Michigan Senate bills 152
and 153 and House Bill 4190
make up a recent bipartisan
legislative
initiative
that
seeks to offer more support to
sexual assault survirors.
The
senate
bills
were
co-sponsored by Sens. Tonya
Schuitmaker
(R–Lawton)
and Rebekah Warren (D–
Ann Arbor), and the house
bill was sponsored by Rep.
Laura
Cox
(R–Livonia).
Collectively, the legislation
will create consistency in the
way health care providers are
compensated for their support
of sexual assault survivors,
allow
courts
to
consider
a suspect or perpetrators’
history of sexual assault prior
to the case at hand and support
medical providers that aid
sexual assault survivors with
increased reimbursements.
Schuitmaker
said
the
legislation was brought to the
Michigan state government
by the Michigan Domestic and
Sexual Violence Prevention
and Treatment Board, which
forced holes in current sexual
assault support law.
“Because
victims
of
sexual assault may or may
not want to cooperate with
law enforcement, this bill
clarifies the prompt reporting
requirement,”
Schuitmaker
The
National
Academy
of
Engineers
named
two
University of Michigan faculty
to its ranks last Monday.
Mechanical
Engineering
Prof. Ellen Arruda, and Mark
Daskin, professor and chair
of Industrial and Operations
Engineering, were selected
by the NAE in one of the
highest possible professional
distinctions for engineers.
Candidates’
selection
is based on broad factors,
specifically
involvement
in and contributions to the
engineering
community,
according
to
the
NAE
website. The award also seeks
individuals in the engineering
field developing “innovative
approaches” to education.
Arruda and Daskin will join
the approximately 21 other
engineering professors at the
University who are part of
the NAE. Arruda is the only
woman on the list.
The
Academy
applauded
Arruda
for
her
research
on
polymer
and
tissue
mechanics and her ability to
use her findings in real-world
products. Arruda is currently
working
on
developing
a
shock-absorbing helmet that
uses polymer structures to
more evenly distribute the
blow when there is an accident
affecting the brain.
She is also researching the
soft tissues in knees to do
simulations to try to improve
knee repair surgery after an
injury such as an ACL tear.
“The simulations tell us
things about how you might
alter the stresses or strains
that you put on the knee after
ACL replacement or how you
might design a better graft if
you tear your ACL,” she said.
For Arruda, being named
to the NAE is especially
important, as she knows that
her
peers
and
colleagues
nominated and voted for her.
“It’s
an
incredibly
exciting honor, it’s almost
overwhelming,” she said. “It’s
always rewarding when you
get an award that is the result
of several of your peers voting
for you, and in this case it’s a
large group of people voting on
this process so it’s rewarding
and humbling to know that
a lot of my peers thought to
recognize me.”
Daskin, an editor for the
Institute of Industrial and
Systems
Engineers,
was
commended for his creative
work on location optimization
and its relevance in industrial,
service
and
medical
systems. He also studies the
effectiveness of supply chain
design
and
the
problems
The first episode of “The Next
Four Years,” a web series created
by University of Michigan alum
Nick
Blaemire,
was
released
Wednesday on the web series’
website,
thenextfouryearsshow.
com. The series will comprise
eight episodes, which will all be
released online.
The show follows Ana and
Phil, two recent college graduates
attempting to make sense of their
newly discovered reality. The first
episode centers on the struggle of
finding work after graduation—
particularly after majoring in a
field based on passion rather than
practicality.
Blaemire
said
he
was
enthusiastic to do a show about the
job market and these post-college
years when it was pitched to him
because he knew exactly what the
state of limbo felt like.
“Millennials think that there
will be work for them just because
you’re raised to believe that you
can have or do anything you want,
and that altruism that our parents
give us is incredible, but it creates
a very strange disconnect after you
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Bills seek to
aid survivors
of sexual
assault in MI
City begins internal investigation
into potential conflicts of interest
See LEGISLATION, Page 3A
AARON BAKER/Daily
Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor listens at a city council meeting on February 2, 2017.
GOVERNMENT
Bipartisan legislation for increased legal
support introduced in state House, Senate
HEATHER COLLEY
Daily Staff Reporter
Contracts awarded to companies affiliated with appointees to municipal boards
City Administrator Howard
Lazarus requested an internal
investigation
into
potential
conflicts of interest in the
awarding
of
city
contracts,
according to emails obtained
by the Daily and verified by
Lazarus and members of City
Council.
In an email addressed to
City Council and the mayor on
Saturday, Lazarus wrote he had
requested the city’s purchasing
department to inquire whether
ethics
rules
were
violated
in
awarding
approximately
$1.3 million in city contracts
to companies affiliated with
seven political appointees to
city boards and commissions
between 2010 and 2016.
Lazarus
also
wrote
this
was initiated in response to
a concerned email from Ann
Arbor resident Patricia Lesko
and a formal request from City
Councilmember
Jack
Eaton
(D–Ward 4). Eaton confirmed
the authenticity of the email
obtained by the Daily. The Daily
also confirmed these numbers
SOPHIE SHERRY, ISHI MORI
& BRIAN KUANG
Daily News Editor,
Daily Staff Reporter &
Deputy Statement Editor
See SERIES, Page 3A
Web series
highlights
post-grad
experience
CAMPUS LIFE
“Next Four Years” focuses
on millenial experiences
in beginning episodes
MOLLY NORRIS
For the Daily
Engineering professors awarded for
innovative research contributions
Two faculty members join distinct academy of engineers based on peer evaluations
ERIN DOHERTY
Daily Staff Reporter
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See AWARDED, Page 3A
See CITY, Page 3A
When University of Michigan
alum Patton Doyle, co-founder
of Decode Detroit, opened his
first escape room in Ann Arbor
last October, he knew it was
one unlike the rest. Doyle took
his passion and knowledge of
puzzles to create escape rooms
as a tool for urban planning in
Ann Arbor and Detroit.
“I started Decode Detroit
because I was trying to come
up with a way that we could
take our knowledge of puzzles
and
escaping
and
creating
fun games, and putting that
into a way to use as an urban
planning
tool,”
Doyle
said.
“(We’re) binding together areas
of southeast Michigan as a
single sort of urban unit. Retail
is suffering in the age of the
internet. So, we’re trying to use
this trend (of escape rooms) to
promote local tourism.”
The
multi-dimensional,
“urban adventuring” Minerva
Project
is
an
intellectual
challenge
that
first
takes
players through part one of a
one-hour excursion where they
See CHALLENGE, Page 3A
‘U’ alum
opens new
A2 puzzle
challenge
BUSINESS
Latest installment in
escape room franchise
aims to bolster tourism
KEVIN BIGLIN
Daily Staff Reporter
ARNOLD ZHOU/Daily
LSA sophomore Eli Schrayer talks with students at Emerge’s meet and greet in the Annenberg Auditorium
in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy on Wednesday.
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