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7/30/2021

COVID-19 vaccination will be required on UM-Dearborn campus

Students, faculty and staff on all U-M campuses must submit vaccine information by Aug. 30....
4/23/2021

University of Michigan-Dearborn announces innovative and flexible approach to safety for the Fall 2021 semester: COVID vaccine or testing requirement

The university plans a robust return to campus this fall, with most classes taught fully in person or in hybrid fashion and a return of on-campus student support services, co-curricular activities and campus services. ...
4/21/2021

How is the pandemic impacting the mental health of older adults?

Three pre-med students started a research project exploring how the global pandemic affects the mental state of patients ages 65+. Their on-going research project is among the 22 virtual student presentations in CASL's 2021 Sargon Partners Undergraduate R...
4/12/2021

HVAC tweaks are adding an extra layer of COVID safety

UM-Dearborn’s facilities teams are going beyond recommended standards in some cases to ease folks' nerves about returning to the office....
4/12/2021

Glass ceilings and plastic barriers: Will COVID’s impacts pave a path to pay parity?

The pandemic highlighted a fundamental contradiction of our economic system today: The caring labor that’s assigned the lowest value, and is often performed by women, is also essential. Feminist economist Professor Suzanne Bergeron says people in power hav...
4/7/2021

How serious is the COVID “learning gap”?

A UM-Dearborn education professor talks about the impact of pandemic learning, how we can catch students up, and why the K-12 classroom may never be the same....
4/4/2021

$4+ trillion in COVID packages: Can we really afford it?

Looking at the federal government’s recent stimulus and relief packages, COB Faculty member Mercedes Miranda relies on economics research, history and her financial expertise to put the debt into perspective and share what the long-term economic effects m...
3/24/2021

For a recent UM-Dearborn grad, the COVID vaccine is deeply personal

Megan Lohner’s family has shouldered many of COVID’s biggest impacts. Now a post-graduation homecoming finds her producing Pfizer’s groundbreaking vaccine....
3/17/2021

Grading the vaccine rollout

Two UM-Dearborn experts explain why equity and vaccine hesitancy are proving to be such persistent challenges....
3/1/2021

The Healing Power of Artistic Expression

Mardigian Library is creating an archive of campus experiences during COVID through artistic expression and oral history....