…The School of Art & Design has begun to implement strategies to increase diversity in teaching and in coursework as part of the University of Michigan’s campus-wide plans to increase diversity, equity and inclusion. Karina Moore, director of admissions at the Art & Design School, said as part of the DEI initiative, grants have been given to different areas of the University to allow them to increase inclusion specifically...…
…Tuesday, the University of Michigan Health System was ranked among the top teaching hospitals in the country by the Leapfrog Group — a nonprofit group that reports on the quality of health care provided by hospitals nationwide. The rankings, recognized to 29 hospitals across 13 states, take into account factors such as the quality of intensive care, positive poll responses about patient care from former patients and a ...…
…the grill and serves a lunchtime crowd. Whipple said he is not in it to get rich, but rather to pay for his son’s education and to make relationships with his customers. “I do it for the students,” Whipple said. “Students come a lot during their time here and then graduate. My favorite part about being out here is just working with the community and being a part of it. After being out here this long, you become part of Ann Arbor.”...…
…I am sitting here writing this column, and in another tab of my nifty web browser, the New York Knicks are playing. I am alone, hunkered down in my basement as wet muck falls from the sky outside. Nobody wants to watch sports with me. In the seconds before I tell people that yes, I’m a sports fan, a pit of insecurity forms in my gut. To give you a sense, I’m an English major with a women’s studies minor, I live in a...…
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…6A — Thursday, December 8, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wagner rises to occasion during winning time Michigan coach John Beilein wanted to take Moritz Wagner off the floor. In crunch time against Texas on Tuesday, Beilein thought senior forward Mark Donnal would be the more viable defensive option to prevent the Wolverines from suffering their second heartbreaking loss in seven days. But assistant co...…
…Is Virtual Reality the New Reality? Sam Rosenberg Daily Arts Writer B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, December 8, 2016 Design: Ava Weiner …
…2B — Thursday, December 8, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy?” I am levitating in an orange- and-black grid, reminiscent of the 1982 film “Tron.” My eyes widen with awe as a screen appears in front of me. In the next moment, I am floating alone in outer space, drawing my name and other symbols in the atmosphere. My environment suddenly changes and now I’m walkin...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, December 8, 2016 — 3B VALLEY 9000 Nicolas Cage about to ghost ride the whip. I love Shakespeare adaptation films that were clearly conceived by producers who never read more than the Sparknotes in high school — movies set in modern times with tangled romantic subplots that just barely seem to echo the old stories of the Bard. There’s “O,” (2001), which turned Othello int...…
…4B — Thursday, December 8, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The adult prequel to the famous story of “Peter Pan,” the Tony-award-winning play “Peter and the Starcatcher,” will be performed tonight at the Power Center. With more music, more tech and more collaborations, the University of Michigan’s Theatre Department is prepared to take the audience on a new kind of journey. The story beings wi...…
