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January 16, 2015

Victors for Michigan: Transgender rights

When the ruling came down in a high-profile gender identity discrimination case, Paul Southwick, ’09, and Cliff Davidson, ’06, recognized that it wasn’t everything they had…

January 15, 2015

U-M to host summit on postsecondary success among young men of color

The university’s National Center for Institutional Diversity will convene a national summit  Jan. 29-30 on Ensuring Success for Men of Color: Leveraging Evidence to Drive Better…

January 15, 2015

U-M pilot program confirms need to support student-athlete mental health

A pilot program designed to raise awareness and encourage discussion about mental health issues among student-athletes at the University of Michigan has been met with an…

January 13, 2015

UMTRI part of nationwide study on safety of older drivers

The U-M Transportation Research Institute is one of five national test sites selected by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to address the well-being of older…

January 12, 2015

2015 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium

A rundown of stories in the Record’s special section about the 2015 MLK Symposium. Read the full story

January 12, 2015

Annual MLK Symposium focuses on building unity

The theme “Unity: Not Uniformity” guides the 29th annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, which opened this month and runs through Feb. 26 on the…

January 12, 2015

U-M Detroit Center is activity hub in resurgent city

It was an epic transformation. A young man from Southwest Detroit went from gang member to neighborhood leader and police cadet. And the University of Michigan’s…

January 8, 2015

Campuswide design charette to brainstorm Ebola solutions

Designers, heath care researchers and African scholars at U-M will work in teams this month to generate creative responses to critical areas of the ongoing Ebola…

January 7, 2015

Solar car race teams students from U-M, United Arab Emirates

In vehicles powered by the sun, students from Abu Dhabi University and the University of Michigan will join forces in a grueling, four-day race across the…