Tag: University of Michigan

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U Michigan Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Robert Sellers to Step Down End of 2021

University of Michigan Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Robert Sellers announced this week that he is leaving the role to allow for “new leadership, new ideas, new energy and new perspectives,” MLive reported. Sellers will step down at the end of 2021 but will remain a tenured faculty in the school’s psychology department. “I will go […]

April 14, 2021

COVID-19

Yo-Yo Ma Comes to University of Michigan for Residency

The University of Michigan Arts Initiative and the University Musical Society are partnering and launching a new residency with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Click on Detroit reported. Ma will work together with six U-M students and three Michigan-based artists on a steering committee to develop new maps portraying the university experience under a pandemic. The three […]

April 6, 2021

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2021 Diverse Rising Graduate Scholars: Meet Danielle Baker

Danielle Baker has long been concerned with human trafficking — the process whereby individuals are forced to endure inhumane abuses such as being forced into sexual slavery or subjected to organ removal and selling. But her mission to promote awareness about the growing multibillion-dollar industry has grown even stronger in the wake of recently losing someone close to her who was trafficked.

March 23, 2021

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T. Shá Duncan Smith Appointed Santa Clara University’s First Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer

T. Shá Duncan Smith will be Santa Clara University’s first vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and chief diversity officer (CDO). Duncan Smith is currently Swarthmore College’s assistant vice president and dean of inclusive excellence and community development. She is also senior strategist for the Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance at […]

March 19, 2021

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U of Michigan Students Offer Free, Online Tutoring to Struggling K-12 Students

University of Michigan students have created a free online tutoring service, called MiTutor, as a way to volunteer their time and help struggling K-12 students from low-income families, reports Michigan Live. “We all know that lower-income families have been hit harder than anyone by the pandemic,” said Alina Bardwell, a UM sophomore who came up […]

January 8, 2021

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University of Michigan Hires Firm to Help Implement Reforms on Sexual Misconduct

The University of Michigan has hired Guidepost Solutions, a firm responsible for helping the university make reforms following a report on the investigation into former Provost Dr. Martin Philbert’s sexual misconduct. The report found that Philbert had sexually harassed graduate students and employees for two decades. The report makes recommendations to the university, like requiring […]

December 4, 2020

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U Michigan Settles For $9.25 Million With Sexual Harassment Survivors of Former Provost

The University of Michigan has settled lawsuits for $9.25 million with eight sexual harassment survivors of former Provost and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Martin Philbert, USA Today reported. The settlement did not name Philbert and the victims – eight women – can still file a lawsuit against him. Throughout his whole UM career, Philbert “had […]

November 19, 2020

African-American

U of Michigan to Hire 20 Tenure-Track Faculty as Part of Anti-Racism Initiative

The University of Michigan (UM) will hire at least 20 tenure-track faculty – versed in academic work on structural racism and racial inequality – over the next three years as part of its new anti-racism initiative. “We’re building on all of the existing focus, attention, expertise, commitment with the specifics in terms of focus on […]

November 18, 2020

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University of Michigan Close to Implementing Recommendations from Former Provost Sexual Misconduct Report

The University of Michigan is close to hiring an external law firm to help the school implement recommendations from a report about sexual misconduct allegations against its former Provost Dr. Martin Philbert, MLive.com reported. A report by D.C. law firm WilmerHale described years of Philbert’s alleged sexual misconduct with students and employees. Philbert was removed […]

October 23, 2020

COVID-19

University of Michigan Seeks Injunction to Stop Graduate Student Protests

University of Michigan President Dr. Mark Schlissel is seeking an injunction to get protesting graduate students back to teaching, The Michigan Daily reported. This comes a day after the Graduate Employees’ Organization voted to extend its strike, citing unmet demands. Schlissel is asking a county circuit court to require GEO members to work by issuing […]

September 15, 2020

COVID-19

With Fall Semester Approaching, Opinions Clash Over the Safety of U of Michigan’s Hybrid Model

As the University of Michigan prepares for classes to start on Aug. 31, differing opinions have been clashing over the school’s hybrid model, reports The Detroit Free Press. Currently, the school plans to offer some form of a remote option for 70% of its classes, with smaller classes more likely to meet in person. But […]

August 19, 2020

Sports

Ten Former U of Michigan Athletes Allege Sexual Abuse by Late Team Doctor

Ten former University of Michigan athletes filed a lawsuit against the school’s Board of Regents on Sunday, alleging they were sexually assaulted while receiving medical care from the late Dr. Robert E. Anderson, reports The Detroit News. Anderson, who died in 2008, was the former head of University Health Service and the UM Athletic Department’s […]

August 17, 2020