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Donors Choose Anonymity with Record $550M Public University Gift

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Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, inspired the largest gift ever made to public higher education: $550 million. It’s a gift with very few restrictions, made outright over the span of 10 years to the university, its medical school and athletics.

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Women’s Gymnastics Team at Michigan State University Receive NIL Contracts With Emphasis on Charitable Giving

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In a historic move, all 19 members of the 2022-2023 women’s gymnastics team at Michigan State University have received name, image and likeness (NIL) contracts with an emphasis on charitable giving—an agreement that will strengthen Spartan athletics while empowering student-athletes to change the world.

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Enhancing Student Success Across Campus with Western Michigan University + Salesforce

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Western Michigan University (WMU) is a large, public research-intensive university that has been helping students reach their potential through a pursuit of purpose since 1903. The post Enhancing Student Success Across Campus with Western Michigan University + Salesforce appeared first on Cloud for Good.

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University that used ChatGPT to write email about Michigan shooting apologizes for "poor judgment"

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As reported by The Vanderbilt Hustler, staff at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College (Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) sent the email following the shootings at Michigan State University in which three students were killed and five others injured. Read Entire Article

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How machine learning can be used to identify microplastics

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We hope that this work will help us learn about the types of microplastics floating through the air in our study area, Michigan. Testing the tool To run our conformal prediction, my team used libraries of microplastic spectra from the Rochman Lab at the University of Toronto as the calibration set. Read the original article.

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A guide to the “Platonic ideal” of a Negroni and other handy tips

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However, he soon realized it wasn't really what he wanted out of life and went to college, earning an undergraduate degree in physics from Carleton College and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. After 10 years as an engineer, he switched focus again and became more serious about his side hobby, perfumery.

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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

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Halvorsen is an associate professor of social work at Washington University in St. Seoyoun Kim is an associate adjunct of sociology at the University of Michigan. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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