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Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 3:10pm
OTD: New student group works to combat food waste

With Thanksgiving leftovers dwindling and winter parties starting to full swing, students are trying to make use of extra food. A new public Facebook group, #UMLeftovers, is working to combat food waste by encouraging students to post pictures of leftover food on social media with the hashtag #UMLeftovers.

The Facebook group was created at the end of October and has reached more than 250 members. According to the page administrator, the group began in the class Entrepreneurship 550: Interpersonal Skills, taught by lecturer Eric Fretz.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 3:47pm
Judge rules faculty facing misconduct charges have right to cross-examine accusers
According to a court opinion filed Monday, a federal judge ruled professors undergoing trial for accusations of misconduct have the right to cross-examine accusers — particularly if defendants face serious disciplinary actions.

According to a court opinion filed Monday, a federal judge ruled professors undergoing trial for accusations of misconduct have the right to cross-examine accusers — particularly if defendants face serious disciplinary actions.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 3:00pm
OTD: Student org joins Washtenaw County to raise homelessness awareness

As part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Michigan Movement and the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County hosted a Campus Homelessness Awareness Day on the Diag at the University of Michigan on Tuesday to educate students on homelessness in Washtenaw County.

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 2:07pm
University reports greater economic diversity and more underrepresented students in freshman class
The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor campus enrollment has seen increased economic diversity and higher numbers of underrepresented students.

With another record number of applications submitted for the fall 2018 freshman class, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor campus enrollment has seen increased economic diversity and higher numbers of underrepresented students, according to a report published by University Public Affairs.

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 3:16pm
University disciplines instructor over denial of recommendation letter for study in Israel
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The University of Michigan is disciplining American Culture professor John Cheney-Lippold for rescinding his offer to write a letter of recommendation for a student as part of a boycott against the state of Israel, a letter obtained by The Michigan Daily confirmed. In the letter, dated Oct. 3, interim LSA Dean Elizabeth Cole criticized his actions and reaffirmed the University does not support this boycott.

 

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 3:11pm
SAFE and La Casa hold demonstration in Diag
Protester gather at the All Walls Have To Go demonstration on the Diag Tuesday.

Members of the University of Michigan Students Allied for Freedom and Equality and La Casa gathered in the Diag on Tuesday afternoon for an annual demonstration, focused on the border wall between Israel and West Bank Palestinian territories, as well as the border wall between the United States and Mexico.

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 3:25pm
U-M professor awarded Nobel Prize in physics
Gérard Mourou, an A. D. Moore distinguished University professor emeritus in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, received a Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for pioneering the field of high-speed and high-intensity lasers.

Gérard Mourou, an A. D. Moore distinguished University professor emeritus in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, received a Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for pioneering the field of high-speed and high-intensity lasers. The University of Michigan ranks among the top 50 universities in the world with the most Nobel Prize winners.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 3:56pm
OTD: Stamps unveils “Voting is Sexy” installation for National Voter Registration Day

The University of Michigan’s School of Art & Design is now offering a three-credit course designed to make voting “irresistible.” Associate Profs. Stephanie Rowden and Hannah Smotrich teach the new course titled Voting is Sexy.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 2:54pm
On The Daily: Michigan Medicine cancer researcher receives $6.5 million from the National Cancer Institute

Arul Chinnaiyan, a member of the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, has received an Outstanding Investigator Award and $6.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute. Over the next seven years, this grant will fund Chinnaiyan in his research on understanding genetic markers and cancer treatments that can be targeted to specific markers.

Monday, April 23, 2018 - 11:40am
Schlissel talks Spencer, LEO, upcoming challenges for University
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As exams come to an end and a majority of students begin moving off campus for the summer, the Michigan Daily spoke with University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel on Monday morning to hear his opinion on large issues he’s encountered over the past semester, such as the University’s previous negotiations with white supremacist Richard Spencer, the current status of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization's bargaining efforts and the University’s lobbying strategy for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival students and more.