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The Daily Weekly is a podcast covering local news in the Ann Arbor area. It is a production of the University of Michigan’s independent student newspaper, The Michigan Daily. Support The Michigan Daily’s reporting by subscribing to The Daily Weekly and checking out The Michigan Daily’s website at https://www.michigandaily.com/.

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00:30:01

AI in Academia: The Future of Learning with UM GPT

The Daily Weekly ·

2023/10/24

Today, we're diving deep into the digital realm of education, exploring the revolutionary onset of generative AIs, with a special focus on ChatGPT and the newly introduced UM GPT from the University of Michigan. Announced just this past August by President Santa Ono, UM GPT is breaking ground as the first major university-backed, custom-tailored AI, promising a transformative impact on educational accessibility and student engagement. But beneath the surface of this cutting-edge technology lie

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00:27:27

Growing Pains

The Daily Weekly ·

2023/10/17

In this episode of The Daily Weekly, we delve into the challenges at the University of Michigan, where rising enrollment is clashing with limited space. We'll explore the university's controversial solution of converting study lounges into dorms, featuring firsthand accounts from students and insights from a Resident Advisor. Further into the episode, we shift focus to how this population surge impacts other university amenities, particularly advising and appointment availability. Join us

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00:22:52

U-M's Digital Blackout

The Daily Weekly ·

2023/09/22

In this episode of The Daily Weekly, we delve into the University of Michigan's chaotic first week where an internet outage left freshmen and faculty adrift. With university sites down, essential course and classroom information became inaccessible. We gather firsthand accounts from campus and discuss the outage’s repercussions with Grace Johnson from LSA Academic Technology Services, professors, and student advisors. Tune in as we explore the challenges and dialogues ignited by this unexpected

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00:20:26

GEO Strikes Again

The Daily Weekly ·

2023/05/20

This final episode of The Daily Weekly season 14. The team is capturing the ongoing Graduate Student instructor strike and the widespread impact on student’s academic experience during the winter semester.

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00:24:15

Media Madness: The Push for Equal Attention in...

The Daily Weekly ·

2023/04/21

In this episode the Daily we will examine the school’s widespread attention gap among women’s and men’s basketball. And how major athletic associations are examining this data and attempting to find solutions to fix it during the National Collegiate Athletic Association March Madness competition.

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00:22:19

How Are Professors Made?

The Daily Weekly ·

2023/04/19

On this episode of the daily weekly we will examine the University's approach to how Professors are hired at The University of Michigan. On Mar 22, 2023 Michigan Daily News Writers Sneha Dhandapani and Irena Li reported that former university President Mark Schissel would teach an immunology course in the fall of 2023. With this news The Daily Weekly decided to investigate the hiring process regarding how Professors get hired to teach at the Ann Arbor campus and if the process was highly

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00:39:19

Sustainability: The University's Checklist

The Daily Weekly ·

2023/04/14

This week on The Daily Weekly, we want to talk about sustainability. As our world grows warmer, sustainability has become a buzz-word in nearly every industry including on campus with the University of Michigan trying to clean up its carbon footprint. You may have heard that the University has recently reached two of its twenty-twenty-five sustainability goals and in honor of that achievement we would like to define sustainability and its role both in relation to climate change, but also as an

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00:27:04

What's the Deal with Michigan Math?

The Daily Weekly ·

2023/03/30

Many students here at the University of Michigan major in a variety of subjects, some majors through LSA include Biology, Health and Society, Economics, Computer Science, other students may be within the Ross School of Business or possibly in the College of Engineering and obtaining potentially a Biomedical major. The common denominator with these majors just recently stated is the shared requirement of having a math requirement being a part of that major's specific curriculum. Calculus being

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00:25:49

Recognizing Colonization Through Art

The Daily Weekly ·

2023/03/26

In this episode, the Daily Weekly Podcast team is breaking down the recent efforts by many art museums around the world to recontextualize the history of art on display. Here in Ann Arbor the University of Michigan Museum of Art, commonly referred to as UMMA, is making efforts to tell a more unconcealed and bare history of the art and the problematic origins of some collections. The Daily Weekly Team gets in to the historical implications and present attempts to reverse past damage with both

