…Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual misconduct Peter Chen, professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, has returned to teach at the University after a Washtenaw County jury found him not guilty of criminal sexual conduct. University spokesperson Kim Broekhuizen wrote in an email to The Michigan Daily that Chen returned to teach Friday after having been on paid a...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 77 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 18, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 8 ©2020 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A R T S . ...…
…Chinese students in the U.S. have faced a unique set of challenges amid the pandemic, several of which exceed those of their domestic peers: from dealing with hate speech that wrongfully places blame on Chinese immigrants for the pandemic, to the threat of deportation in light of disruptions to their in-person research and academic pursuits. For Chinese graduate students in STEM fields, they face additional concerns from t...…
…Since the first cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed in Michigan last week, doctors and hospital officials at Michigan Medicine have begun preparing for a steep increase in cases as the virus spreads. There are 65 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Michigan as of Tuesday, including seven in Washtenaw County. Shortly after the first two cases of the virus in the state were announced on March 10, M...…
…The co-founder and former CEO of Clinc, an Ann Arbor artificial intelligence startup with ties to the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering, is facing claims of sexual harassment. Jason Mars’s behavior was investigated after Clinc received two official complaints from employees in December. He stepped down as CEO Feb. 10 in response to the investigation. An article published in The Verge Thursday morning detailed rep...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 18, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Statement made Michigan runs away from its in-state rival, 44-10, sending Michigan State into further despair in a disastrous year. » Page 1B More than 100 Ann Arbor residents and students marched Sunday to raise awareness about affordable housing issues in the city. Gathering initially in Liberty Plaza, many m...…
…A court case focusing on Harvard University’s consideration of race in their admissions process could impact the University of Michigan’s future admissions policy. On Oct. 1, U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled that Harvard University’s admissions policy, which accounts for race, did not discriminate against Asian American applications and would be allowed to stay in place. Students for Fair Admis...…
…For many students affiliated with Fraternity and Sorority Life across the U.S, a defining part of their experience is living in their chapter’s house. Many sororities even require members to live in their house for one year. However, with the University of Michigan’s decision to transition to winter recruitment this school year, many freshmen intending to join — and current members with obligations to fill their ch...…
…Thursday, July 18, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 118 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR Language of love MiC editor Aly Charf writes a poem dedicated to her Nana and Tata, who both died in the last two years >...…
…GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 105 ©2019 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 S P O R T S . . . . . . ...…
…Winterfest, a tournament-style annual philanthropic event where different members of fraternities and sororities play broomball for charity, will be hosted on Feb 23 by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity (PIKE). Last year, Winterfest was hosted on the property of PIKE and sponsored by Alpha Sigma Phi, but after Alpha Sigma Phi was banned from campus, PIKE picked up the event. Fraternities who are members of the Interfraternity Council...…
…In partnership with the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center, University of Michigan student organization Poverty Solutions took on nine, year-long projects in 2019 in an effort to combat the rising rates of poverty and evictions in Michigan using a cross-community collaborative approach. Numerous cities within the state of Michigan, including Muskegon, Saginaw, Battle Creek and Dearborn Heights, are among t...…
…Two prominent educational and professional institutions — the American Association of University Professors and the American Political Science Association — are urging the University of Michigan to reconsider sanctions imposed on American Culture professor John Cheney- Lippold. Cheney-Lippold recently became ineligible for a salary raise for one year and ineligible for sabbatical credits for two years after res...…
…Ann Arbor’s water treatment plant manager Brian Steglitz spoke to City Council Monday night about contamination warnings along the Huron River, including the expansion of a do-not-eat fish advisory to include a warning against consuming foam from the river. In August, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced polyfluoroalkyl substance tests showed fish in five counties along the Huron River were ...…
