Approximately 150 students, faculty and community members attended a special public session with the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality Tuesday in Rackham Auditorium. Featuring University President Mark Schlissel as the main speaker, the event was moderated by three commission members: Jonathan Overpeck, dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability; Engineering junior Logan Vear; and Rackham student Austin Glass.
Offering donuts, candy and engaging conversations, the University of Michigan's Islamic Society of Ahl-ul-Bayt, along with the Muslim Students’ Association, hosted a “Meet a Muslim” table in Mason Hall Wednesday to open dialogue between Muslim and non-Muslim students on campus. The event is part of a series of events hosted by ISA during their Muslim Engagement week.
The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office released an alert Tuesday detailing a new phone and email scam being sent to county residents. According to the alert, the scam impersonates a Sheriff’s Office employee asking for personal donations or gifts to be sent.
Following his resignation as interim president of Michigan State University, John Engler and his attorney, Seth B. Waxman, sent a letter to the office of the Attorney General Dana Nessel detailing the biases of the office against Engler in their investigation of Larry Nassar, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
Around 20 people were in attendance for a rally held this Wednesday on the Diag by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) — the youth and student wing of the Socialist Equality Party — in protest of the jailing of Chelsea Manning, former U.S. Army Intelligence officer.
After serving four years as the vice president of the National Basketball Association, University of Michigan alum Li Li Leung will serve as the president and CEO of USA Gymnastics, according to a Click On Detroit report.
In a statement for USA Gymnastics, Leung said she looks forward to leading an organization she is passionate about.
The University of Michigan Board of Regents convened for their first meeting of the semester Thursday. Prior to a sharing of public comments, the board presented successes in research as well as several renovation proposals.
At Troy District Court this Tuesday, LSA junior Nayir Masrur admitted to killing his aunt with a dumbell in November, according to a Detroit News report.
A black doll was found Tuesday hanging from a noose in a shower at Eastern Michigan University’s Best Hall, one of the freshman dorms on campus, according to a Click On Detroit report.
Around 30 people showed up to the Perspectives on the State of Journalism panel Wednesday evening to hear three panelists, each representing different Southeast Asian countries, speak on their experiences as journalists.