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ACADEMICS
Committee selected for formation of new school AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily
Faculty team to create recommendations for planned sustainability program
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Democratic vice presidential nominee, speaks at a rally at Focus: HOPE in Detroit Tuesday.
At Detroit rally, Tim Kaine shares campaign’s plan to combat poverty
Democratic vice presidential nominee discusses economic development at local nonprofit LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine visited Detroit Tuesday to present Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s plan to eliminate poverty across the United States.
He spoke at Focus: Hope, a nonprofit focused on alleviating poverty and racial division through education and job training for underrepresented minorities. In his remarks, Kaine highlighted revitalization efforts in Detroit, saying it showed the importance of investing in economic development.
HOSPITAL
University partners to personalize treatments ‘U’ joins with health-tech firm Tempus to give cancer patients more options YOSHIKO IWAI For the Daily
Driven by a philosophy that a “one-size-fits-all” approach does not exist in cancer treatment, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Tempus, a health-tech company based in Chicago, announced a partnership last week to enhance personalized treatment for cancer patients nationwide. The partnership, called the Michigan Oncology Sequencing Center panel, stemmed from the University’s MI-ONCOSEQ project for personalization of cancer therapy by using highthroughput gene sequencing methods. Developed by Arul Chinnaiyan, director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, the technique will provide new options for cancer cases where standard methods of treatment are ineffective or do not exist. The panel utilizes a clinical sequencing-based approach to sequence DNA and RNA in a tumor in advanced cancer patients and compare them See TECH, Page 2A
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“The auto industry has come strongly back to life,” he said. “This amazing city has shown an amazing comeback spirit, and you’re just getting started.” Since filing for bankruptcy in 2013, Detroit has been the recipient of tens of millions of federal dollars aiming to decrease blight in the city. Recently, a $617 million bailout
for Detroit Public Schools was approved by Governor Rick Snyder in June 2016. The plan Kaine presented centered around three main features: creating jobs and raising wages, improving opportunities in low-income housing communities, and increasing access to and quality See KAINE, Page 3A
RACHEL COHEN Daily Staff Reporter
Last week, a new school faculty transition team was appointed to plan the transition from the School of Natural Resources and Environment to a new School of Sustainability. An internal faculty committee proposed in September 2016 that the University of Michigan create a new school of sustainability to replace the School of Natural Resources and Environment and increase interdisciplinary collaboration across various sustainability and environmental programs. The school is set to be created
by the end of the next academic year. University Provost Martha Pollack said in an interview the recommendation for the new school, outlined in a November 2015 report, was created after an external committee reviewed the University’s sustainability programs — including SNRE, the Graham Sustainability Institute and LSA’s Program in the Environment — last fall. The external review concluded that there was strength in the current programs, but a need for greater synergy between them. In response, the internal committee proposed the new school of sustainability as one See SUSTAINABILITY, Page 3A
Regent Denise Ilitch highlights college Madeline affordability efforts in reelection bid Albright GOVERNMENT
Campaign highlights promoting safety programs and votes against tuition increases KATHERINE CURRAN Daily Staff Reporter
This article is part of a Michigan Daily series profiling the four candidates seeking a seat on the Board of Regents this November at the University of Michigan. A member of the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents for the past eight years, Regent Denise Ilitch (D) is running for her second term this November. Current Regent Laurence Deitch (D), as well as Ron Weiser (R), former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party and Carl Meyers (R), a financial advisor in Dearborn, are also on the ballot as major party candidates. A University alumnus, Ilitch stands out on the board for a steady history voting against tuition increases. Her campaign emphasizes the need for accessible, affordable education at the University. “I am laser-focused,” Ilitch said when describing the priorities of her campaign. “I want to stay laser-focused on an affordable, accessible, quality education for all students.” Ilitch was the first member of her family, which included seven siblings, to attend college. She started her business career as a pizza maker in her family’s business, Ilitch Holdings, Inc., and worked her way to the position of president. She is currently president of Ilitch Enterprises LLC, and co-owner
of 220 Restaurant Hospitality, an Italian-American food restaurant located in Birmingham. Ilitch said along with tuition, votes to increase mental health funding and has worked to improve awareness of sexual assault on campus were some of the most impactful parts of her first term, issues that
Ilitch highlighted as important moments of her tenure. “I strongly support the safety programs for our students,” Ilitch said. “Sexual assault prevention is a huge issue on many campuses across the country and including ours.” As part of her campaign, Ilitch is calling for the creation of a
committee on the board dedicated to researching potential sources of revenue besides tuition. She was one of the three regents to vote against a 3.9 percent tuition increase this June, and the only Democrat to do so. She said she believes that the current cost of education and the consistent See ILITCH, Page 3A
campaigns for Clinton
Former Secretary of State talks about women in politics at local event LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
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University Provost Martha Pollack speaks with Regent Denise Ilitch after a Board of Regents meeting in the Michigan Union on February 18, 2016.
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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited Ann Arbor Friday morning to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at a Woman to Woman event. About 40 women and a handful of men crowded into the home of Ann Arbor resident Martha Darling to hear Albright speak about her experiences working with Clinton and the importance of women in politics. Albright said Clinton was great to work with because of her ability to hear the issues of the people she spoke with. “I loved being Secretary of State, and it was wonderful having Hillary as a partner in that,” she said. “She really was an amazing American ambassador even in that stage in terms of going out and talking and doing something that has been so evident of the way she operates, which is listening to people.” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–Mich.), who spoke prior to Albright, encouraged the audience to vote, saying Democrats could regain See ALBRIGHT, Page 3A
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