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2024 Student Research Conference hosted by University of Michigan-Flint

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On May 17th, the University of Michigan-Flint hosted the Student Research Conference at the Riverfront Conference Center. This conference was held in collaboration with Mott Community College and Kettering University to allow students the opportunity to present their research. In the remarks offered by the Office of Research, on behalf of the partners, Andre Louis

Precision Health connects health data and analytics

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The University of Michigan has created an initiative to connect health related data resources and state-of-the art analytic tools known as Precision Health. Precision Health aims to advance medical research at the University of Michigan. They use a number of different data sets to conduct this research, and combine these to better inform patient care.

Meredith Broussard’s presentation for her book relating to AI and bias

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On March 27, 2024, Meredith Broussard, data journalist and associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, gave a presentation at the University of Michigan-Flint regarding the focus of her recent book More Than A Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech (2024). The book focuses on the

Professor Receives Grant To Bring Anthropology Student to Indonesia

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A UM-Flint student will be getting some hands-on anthropological experience this summer. Keaton Reese, a sophomore at UM-Flint, will be traveling with UM-Flint professor Daniel Birchok on an upcoming research trip to Indonesia. Birchok is an associate professor of anthropology at UM-Flint and has a background in historical anthropology. He studies religion, specifically Islam, in