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Concussion lawyer Steven Pachman speaks about the legal process associated with concussion cases to attendees of the University of Michigan Injury Center Sport Concussion Summit at the Junge Family Campions Center on Thursday.
University hosts summit on concussion research Researchers focus on evaluating longterm impacts for student-athletes By NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT Daily Staff Reporter
At a conference hosted by the University’s Injury Center on Thursday, speakers discussed how sports-related concussions,
an issue that has attracted attention in recent years from highprofile incidents in the NFL and college athletics, impacts student-athletes. The Injury Center hosted the Sport Concussion Summit at the Junge Family Champions Center, attached to Crisler Arena. During the day-long event, speakers from various fields related to sports injuries touched on topics such as concussion science, team policies, the influence of media and legal implications.
Steven Broglio, the associate professor of athletic training who was the event’s director and moderator, said the summit provided a chance to explain the latest research on the topic. “(The summit) is an opportunity to educate the public, and not only athletes, but researchers, scientists, clinicians that are interested in this,” he said. “We’re really trying to show what the science is behind the injury as opposed to what is often portrayed in the media.”
Common thread in search for ‘culture shift’ is heightening students’ role By ALLANA AKHTAR and MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily Staff Reporter and Daily News Editor
Last fall, the topic generated significant attention when thensophomore quarterback Shane Morris was allowed back on the field after suffering a “probable, mild” concussion during a Sept. 27, 2014 game against Minnesota. Lloyd Carr, former head coach of the Michigan football team, gave the opening remarks. The keynote address was given by Brian Hainline, chief medical officer for the NCAA. See BRAIN, Page 3A
Days after the release of new sexual assault data from a survey conducted by the Association of American Universities, University administrators stressed in an exclusive interview with The Michigan Daily on Thursday that they remain committed to preventing sexual misconduct — while also acknowledging that some of their efforts are not reaching students as effectively as they’d hope. Twenty-eight schools participated in the AAU survey, including the University. Compared to other schools, many of the
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House, Senate committees hear testimony on tuition caps Oakland, Eastern Michigan University presidents explain choice to exceed limit By SAMANTHA WINTNER Daily Staff Reporter
Representatives from Eastern Michigan University and Oakland University testified Thursday before a joint meeting of the Michigan House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees on higher education to explain their tuition hikes for the current year, which, unlike the University’s, exceeded state limits. Though University officials were not involved in Thursday’s hearing, conversation about tuition caps and the incentives that drive them do have an impact on the University’s process for setting tuition rates. EMU raised tuition by 7.8
percent and Oakland University raised tuition by 8.48 percent, above the 3.2-percent limit set by the state as a condition of receiving part of a 2-percent increase in state funding. The University raised tuition this year by 2.7 percent for in-state students, consistent with the cap. It has not exceeded it in past years either. Performance-based funding for all universities, tied to both caps on tuition and six other aspects of performance — including six-year graduation rates, degree completion in critical areas and administrative costs — have been in place since 2012. Because their tuition rates exceeds state limits, EMU and Oakland are forfeiting $1 million and $1.2 million, respectively, in state incentive funding. However, the hikes will earn EMU $10 million this year in additional tuition revenue. Oakland will make an extra $12 million in tuition. Several members of the comSee TUITION, Page 3A
University’s results showed both higher instances of sexual assault and higher disillusion with the process of adjudicating it. Nationwide, 11.7 percent of surveyed college students experienced nonconsensual sexual contact as a result of force or incapacitation since entering college, according to the survey. The figure was 14.6 percent at the University. Whereas 63.3 percent of all students surveyed felt campus officials would take a report of sexual misconduct seriously, only 40.2 percent of University students surveyed believed this to be true. Research Prof. William Axinn, a survey research expert, explained that though the differences in these numbers appear meaningful, they lack statistical significance. For example, he said, after several students at the University voiced concerns about potentially triggering language in the AAU survey, that language See ADMINS, Page 3A
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Suzanne Lee, a London-based biological fashion designer, speaks on creating materials and garments from microorganisms at the Michigan Theater Thursday.
Designer takes scientific approach toward fashion Suzanne Lee discusses work growing clothes from microbes By TOM MCBRIEN Daily Staff Reporter
Suzanne Lee’s fashion design studio is different than most. It’s not filled with sketches and silks, but instead occupied by vats of microbes
bubbling away while they feast on sugars to produce her latest clothing line. In the first of this year’s Penny Stamps Speaker Series, Lee spoke to a packed Michigan Theater about the intersection of synthetic biology and design. She discussed her involvement in the multidisciplinary field, from growing clothes in microbial vats to growing cow skin to produce leather in a way that doesn’t involve slaughtering. Lee described her job as creative director at the biodesign
firm Biocouture, where she has been making garments derived from microbial cellulose, saying she was influenced by her fascination with the future and concerns about sustainability in fashion. “Rather than think about growing a plant like cotton in a field to obtain fiber, where you’re throwing away 99 percent of that plant just to get these fibers that need to be spun and woven into a fabric, you can think about taking a See FASHION, Page 3A
Young Americans for Freedom host House Budget chairman By BRIAN KUANG For the Daily
U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R–Ga.), a University alum, visited campus Thursday evening to address the Young Americans for Freedom on topics including healthcare reform and Donald Trump. A recurring theme throughout Price’s discussion to a crowd of around 40 in the Michigan Union was his goal to limit federal regulation and involvement in business and other realms. Price, also the chairman of the House Budget Committee, pointed to the issues of ballooning college tuition and what he says are entitlement costs from programs such as Medicare and Social Security. He argued that the delegation of more authority to individual states would signifiSee PRICE, Page 2A
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