April 16, 2024
By Emma Lapp
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Tiya Miles intertwines Black history and environmental challenges at annual EIHS lecture
Harvard University professor Tiya Miles came to the University of Michigan to speak to about 80 students and community members about her research exploring Harriet Tubman’s life and environmental storytelling. As part of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies annual lecture series, this lecture, titled “Species Insurance: Harriet Tubman, Environmental Storytelling, and Historical Modes of Survival,” encouraged students to think more analytically about history.
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UMich hosts Noon at Night cafe
Noon at Night, a global solidarity network that connects cultures through food, led tours through the U-M campus this past weekend. The tours are part of the organization’s broader initiative to highlight historical and modern student movements. During both sessions, Noon at Night hosted a cafe “teach-in,” focusing on student movements that are currently present on campus.
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‘There aren’t enough of us to quit’: Stacey Abrams talks democracy at Ford Deans Symposium
Political activist Stacey Abrams spoke at the Ford School of Public Policy to discuss democracy, voting rights, and diversity, equity and inclusion. This event was a part of the inaugural Dean’s Symposium.
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Cheese thieves and refugees: I sat on the Diag and asked people to tell me a story
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Keep Michigan pure and shut down Line 5
Opinion Columnist Ethan Bittner argues that in order to keep Michigan “pure” — as most Michigan license plates say — and to prevent future environmental damage, Line 5 must be shut down by the Michigan State Government or the Biden administration. Line 5 is an oil pipeline owned by the Canadian company Enbridge and runs from Superior, Wis. to Ontario, Canada.
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