LSA Student Government kicked off its Mental Health Week Monday afternoon by gathering student organizations focused on mental health for a Diag Day.
At the far end of the Diag, LSA SG representatives Eli Rachlin, an LSA junior, and Kristen Ball, an LSA senior, blew bubbles and blasted music as students walked by.
Rachlin, spouting positive encouragement to passersby said the Diag Day is an important part of the Awareness Week because of its ability to reach so many students.
Chicago-based cloud technology company AHEAD has officially moved into Ann Arbor.
The company set up its new 2,000 square-foot-laboratory in the William Street Argus Building earlier this month. Known as the Cloud Innovation Center, the lab is a $3 million investment and one of several of the company’s Midwest locations, which include offices in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ohio. There is also a North Carolina office.
LSA sophomore Jane Sheedy came to school this fall excited to start composting in her off-campus apartment. Her hometown doesn’t offer composting services and after learning about harmful methane release that results from putting organic materials into landfills last year, she was thrilled to learn Ann Arbor does.
The University of Michigan’s chapter of College Republicans painted the Rock Sunday night to send a message of solidarity to the minority groups that have been targeted by recent hate crimes on campus.
The city of Ann Arbor has officially named Brad O’Furey and Sgt. Dawn Murphy as this year’s LGBTQ liaisons.
Brad O'Furey and Sgt. Dawn Murphy have been appointed City LGBTQ Liaisons. Email Brad brado@jimtoycenter.org, Sgt. Murphy dmurphy@a2gov.org.
— City of Ann Arbor (@A2GOV) September 22, 2017
University of Michigan researchers have figured out a new way to help research subjects feel at home during experiments: actually doing the experiments in a home.
Students came to the University of Michigan earlier this month already excited for Oct. 7’s home football game against Michigan State University. But the buzz really picked up Monday morning when it was officially announced the game would have a 7:30 p.m. kickoff time, officially making it an “under the lights” game.
Ann Arbor City Council met Monday evening to discuss topics including pedestrian safety and crosswalk policies, a millage to fund the Washtenaw County Mental Health and Sheriff departments, and suicide prevention in the city’s parking structures.
Discussion on pedestrian safety began during the public commentary period at the beginning of the meeting. Several local residents brought up concerns about crosswalk safety in Ann Arbor.
A new universal-access playground was unveiled at Ann Arbor’s Gallup Park this weekend. Named the Rotary Centennial Playground, the space is open and accessible to all people, regardless of age or ability.
Racist graffiti was discovered on a mural Saturday night in downtown Ann Arbor.
The Ann Arbor mural, which is displayed in an alleyway of the 600 block of East Liberty Street, was emblazoned with the words, "Free Dylann Roof, I Hate N------." The graffiti was found less than 12 hours before LSA sophomore Trayvon Stearns realized his dorm room door had been branded with a racial slur yesterday.