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Dec 8, 2024 | 
michigandaily.com | Ji Hoon Choi |Delilah Dakis |Thomas Gala-Garza |Chiara Dettin
Textbooks are an essential part of nearly every college student’s experience. Whether an online version, a tattered used book or a copy borrowed from fellow classmates, these reading materials serve as a base for many college courses. However, some classes impose a total textbook cost as high as $297.50, according to The Michigan Daily’s data team.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
michigandaily.com | Thomas Gala-Garza |Chiara Dettin
Across schools and subjects at the University of Michigan, there is one element found on nearly all course syllabi: the textbook section. Sometimes these books are offered through online academic portals such as VitalSource, while other times students must search for and acquire the textbooks themselves. The Michigan Daily sat down with some U-M students to hear their opinions on textbook prices, thoughts on piracy and hopes for the future of textbooks.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
specials.michigandaily.com | Ji Hoon Choi |Chiara Dettin |Violet Boyd |Sachi Gosal |arielle levine |Sophie Frank
November Class SpotlightsThe University of Michigan offers 3,000 courses across all colleges, making it impossible for students to know every class they can take while on campus. For November, which is Native American Heritage Month, The Michigan Daily’s Academics beat chose to spotlight four classes centered around Native American studies. The previous course spotlights can be found here. The Michigan Daily News Staff can be reached at [email protected].
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
michigandaily.com | Chiara Dettin
NATIVEAM 222: Elementary Ojibwe I, cross listed as AMCULT 222, introduces University of Michigan students to the Ojibwe language. The course is the prerequisite to NATIVEAM 322 — Intermediate Ojibwe — and can be taken to fulfill the LSA language requirement. The word “Ojibwe” refers to both a language and tribe, and falls under the Anishinaabe group who are to the land the University was built on.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
michigandaily.com | Chiara Dettin
The University of Michigan’s Health Response Team is operating its annual vaccination clinics around campus for U-M students, faculty and staff and will continue to do so until Dec. 11. Clinics are drop-in with no appointment necessary and are held in various locations across North and Central Campuses. This year, the clinics are offering both the influenza and COVID-19 vaccines, which can be administered at the same time.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
michigandaily.com | Chiara Dettin
Well-Being at LSA, a collaboration between Wolverine Wellness and the Well-being Collective, is one of several mental health programs offered by the University of Michigan. The Michigan Daily explored the program’s impact and reception among U-M community members since its establishment in 2022. Well-Being at LSA is part of the broader Well-being Collective, which focuses on the mental health of the student body through education, mental health prioritizing and reducing stigma among students.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
michigandaily.com | Chiara Dettin
The University of Michigan awarded Nnimmo Bassey, a Nigerian architect, poet and African environmental activist, with the 29th annual Wallenberg Medal Tuesday evening at the Ross School of Business. In addition to accepting the medal, Bassey gave a lecture to an audience of 100 U-M students and community members titled “We Are Relatives” on the intersectionality of humanity, division and unity, and how this impacts environmental justice.
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May 29, 2024 | 
michigandaily.com | Chiara Dettin
Researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute have created a tool that aids in discovering how neuronal signals are utilized by neurons, which they announced in an article published April 22. The new tool called a SPOTIT, or a Single-chain Protein-based Opioid Transmission Indicator Tool, probes inside the brain to check for specific neurotransmitters.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
michigandaily.com | Chiara Dettin
Doctors at the Michigan Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center have discovered a new way to make telehealth visits, or online medical appointments, run smoother: the Barbie doll. Dr. Alecia Daunter, medical director of pediatric inpatient rehabilitation at Michigan Medicine, founded the theory after her daughter gave her a Barbie doll in a wheelchair to use with her pediatric patients.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Chiara Dettin
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