On November 8th, the University of Michigan’s Office Government Relations in coordination with the Ginsberg Center and the United States Census Bureau will host a recruitment event on the Diag. From 10:00am to 2:00pm information will be provided on employment opportunities with the Census Bureau during the upcoming 2020 Census.

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A reception hosted by MASU and the Michigan Legislature was held on:

Wednesday, October 23rd

Senate Committee Room 1100

Mackinac Room, Anderson House Office Building 201 Townsend St.
Lansing, MI 48933

Art in the Legislature is a partnership between the Michigan Association of State Universities (MASU) and the Michigan Legislature to promote art in everyday life.

State Relations Officers, university art department representatives, student-artists, their families, and the public at large were invited to attend the reception where the new pieces of art were unveiled and the students were recognized.

Art in the Legislature 2019-2020

Participants in this years Art in the Legislature (pictured right) are:

• Dan Hurley, CEO of the Michigan Association of State Universities (MASU)
• I’m Fine
  Stephanie Streeter, UM Flint
• Portrait of an Artist
  Christopher Wisniewski, Saginaw Valley State University
• Staged Compost
  Irene Strenski, Eastern, Michigan University
• Femme Fatale V
  Danielle Little, Central Michigan University
• Framework Grid
  Nicholas Pobutsky, UM Dearborn
• Country Fall
  Lavonaa Lynn Horton, Wayne State University
• Up North Connections: The Mackinac Bridge as seen through a Crystal Ball
  Ana Grace Dykstra, Grand Valley State University
• Vogue Magazine Cover (Marchesa) Volume 1-3
  Dominique Alyse McNeal, Ferris State University/Kendall
• Traffic
  Timothy Griffin, Central Michigan University
• Deterioration
  Riley Parrish, UM Ann Arbor
• Sunset Over Burton
  Atshata Kharkar holding framed photo of the late Atharva Kharkar, UM Ann Arbor

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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Wayne County Executive Warren Evans joined together with Stephen M. Ross, philanthropist and chairman of Related Companies, Matt Cullen, CEO of Bedrock and University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel to announce plans for a 14-acre Detroit Center for Innovation in downtown Detroit.

Anchoring the site will be a world-class $300 million, 190,000 square-foot research and education center operated by U-M, the nation’s leading public research institution. This academic building, designed by world-renowned architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, will be a centerpiece of the first phase of a planned multi-building development at the east edge of downtown and will offer programs that focus on high-tech research, education and innovation. It is anticipated the new U-M facility will eventually serve up to 1,000 graduate and senior-level undergraduate students pursuing advanced degrees in a range of high-tech innovation disciplines, including mobility, artificial intelligence, data science, entrepreneurship, sustainability, cybersecurity, financial technology and more.

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