1+ hour, 22+ min ago (614+ words) Ann Arbor community members gathered in the Ann Arbor District Library Sunday afternoon in honor of Holodomor Day of Remembrance, an annual commemoration of the victims of the Holodomor " a man-made starvation that killed an estimated 3.5 to 7 million Ukrainians between 1932 and 1933 in present-day Ukraine under Soviet Union policies of forced collectivization. Organized by the 50th branch of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, the event featured a guest lecture about the history of the Holodomor, a documentary highlighting the testimonies of survivors who now live in Minnesota and a vigil on the steps in front of the Federal Building." Cindy Campbell, director of the 50th branch of the UNWLA, opened the event by emphasizing the impact of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war 92 years after the Holodomor. The event continued with a recorded lecture by Tetiana Sopornuik, editor at the National Museum of…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago (398+ words) The No. 7 Michigan men's basketball team set itself up well. After going down 5-0 in the open to San Diego State, the Wolverines used two scores in the paint, three free throws and four 3-pointers to jump out to a 21-9 lead. Michigan (5-0) rode that hot start to the finish line Monday night in Las Vegas. The Wolverines held their double-digit cushion through the first half, ballooned it in the second and took down the Aztecs (2-2) in dominant fashion, 94-54. Then, up 8-7, Michigan rattled off three straight 3-pointers: the first by junior guard Elliot Cadeau and the next two by graduate forward Will Tschetter. All three were assisted. Mara tipped in two more points off another offensive rebound, Lendeborg hit two free throws, and just like that the Wolverines were up 21-9 less than eight minutes in. Michigan kept up that momentum for the…...

6+ hour, 17+ min ago (511+ words) The University Insider is The Daily's first faculty and staff-oriented newsletter. This weekly newsletter will give U-M'faculty and staff the ability to see the most important issues on campus and in Ann Arbor " particularly those related to administrative decisions " from the perspective of an independent news organization. It will also provide a better understanding of student perspectives. The University of Michigan Board of Regents met Thursday afternoon in the Alexander G. Ruthven Building to hear a presentation on disability justice, approve the name "Wolverine Village" for the new Central Campus residential development and listen to concerns from students, staff, faculty and alumni in regards to campus surveillance, health policy and employee well-being. Interim University President Domenico Grasso opened the meeting with remarks on recent institutional advancements, including last week's State of the University address. Grasso also highlighted the opening of Michigan…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago (541+ words) The University Insider is The Daily's first faculty and staff-oriented newsletter. This weekly newsletter will give U-M'faculty and staff the ability to see the most important issues on campus and in Ann Arbor " particularly those related to administrative decisions " from the perspective of an independent news organization. It will also provide a better understanding of student perspectives. From watching National Geographic Kids as a little girl to holding pivotal leadership within the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program, U-M alum Yumna Dagher has been passionate about sustainability throughout her life. Dagher was recognized for her commitment to environmentalism this month as a 2026 Rhodes Scholar.' Dagher said that a driving force behind her application was the desire to be a representative of her community.' "Part of my impetus and the reason why I wanted to apply to Rhodes was because of…...

9+ hour, 4+ min ago (323+ words) All season long, the No. 18 Michigan football team has asked an unusually young front to steady its offensive line. Redshirt freshmen Andrew Sprague, Jake Guarnera and Blake Frazier stepped up in the face of injuries and have spent the last 13 weeks growing up quickly." Yet as rivalry week commences, the youth on the Wolverines" offensive line has now become less of a characteristic and more of a pressure point. Because come Saturday, The Game will ask them to play like veterans " and it will punish them for anything less." This stability at the line has translated onto the field, and both the Wolverines" flourishing run game and, to a degree, freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood are a testament to that." But Saturday will present a different kind of test." No. 1 Ohio State"s top-ranked defense is one thing, but the magnitude…...

11+ hour, 54+ min ago (807+ words) Arborsense was founded by University of Michigan alum Girish Kulkarni. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Kulkarni said the startup emerged from his electrical engineering doctorate research at the University. His work focused on the functional analysis of graphene, an integral compound to the function of the nanomaterial sensors used in the watch-like device. "It's just a single atom thick carbon sheet, so just because of its structure, it has these properties where it becomes very sensitive to the change in environment, which means that it can pick up chemicals," Kulkarni said. "It's a novel nanomaterial." Kulkarni said he began to explore potential uses for the technology after discovering that the sensor could detect a range of chemical compounds. "Substance use is one of the biggest public health crises," Kulkarni said. "We thought, "We have these sensors " why not…...

12+ hour, 24+ min ago (665+ words) In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Lisa McGraw, Michigan Press Association public policy manager, said the state has far more local news coverage than national research suggests. McGraw said she's unsure of the studies' methodologies as national researchers continue to label counties as news deserts despite local newspapers covering these areas, such as The Daily Mining Gazette. "I've never really understood their methodology," McGraw said. "There is " since I started working for MPA 22 years ago " only one county in the state that doesn't have a newspaper, and it's Keweenaw, and it's still well covered by The Daily Mining Gazette." One of the clearest examples of the gap in frequency of reporting between national reporting and local reporting appears in Missaukee County. Chris Huckle, publisher of the Missaukee Sentinel and the Cadillac News, which owns Missaukee Sentinel, told The Daily…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago (411+ words) The University Insider is The Daily's first faculty and staff-oriented newsletter. This weekly newsletter will give U-M'faculty and staff the ability to see the most important issues on campus and in Ann Arbor " particularly those related to administrative decisions " from the perspective of an independent news organization. It will also provide a better understanding of student perspectives. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, English lecturer Lauren Gwin said LSA instructors are encouraged to complete an online report sent to the Office of Student Academic Affairs for cases of academic misconduct., However, not all instructors prefer to complete the reports, instead opting to deal with AI-related misconduct in other ways. "Some people will bring students in, suspecting AI and automatically fail them on the assignment," Gwin said. "Other instructors will not bring students in, but will just fail them. Some…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago (484+ words) Content Warning: This article contains mentions of violence, death and suicide. Jesse Beal, director of the Spectrum Center, welcomed the community by providing a history of Transgender Day of Remembrance. They shared that trans activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith founded the annual observance in 1999 to honor the life of Rita Hester, a Black trans woman who was murdered in her home in Massachusetts in 1998. LSA junior Freya Mitchell then recited "Letter to an Imaginary Friend," a poem she wrote retelling the story of her finding her own identity. "Think of your chain link springboard and wonder what lies beneath the surface of asphalt and escape from the dirt and the tar and the smog that cling to your contours, defining you with merciless adhesion," Mitchell recited. Education Ph.D. candidate Taylor Lewis then took the stage and spoke about how his experiences…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago (639+ words) Last year confirmed what we already knew." As Ohio State hoisted the national championship trophy, it cast a shadow over college football past. In the darkness lies what The Game once was." When the sport entered the era of the 12-team playoff, winning The Game was abolished as a requisite for the most coveted of postseason aspirations. The Buckeyes didn't even need to run through the expanded bracket to prove it " though they removed all doubt by doing so. In last year's postgame fight, Ohio State edge rusher Jack Sawyer chirped that the Michigan football team's season was done and over. The Buckeyes, meanwhile, were among the first batch of two-loss teams allowed to compete for a national championship." The Game is forever changed. Sawyer knew it then, and at this point, everyone else does too. There is no going…...