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How your air conditioner can help the power grid, rather than overloading it

As summer arrives, people are turning on air conditioners in most of the U.S. But if you’re like me, you always feel a little guilty about that. Past generations managed without air conditioning – do I really need it? And how bad is it to use all this electricity for…

The Conversation

University of Michigan drops private security after reports of surveillance

The University of Michigan says it’s cutting ties with a private security company that was accused of following pro-Palestinian activists on and off campus

The Independent UK

US reports another arrest of Chinese scientist with no permit to send biological material

A Chinese scientist has been arrested while arriving in the U.S. in Detroit

The Independent UK

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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

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

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

University of Florida board rejects hiring Michigan’s president over his changing of DEI policy

The State University System Board of Governors’ 6-10 vote came after hours of contentious debate and grilling of Ono over his previous position on diversity, equity, and inclusion

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Chinese couple charged with smuggling toxic fungus into US

Federal prosecutors say the couple intended to carry out research on the toxic pathogen at the University of Michigan.

Al Jazeera

Bustling crowds and bus rides are part of the annual peony pilgrimage to Michigan

Visitors are making the annual pilgrimage to the University of Michigan this week to see and smell one of the world’s premier collections of peonies

The Independent UK

Stock Market Today: Stocks Bounce as US-China Tensions Escalate

Stocks were volatile to end the week and the month amid concerns a trade truce between the U.S. and China is splintering.

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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

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

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

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

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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 Conversation

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

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…

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A ‘constitutional loophole’: How phone inspections test US civil rights

US border agents have a right to search electronic devices. But experts say the practice raises constitutional concerns.

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EVs could charge 500% faster in sub-freezing weather thanks to simple new manufacturing trick

New research shows how coating a battery with a razor-thin layer of lithium borate-carbonate can lead to a 500% boost in charging rates when temperatures fall below freezing.

The Guardian - US

Pro-Palestinian protester’s lawyer stopped and searched at US border: ‘They were going to take my device’

Amir Makled says immigration officials questioned him about his phone’s contents. Experts warn fourth amendment rights have been weakened at the border

The Guardian - US

University of Michigan shutters its flagship diversity program

Concerns grow as university becomes latest to capitulate to Trump’s anti-DEI demands

The Independent UK

University of Michigan shutters all of its DEI offices as Trump continues to exert influence over higher ed

The university cited Trump’s executive orders seeking to end DEI programs across the country

Fortune

The vibecession is back. But a change in mood about the economy is often ‘a harbinger of things to come’: a drop in consumer spending and business investment, economist says

“If you believe the latest survey data…you would think the economy is on the cusp of a recession,” said Jeffrey Roach, LPL Financial chief economist.

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Stocks Rebound as US Government Shutdown Seems Averted

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed up +2.13%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.65%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.49%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) rose +1.85%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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Stocks Recover Some of This Week’s Losses as US Shutdown Seems Averted

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +1.27%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.87%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.54%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) are up +1.33%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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