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Former Sec. of Science of India talks innovation ALICE LIU/Daily
Thirumalachari Ramasami discussed tech growth in developing countries
Dr. Katrina Wade-Golden, from the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, presents data from the Student Climate Survey at the Union Monday.
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion reveals survey results
Survey was conducted to measure the “temperature” of campus, assistant vice provost says RACHEL CUNNINGHAM Daily Staff Reporter
As a kickoff to its week of summit events, marking one year since the launch of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan, the Office of Diversity,
Equity and Inclusion debriefed results of its sample climate survey Monday to the student body at the Michigan Union. The event also allowed for dialogue between students, faculty, staff and the U-M Survey Research Center and SoundRocket team who
conducted the survey. About 20 students, faculty and staff attended. The meeting began with Robert Sellers, the vice provost for equity and inclusion, who discussed the purpose of the survey and its significance to the DEI initiative.
“In this day of alternative facts, where facts have lost a little bit of its value, we feel strongly that what we are attempting to do needs to be based on the very best (measurements) at hand, and we also need to find ways to See SURVEY, Page 3A
ABBY MURO For the Daily
Science, technolog y and innovation are wellestablished and prioritized in developed countries and have often been highlighted through research and the work academic institutions. But on Monday, Thirumalachari Ramasami, former secretary of science and technolog y for India, spoke about the role of science, technolog y and innovation policy in developing countries. Ramasami began his presentation — which was
a part of the Ford School of Public Policy’s Policy Talks series — by discussing the perceived roles of science, technolog y and innovation in developmental economies and national prosperity. He explained that countries that have the greatest need for STI have fewer resources to invest in it, and developments in STI could help the people in developing countries the most. “The resources available for the developing economies to invest in the STI are not properly matching with the needs that they have,” Ramasami said. See SCIENCE, Page 3A
SACUA body discusses DEI results, ‘U’ Council Pedestrian discusses groundbreaking of new Trotter Center crosswalks
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SACUA members discuss survey methods and lack of diversity in respondents
Council met to provide sense of awareness for students with children
Robert Ortega, chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, opened Monday’s meeting by alerting members of the groundbreaking of the new Trotter Multicultural Center and the release of the diversity, equity and inclusion survey results. The climate survey found 1 in 5 University of Michigan students experienced a discriminatory event during the past year, even though the large majority of students — 72 percent — reported satisfaction with the current campus climate. Ortega began the meeting by asking members to think deeply about the findings of the survey. “There’s important differences that we ought to be taking a look at and thinking about what they mean in terms of some of the views that could easily get masked if we’re not thinking about those different voices,” Ortega said. Some members questioned the survey’s representativeness. SACUA member Neil Marsh said the survey’s randomness was questionable because respondents had to choose to respond. “Ninety-three percent
JORDYN BAKER Daily Staff Reporter
University Council met Monday evening for its biweekly meeting in the Michigan Union, discussing the possibility of a resolution to support and provide a greater awareness toward student caregivers, as well as other topics such as Central Student Government’s meeting Tuesday on the Diag and this week’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion summit. Business senior Grace Nasr proposed an idea for the resolution to raise awareness of student caregivers — students who have children on campus — specifically through modifying syllabus language. “We’re just hoping to plant the seeds for change so that maybe one day this can be implemented in syllabus language … whether it be through the language we have presented, or something else, for nontraditional students,” she said. “It’s just something to kind of get the ball rolling, whether it be passing this See COUNCIL, Page 2A
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of the respondents are heterosexual; slightly over half are male,” Ortega said. Other members, such as mechanical engineering professor Bill Schultz, expressed concerns over the survey’s length and scope. “Some of it was definitely repetitive, I think just to see if you were paying attention,”
Schultz said. Schultz added the survey was advertised to take 20 minutes, but actually took some people about 50 minutes. He then prompted meeting attendees to raise their hands if they got a survey. Members were also confused why data collected in Fall of 2016 was being
published over a year later. The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion recently announced a new upcoming survey of 5,000 librarians, curators, postdoctoral fellows and house officers at Michigan Medicine. This will be similar to the prior climate surveys sent to students and See SACUA, Page 3A
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Sami Malek, Senate Assembly member, discusses the results of the DEI survey at the Fleming Building Monday.
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Enforcement increased at targeted crosswalks, with nearly 400 citations issued COLIN BERESFORD Daily Staff Reporter
The results of Ann Arbor’s Changing Driver Behavior Study were released Monday. The study, geared toward pedestrian safety and local drivers, showed a doubling in stopping at crosswalks with increased enforcement from the Ann Arbor Police Department. The study began in June with increased enforcement at crosswalks on major commuting routes in Ann Arbor and ended the last week of October. Through the course of the study, officers stopped hundreds of drivers and issued failure-to-yield tickets and warnings. The Changing Driver Behavior Study says the final round of the study will start on November 7. At the targeted crosswalks, the rate of stopping for pedestrians went from 27 percent to 58 percent. At the sites where no enforcement took place, stopping rates went from 37 percent to 49 percent. In 2011, Ann Arbor See CITY, Page 3A
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