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Starting off strong
The No. 11 Michigan football team put concerns about its inexperience aside, beating No. 17 Florida, 33-17, in the AdvoCare Classic at AT&T Stadium in Dallas.
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ITS updates accessibility, computing sites for fall Revamps include new MPrint app, cloudbased software for improved student-access MCKENZIE HANIGAN Daily Staff Reporter
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Big data: University researchers navigate ethics, unpredictability of data science research
Research encompasses high-performance computing, analytics and management ALEXA ST. JOHN
Managing News Editor
In recent years, big data emerged as a powerful tool, spurring the University of Michigan to dedicate an initiative and institute to its
study and implementation. In a statement in 2015, Jack Hu, vice president for research at the University, wrote that big data — exorbitantly large data sets that can be parsed to show trends and associations — was “revolutionizing research in extraordinary range of
disciplines.” The University’s financial and professional investment in data science has since proven beneficial; with $100 million subsidizing the University’s Data Science Initiative over five years, faculty members from multidisciplinary
and intersectional departments have been part of grounding the University’s research in modern data computation, analytics and management. “With this initiative, our goal is to spark innovation in research See DATA, Page 3A
Information and Technology Services at the University of Michigan released updates to campus computing sites for fall 2017. The updates are part of an initiative to make technology more accessible to students on more devices, according to a University press release. The updates include Sites Windows computer software, which will now be available through AppsAnywhere, a portal similar to the app store that can be accessed via web browsers. AppsAnywhere uses Cloudpaging, the same on-demand service as the
College of Engineering’s CAEN Lab Software, which allows students to access computer software from a web browser on different devices, rather than a start menu on just one computer. The MPrint mobile app also was revamped, now allowing students to use their own mobile devices to wirelessly collaborate with campus technology. The app for iOS and Android devices will work with Follow Me print queue, a new application for campus computers that can save documents for up to 24 hours. Students can release their saved documents to the most convenient campus printing site. See COMPUTING, Page 4A
Campus community members repaint Pride fest First class welcomes rock after racist, pro-Trump messages of students
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incoming students
Multiple departments, administrators join in solidarity with Latinx students
More than 40 clubs and orgs welcome 500 LGBT freshmen, allies
University of Michigan students, faculty and community members gathered Monday afternoon at the University Rock to paint over anti-Latinx and pro-Trump writing that happened over the weekend. The rock read “F— Latinos” and “MAGA,” short for Make America Great Again, or the slogan of President Donald Trump’s campaign, covering what was originally welcoming messages painted by the newest student cohort of Assisting Latinos to Maximize Achievement. “I thought this would be sort of taking action as opposed to writing a letter that students know is important, but this would be a different approach,” said David Schoem, director of the Community Scholars Program, who decided to paint over the writing.. “So the idea is to reclaim the rock and the campus for all the students at U of M and drive out, paint away the hate.” Students and faculty painted the rock completely white, obscuring any other writing and then painted phrases such as “Latinx belongs,” and the names of other LSA programs in a show of solidarity. “The message I think we’re writing is we support Latinx students and (Assisting Latinos
MATT HARMON Daily Staff Reporter
Forty-two clubs and Universitysponsored organizations welcomed incoming LGBT freshmen and allies to the University with the annual Pride Outside event at Palmer Field Monday. Formerly known as Gayz Craze, Pride Outside is sponsored by Out in STEM, an organization that supports LGBT students in Engineering and STEM fields. The event, which attracted about 500 students, was sponsored by Central Student Government but was transferred to oSTEM two years ago when Engineering senior Sindhu Sreedhar offered to bring the event under oSTEM’s leadership. Twelve clubs were specifically for LGBT students, though all organizations represented are in support of creating safe spaces for LGBT students, including social justice and volunteer organizations. “We try to get organizations that are really built around community building and community organizing so we can cater towards the LGBTQ community in that way,” Sreedhar said. See PRIDE, Page 4A
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to Maximize Achievement),” Schoem said. “We want to set things right before classes start: that we’re all here as a community, every student counts, every student owns this University and we’re going to stand together to make sure that’s the case, that everybody feels this is their University.” LSA sophomore Noelle Wade, a member of the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program, attended the event in a show of solidarity with the Latino community.
“I decided to come out today because social justice is a very big passion of mine and if I can support marginalized students on campus, I will,” Wade said. “(LHSP) decided to come out as a group and show our support for Latinx students on campus.” Wade included that it’s important to show that the University doesn’t approve of the messages that were previously painted on the rock in order to support students from various backgrounds and
ethnicities. “It sets a happy tone (for this school year) because it shows that a bunch of different people, from a bunch of different walks of life, different ethnicities, can come together and support someone else,” Wade said. “Maybe you aren’t the person it was directed toward, but maybe you know how it feels and you came out and showed support and that shows that the University of Michigan can be a … welcoming environment and a supporting environment.”
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The University Rock on Washtenaw Avenue is repainted Monday afternoon.
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School of Public Health welcomes cohort of 95 to undergraduate program JENNIFER MEER Daily Staff Reporter
This fall, the School of Public Health is launching its undergraduate public health major program, with its first cohort of 95 students. Gary Harper, the director of the office of undergraduate education at the Public Health School, as well as a professor of health behavior and health education and global public health, said he chaired the task force that was created in 2014 to develop the undergraduate program. The initial idea for the creation of a program came from the dean’s office at the School of Public Health and Martin Philbert, the former dean, who is now the University’s provost. “It’s something that has been talked about at various times here in the School of Public Health and I think the timing was right,” Harper said. “There just seemed to be the time to actually get serious about creating something and figuring out what we could do in the undergraduate space.” Students apply to the program in the winter term of their See HEALTH, Page 4A
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