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U-M research funding program application deadline extended

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By Kate Barnes
| The University Record
University of Michigan researchers will now have until Dec. 30 to seek funding through a program aimed at supporting faculty whose federal grant proposals received strong peer-review evaluations but were not funded or remain pending. The research funding program launched in January to provide short-term support for principal investigators across all three campuses due to the shifting federal funding landscape.
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The overlooked role of health in retirement planning

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By Kate Barnes
| SuperGuide
Most retirement planning focuses on finances: how much you’ve saved, how long it will last and how to structure your income. Yet this only tells part of the story. In practice, your health plays an equally important role in how retirement unfolds. It determines how independent you are, what your daily life looks like and how much of your retirement you’re able to enjoy. Strength, mobility and energy shape whether you can travel, manage your home, recover from illness and stay socially connected.
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The human cost of recycling tech devices

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By Kate Barnes
| University of Michigan
Caption E-waste workers use informal and manual methods to extract copper for resale, before it is recirculated back into global supply chains. (photo: Brandon Marc Finn) From a very young age, we are told to “reduce, reuse, recycle.” We see the three-arrow triangle icon almost everywhere we go, and we hear about sustainability and decarbonization almost daily. We also hear about the dangers of plastic; we know to clip the pop can rings to save fish and to use paper straws to protect turtles.
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