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UMich Regents discuss gender-affirming care and ICE presence
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (412+ words) The University of Michigan's Board of Regents met in the Alexander G. Ruthven Building Thursday afternoon to discuss the ongoing evaluations of potential sites for the data center proposed in partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's presence…...
LSA requirements shouldn’t be GPA insurance
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (777+ words) LSA requirements are intended to provide students with a rich and diverse intellectual experience during their time at the University of Michigan. In principle they replicate the liberal arts model offered at many colleges across the United States: expanding students…...
UMich has to learn from Dartmouth
10+ hour, 12+ min ago (445+ words) The material payoff of a college degree is observably declining while the costs of obtaining one are increasing. This pattern can only go on for so long before demand for a university degree " let alone any college degree " plummets. In…...
Title VI cuts threaten UMich foreign language and area studies
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (693+ words) Federal Title VI grant funding cuts to programs within the University of Michigan's International Institute " National Resource Centers and Foreign Language and Area Studies grants " threaten foreign language and area studies at the University. FLAS fellowships fund students pursuing foreign…...
Whitmer signs classroom cell phone ban
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (519+ words) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills Feb. 10 to ban classroom cell phone use. The new laws, which will go into effect this fall, require school districts to implement policies prohibiting the devices during instructional time and introduce emergency protocols for…...
Instead of trying to relabel the data center, UMich should lay off the AI cheerleading
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (219+ words) If you haven't heard already, the University of Michigan is attempting to build a computing facility in partnership with Los Alamos National Lab. Needless to say, it's having a tough time doing so." By attempting to relabel the data center,…...
What was the Law School Student Senate up to in 2025?
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (667+ words) This piece is part of a project exploring the role of college-level student governments at the University of Michigan. " Within the walls of Hutchins Hall " found in the Law Quadrangle " lies a boardroom where law students meet biweekly for animated…...
What has LSA Student Government been up to in 2025?
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (666+ words) This piece is part of a project exploring the role of college-level student governments at the University of Michigan. On a typical Wednesday evening, the LSA building is fairly populated with University of Michigan students settling on the second level…...
What has Rackham Student Government been up to in 2025?
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (367+ words) This piece is part of a project exploring the role of college-level student governments at the University of Michigan. Housed in any one of the Rackham Building's various rooms on Thursday evenings, the University of Michigan's Rackham Student Government can…...
What was the School for Environment and Sustainability student government up to in 2025?
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (350+ words) This piece is part of a project exploring the role of college-level student governments at the University of Michigan. Within the Samuel T. Dana Building, the School for Environment and Sustainability's student government has 17 representatives of elected graduate students who are…...