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Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 10:09pm
Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian talks Iran prison experience
Bill McCarren, executive director of the National Press Club, and Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian discuss Rezaian’s new book about the 544 days he spent in an Iranian prison at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Tuesday.

The University of Michigan’s Wallace House held an event titled “Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison” on Tuesday in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The event featured Jason Rezaian, a Global Opinions writer for The Washington Post, to discuss his new book “Prisoner,” which describes his 18-month experience in an Iranian prison.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 11:17pm
CSG discusses opposition to felony self-disclosure, tri-campus disparities
A community testimonial is made during the CSG meeting regarding reporting criminal records on UM applications in the Michigan League Tuesday night.

At the University of Michigan Central Student Government meeting Tuesday night, students, faculty and community members came together to discuss a resolution opposing the University’s new felony notification policy, which has spurred controversy on campus over the past month.

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 8:38pm
CSG veto results in controversy, president gives State of the Students address
CSG met in the Hussey Room of the Michigan League Tuesday.

Tuesday night, the University of Michigan Central Student Government held a meeting during which Engineering junior Zeke Majeske, chair of the Executive Nominations Committee, expressed his intentions to pursue an ethics investigation against CSG President Daniel Greene, a Public Policy senior.

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 - 10:05pm
CSG discusses judicial nominations, banning Wendy's
Central Student Government members discusses their current judicial system during a meeting Tuesday at Pierpoint Commons.

University of Michigan Central Student Government met Tuesday to discuss banning Wendy’s on campus, new CSG appointments and adjustments to the judicial branch nomination process.

Thursday, January 10, 2019 - 8:10pm
Aerospace professor discusses diversity in the field
Ken Powell, the Arthur F. Thurnau professor of aerospace engineering and DEI faculty liaison, speaks on implicit biases and their impacts in a lecture about the lack of diversity in the aerospace field Thursday in the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building.

Ken Powell, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion faculty liaison at the University of Michigan, held a lecture regarding the issue of diversity within the aerospace field, focusing on implicit biases, stereotype threats and the accumulation of disadvantage. About 50 students and faculty attended the lecture Thursday afternoon.

Monday, December 3, 2018 - 9:17pm
Panel examines intersection of reproductive justice and mass incarceration
Deborah Landis Lewis, St. Joseph Mercy OB/GYN specialist, discusses reforms for the reproductive rights of incarcerated women at the Insights and Intersections of Reproductive Justice and Mass Incarceration Panel in the School of Public Health Monday.

The Michigan Prison Doula Initiative hosted a panel made up of seven formerly incarcerated people, health care professionals and MPDI staff Monday night to discuss insights on the intersections of reproductive justice and mass incarceration.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 10:38pm
CSG unveils plans for student org integration
Central Student Government President Daniel Greene speaks at the CSG meeting at the Michigan League Tuesday.

The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government met Tuesday to introduce and discuss a proposal of the executive team’s new liaison program to be integrated within all campus organizations.

The mission of the program is to provide a platform for students and their organizations to externally address possible issues within their groups. It also aims to foster a greater connection between campus organizations.