…Ann Arbor startup May Mobility successfully tested their fleet of driverless cars on the streets of Detroit in October, and now plan to expand the testing to Florida and Texas. Edwin Olson, the CEO of May Mobility, started out working with Toyota’s autonomous vehicles program, and then decided he could make more of a difference by creating his own company. In January 2017, Olson created May Mobility. “I think that too ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 18, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Hans von Spakovsky, The Heritage Foundation’s manager on the election law reform initiative, and Bryan Caplan, economics professor at George Mason University, debated if President Donald Trump’s immigration platform harms the United States in an event hosted by The Michigan Review on Friday night. In ...…
…Three Black students’ room doors in Michigan Community Scholars Program, located in West Quad Residence Hall, were vandalized with racial slurs over the weekend. The hate speech, including “N-----,” was written underneath their name tags placed on their dorm room doors. LSA sophomore Travon Stearns, one of the students whose door was vandalized, said he did not see the nametag when he first woke up — it was around 1 p.m., whe...…
…Art professor confronts spousal discrimination Speakers at conference accentuate principled businesses Grievance board investigating claims found promotion process was biased By ANDREW HIYAMA Summer Daily News Editor A University of Michigan faculty member in the School of Art & Design said she was the subject of discrimination based on her gender and status as a spousal hire throughout the process of consideration for p...…
…University of Michigan student Dyshon Toxey doesn’t smile much anymore. An LSA senior, Toxey is finishing his degree in cognitive science and mathematics, and is involved in a number of development programs for fellow first-generation students. Toxey is Black, and said he often took pride in his perfectly straight, groomed set of teeth to build connections in Black circles and beyond — he’s known as a community mentor wit...…
…Panelists at the University of Michigan met Tuesday afternoon to discuss Poverty Solutions — an initiative introduced by University President Mark Schlissel in October 2016 — and review nine research projects funded through a new grant program operated by the initiative. The projects, totaling $200,000, represent the initiative’s first investments in research and model testing aiming to use research about poverty to ...…
…As part of Transgender Awareness Week, the Spectrum Center and TransForm, a student organization that focuses on transgender activism and support, held a panel discussion Thursday where speakers at the University of Michigan who identify as transgender women or transgender femme shared their experiences on campus. At the discussion, attended by about 35 students, panelists told stories of when they struggl...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, April 18, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 112 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7A SUDOKU..................... 2A A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A SPORTSMONDAY..........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.CO...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, March 18, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Board also addresses concerns with new transit center By CAMY METWALLY Daily Staff Reporter During their meeting at the University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus Thursday, the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents discussed renovations to Bursley Hall Dining Facility, a new transit center and the appointment...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 18, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV No. 77 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A SUDOKU..................... 2A A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A B - S I D E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B NEW ON MICHI...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 18, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM STUDENT GOVERNMENT Assembly hopes updates will increase student activity in the building By JACKIE CHARNIGA Daily Staff Reporter Renovation plans for the Michigan Union are moving forward. Loren Rullman, associate vice president for student life, spoke with Central Student Government at their weekl...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 18, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM » INSIDE Regents approve salary increase to $772,500 By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily News Editor Now a year into his tenure, University President Mark Schlissel will receive a pay raise. The University’s Board of Regents unanimous- ly voted at their September meeting Thursday to bump Schlissel’s salary b...…
