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University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil student Gaza protesters

Revealed: security trailing students on and off campus as video shows investigator faking disability when confronted

The Guardian - US · Jun 6, 2025

A Chinese couple was arrested at an airport for smuggling a fungus, considered a biological pathogen, hidden in a wad of tissues

Zunyong Liu was coming to the U.S. to visit his girlfriend, Yunqing Jian, a researcher at the University of Michigan, where he hoped to use her lab to clone the fungus.

Fortune · Jun 4, 2025

College board reverses decision on hiring University of Florida president over DEI concerns

Santa Ono was rejected after questions about his earlier support of DEI initiatives and later disavowal of them

The Guardian - US · Jun 4, 2025

Asian shares slide and US futures and dollar drop after Wall Street's winning week

Asian shares are lower after Moody's Ratings downgraded the sovereign credit rating for the United States

The Independent UK · May 19, 2025

Consumer sentiment plummets to near-record lows—but stock markets remain unfazed

Sentiment readings dipped from 52.2 in April to 50.8 in May, according to new data from the University of Michigan.

Fortune · May 16, 2025

Michigan drops charges against pro-Palestine US student protesters

US state’s attorney general says her office will no longer pursue the case due to delays and a ‘circus-like atmosphere’.

Al Jazeera · May 5, 2025

Michigan drops charges against pro-Palestinian campus protesters

State prosecutors have dropped felony charges against seven people accused of trespassing and resisting police a year ago during the break-up of a pro-Palestinian camp at the University of Michigan

The Independent UK · May 5, 2025

Yankees star Derek Jeter graduates from college 33 years — and 5 World Series titles — after he started

Jeter attended the University of Michigan for one semester before being drafted by the Yankees

The Independent UK · May 5, 2025

A Michigan research professor explains how NIH funding works − and what it means to suddenly lose a grant

In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has terminated more than US$2 billion in federal grants, according to a public source database compiled by the scientific community, and it is proposing additional cuts that would reduce the $47 billion budget of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, also known…

The Conversation · May 2, 2025

Three scientists speak about what it’s like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration

The Trump administration’s cuts to funding for American universities and research have left many scientists reeling and very worried. At the National Institutes of Health, which has an annual budget of US$47 billion to support medical research both in the U.S. and around the world, nearly 800 grants have been…

The Conversation · May 1, 2025