/tpUXxyf7bZ
My time at U-M as a student set me on the course of my life, and I’m sure it will be the same for you. More than anything else, I value our commitment to excellence which makes us the nation’s finest public university. — @ProfLizCole #MGoGrad