…Warrior-Scholar academic bootcamp helps veterans adjust to University life By ALAINA WYGNAT Daily Staff Reporter “It’s kind of a long story,” Adam Pawlowski said, speak- ing about how he came to be one of 20 veterans at the Warrior- Scholar Project at the University. For the second year in a row, the University hosted the pro- gram, one-week academic boot camp designed to help service- men and women make the tran- sition from th...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, March 18, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Improving the climate of the Business School Residential College students consider #BlackLivesMatter movement By CARLY NOAH Daily Staff Reporter Though demonstrators call- ing for an end to police brutality covered the Diag in December and marched to Ann Arbor City Hall in January, the #Black- LivesM...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 18, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM $677,000 $629,000 Average Female Presidents’ Salary PEER INSTITUTIONS PRESIDENTIAL SALARIES Average Male Presidents’ Salary 3.32% ‘14-’15 3.67% 4.70% 4.09% 4.86% 6.28% 2.96% 5.45% 6.03% 4.51% 3.68% 4.81% 5.39% 4.22% 2.05% 1.50% 4.81%4.83% 5.18% 3.87% 3.14% 2.76% 4.03% 5.46% ...…
…~~bt lEIyau ailm ('LLLf IIA'1'INGL I 9_ _t ii Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, November18, 2014 ADMINISTRATION Regents to vote on bldg. designs Dennison renovation project estimated to cost $49 million By CLAIRE BRYAN Daily Staff Reporter At Thursday's meeting of the University's Board of Regents the governing body will vote to approve schematic designs for a $49 million renovation of the David M. Dennison Building. The regents will also con- ...…
…1c £ i ~an 0atIjj Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 18,2014 michigandaily.com BUSINESS A housing sees uptick in luxury, high costs Expensive ings, the research found, were subpar. apartment buildings "we felt that Ann Arbor wasn't ALLISON FARRAND/Dally LEFT Booths at EarthFest handed out apples to students and staff, RIGHT: LSA sophomore Kaitie Benedek pledges to visit the campus farm more often and poses for a picture. arthFest uni...…
…t1ie id jian 0 aj 0" i N I MI 141)" \\ I A1 I I II\I11 1( Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, April 18,2014 FROM BROWN TO BLUE michigandaily.com ADMINISTRATION External candidates tapped for deanships JAMESLLLE/Daily University President-elect Mark Schlissel delivers brief remarks during the University's Board of Regents meeting Thursday afternoon in the Michigan Union. ACADEM ICS Project to rethink North C i Ca--u D a ethtc LSA, Pharmacy deans ha...…
…1 ie~ diari 0ailj N I It q Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March18, 2014 michigandaily.com HOSPITAL Pescovitz to step down from CEO role in June LUCK OF THE IRISH Coleman recommends Emory University prof. to fill top health system position By IAN DILLINGHAM Daily News Editor Ora Pescovitz, CEO of the Uni- versity of Michigan Health System and executive vice president for medical affairs, announced in a blog post Monday morning that she wi...…
…41F 4w 4JW 04 4 an %6V c Illic 1 9 a IV ' lit N llt I, Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Ann Arbor, Michigan michigandaily.com ADMINISTRATION Regents to approve set of projects, buildings Michigan students Meryl Davis and Charlie White became the first American pair to take home a gold medal in ice dancing with their record-breaking performance in Sochi Monday. Students strike Sochi gold Olympic skaters their years of skating together, two roun...…
…46F 46F (t4c i'c . t an4,.)at Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 18,2013 michigandaily.com ADMINISTRATION officials promise no layoffs in transition RYAN REISS/Daily Jadyn Freeman, Zoey Taylor and Sara Finachea experiment with chemicals and food dye to make 'elephant toothpaste' during FEMMES, Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering and Science, at the Medical Science building Saturday. STEM passion starting early FEMMES hopes to ...…
…ONL,-II WNI IiI I I'AY 'I t}IINTY'1 YBS 1:H OPITO)IIIAL HILLEAOI Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 18, 2013 michigandailycom ADMINISTR ATION Information dean, wife to give $2.5M VICKY LIU/Daily Ju'won Harris, a health educator at the Detroit-based Institute for Population Health, answers students' questions about the Teach for America program with first-year medical student Kimi Warlaumnot at the Ford School of Public Policy Thursday. T...…
…E-Hp-*IiU d igan aiIj E i D)NL I I t I N r I rll 11 1 1 , hIM I' I \li'e 1 tt! 1)f tt 1 { ( I \ IIl' I I)O\I Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 18, 2013 michigandaily.com STUDENT GOVERNMENT CSG passes fall budget VIRGINIA LOZANO/Daily Hunter Lochman, chief marketing officer for the University's athletic department, right, discusses the new student ticketing system with members of Central Student Basketball ticktn cange b 1B i~g 9eS ...…
… I 12 Thursday, July 18, 2013 The Michigan Day - michigandailycom Beilein receives extension through 2018-19 ~i~effiicrO ai& Weekly Summer Edition Michigan Daily.com By DANIEL FELDMAN Daily Sports Writer After leading the Michigan men's basketball team to the national championship game for the first time since 1993, Michi- gan Athletic Director Dave Bran- don announced on Wednesday a contract extension for coach John Beilein through the 2...…
…)N1E 111. UND rI )1 TWNT TI r EI 1 A SF11 EDITO1 ) A1 )IIL FR111:E1)E 1 Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, April 18, 2013 michigandaily.com TOWN HALL Tweets. discuss budget goals Regent says 'U' hopes to raise $1B in financial aid through capital campaign By PETER SHA HIN Daily News Editor It was all on the table on Thursday night - well, on the screen, at least. Regent Mark Bernstein, one of the newest members of the Uni- versity's Board of Re...…
…Ube l~idiigan ,.IaI&, NI IN1 S ( Yt 1 51r RI N6 IIY I\ISlI Y1) (1 1 OS Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, March 18,2013 michigandaily.com DEVELOPMENT Building networks, building the 'U' Office of Development grows network in U.S. and worldwide By SAM GRINGLAS Daily StaffReporter On a cloudy day in February, Uni- versity President Mary Sue Coleman arrived in Lansing to applaud a small increase in state higher education funds. Preceded by a decade ...…
…EN £ cIlY4Tyan I j Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 18, 2013 michigandaily.com RESEARCH Body image problems on the rise at 'U' St in ma] Res and have of Un about veyed their perce tic m weigh Th series routin joint Arbor order. Unive Ac the su gradu cent o the st eating cent tudy finds risk 10.3 percent of graduate males fit the profile. 1Crease among Researchers aimed to shed light on the eating habits and le Ross students attitudes...…
…~1i ffk1Igan0aj Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 18, 2013 michigandaily.com CAMPUS SPEAKER AKPsi hosts lecture on . complexity of euro crisis E ex ste So, euro? Adam what Stu acade in the Audit Adam comp and i The e the A and e the I dent Ad of th medic with and p an ec Ad, histor con. professor macroeconomic issue of the European Union subsequently plains fragility snowballed into another in the early 2000s. He explained that .ms fr...…
…Thursday, October 18, 2012 Ann Arbor, Michigan michigandaily.com ENCOURAGING COLLABORATION Faculty rush to apply for pilot phase of MCubed University Burns, the chair of the depart- ment of chemical engineering, program funds and Alec Gallimore and Thom- as Zurbuchen, associate deans interdisciplinary in the College of Engineering. reseach .Duringthe interaction phase, S research researchers will post their proj- ect ideas on the MCubed web...…
…11e ffiCician 40aIlj D )J- [XF"LNl'TW Y Ef A 1 ED. TORIA F Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 18, 2012 michigandaily.com UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION Regents to consider South Quad renovations LSA senior Nikole Hampton locks up her bike in front of Angell Hall on Monday. k Bike rental proglram launches Board to also vote on MRI machine, updated elevators in MLB By PETER SHAHIN Daily StaffReporter Though the renovation of East Quad Res...…
… Ann Arbor, MI . ' ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY TWO YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Weekly Summer Edition Monday, June 18, 2012 T AROUND ANN ARBOR Mayor tells students not to donate to panhandlers Runners begin first round of the Ann Arbor marathon at Michigan Stadium at 6:45 a.. 1st A2 m- -athon avoids rain Hie Stu ch The keting implem to discc and Un ting me of punh The the dov welcom to don agencie Post promot ing th Family Safe Hi uted tc part of1 ...…
…I e .icl igan 4:)at1 Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 18,2012 THREE AND COUNTING michigandailycom INTERNET CENSORSHIP Wikip edia shuts down in protest Gc W( an] ALDEN REISS/Daily Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 10 points in the Michigan basketball team's 60-59 last-minute victory over Michigan State yesterday. It was Michigan's third straight win in the rivalry. eFor full coverage see page 8. Animal testing controversies polarize re~osearc...…
…46F 46F 46F Ic4loan 4:3atlm -- 1--l Ly N 1.) R I --'r W l' NTYTWO Y I "A IIS OF .l 'RITORIAL Fl -El"DON-1 Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, November 18, 2011 ~michigandaily.com STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS FALL 2011 BOARD OF REGENTS East Quad, Baits II renovations approved LSA freshman Angela Jung, the newly elected LSA representative on the Michigan Student Assembly, celebrates at the MForward watch party last night. MForward candidates sweep...…
…I1A: Last installment of 'Harry P er' films evokes bittersweet nost ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition _r 'U' alumni strive to revamp Detroit Graduates move to the city to create new businesses, charities and art projects in hopes of revitalizing Detroit. SEE PAGE3 Welfare woes New legislation threatens the well-being of underprivileged families in 1 the state of Michigan. SEE PAGE 4 Cle...…
…ONE UI"N 1i1 T NTY (}NEl E1SI 1F E I Il E Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, April 18, 2011 michigandaily.com SPRING COMMENCEMENT Ceremony security to return to past levels MARISSA MCCLAIN/Daily Junior quarterback Denard Robinson gives two thumbs up at Saturday's Spring Game at Michigan Stadium. Early in the scrimmage, Robinson ran for a 55-yard touchdown. For more coverage on the game, see SportsMonday, inside. Afterbran r surgery, year old lea...…