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00:20:40

Your Local Life-Saving Vending Machine

The Daily Weekly ·

2023/03/14

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode uses descriptive language on the topic of substance abuse. According to the National Institutes of Health, over 100,000 people overdosed on illicit drugs in the U.S. in 2021. This staggering figure is prompting drug safety innovation that has manifested in our hometown, Ann Arbor, as a Naloxone vending machine. In the episode we get into the details surrounding Naloxone, its uses, procedures, and it's place on campus. Press play to listen to interviews with Clinical

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00:27:28

Housing Roulette

The Daily Weekly ·

2023/02/15

Dorm life is a major part of any college student’s experience, and at the University of Michigan, this is no different. 9,500 students already live across 18 residence halls, and President Ono recently announced plans for a new dorm and dining hall with the capacity for another 2,000+ students. In this episode, we break down the differences between all 18 dorms, get student perspectives on which dorms they think are best, and interview a director of a living learning community.

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00:23:12

More Than Four

The Daily Weekly ·

2022/11/30

On November 1st, members of the Black Student Union at the University of Michigan gathered on the Diag to announce a new platform dedicated to increasing diversity. The platform addresses both increasing the quantity and quality of diversity at Michigan, where Undergraduate Black student enrollment at the university is less than 4.2%, a number the student union sees as insufficient. On this episode of The Daily Weekly, we break down the history of affirmative action at Michigan and the university’s

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00:23:45

So You Want to Be a Computer Science Major?

The Daily Weekly ·

2022/11/16

The University recently announced that beginning in the fall of 2023, all students who wish to major in computer science at the University of Michigan must now submit a major-specific application. The change in admissions was prompted by high student demand for computer science courses relative to classroom capacity. On this episode of The Daily Weekly, hear from conversations with students, computer science faculty, and a department chair.

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00:17:50

Justice for Iran

The Daily Weekly ·

2022/11/08

Following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, there have been worldwide protests against the Iranian government's harsh authoritative regime. In Ann Arbor, members of the University of Michigan community gathered for a vigil held in memory of Mahsa Amini. Set against this vigil, The Daily Weekly examines students’ thoughts on the ongoing protests and we hear from a member* of the The Persian Student Association about their close relationship with the situation. ***The student in this episode

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00:29:55

The 2022 Midterms Pt. II

The Daily Weekly ·

2022/10/31

As part II of the The Daily Weekly's coverage of the 2022 midterm elections, our content producers sat down to discuss what's on this year's statewide ballot. We dive into the three proposals on the ballot and talk about what enacting these proposals will look like in Michigan. Learn more about what issues are most important to U-M students in this election, and how they are reflected on the ballot.

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00:31:30

The 2022 Midterms Pt. I

The Daily Weekly ·

2022/10/25

On this episode of the Daily Weekly, we think ahead to the upcoming Michigan midterm elections. We sat down to talk to both candidates running for mayor in Ann Arbor, Christopher Taylor and Eric B. Lipson, as well as Sherry A. Wells, one of seven candidates for the board of regents at U of M. They explained their motivations for running and perspectives on the previous boards and their own reasonings behind running.

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00:22:36

What's With All the Construction on Campus?

The Daily Weekly ·

2022/10/12

In this episode of The Daily Weekly, we sit down with Maura Thompson (Ann Arbor Downtown Development Association) and Professor Robert Goodspeed (U-M Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning) to discuss the recent construction projects on campus, their impacts on students, and how these developments are contributing to U-M’s sustainability goals.

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00:31:57

Is Ann Arbor's Water Safe to Drink?

The Daily Weekly ·

2022/09/29

In this episode of The Daily Weekly, we discuss the recent chemical spill into the Huron River by Tribar Technologies in Wixom, MI and address students' concerns over the potability of Ann Arbor’s drinking water. We discuss the ecological, public health, and policy impacts of the spill as well as the recurring negligence displayed by Tribar in polluting the Huron Watershed. We spoke with Daniel Brown and Yousef Rhabi who share their personal experiences dealing with the consequences and their

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00:17:50

Why Labor Unions Are Returning

The Daily Weekly ·

2022/09/20

Why are labor unions coming back? In the last year, union activity has risen in Ann Arbor, the state of Michigan, and nationwide. This episode seeks to understand what factors are contributing to increased union membership, how unions work, and what's going on with the unions in Ann Arbor. Listen to learn more about the recent nurses' union at Michigan Medicine and previous labor movements at the University.

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00:26:26

The Campus Climate on Climate

The Daily Weekly ·

2022/04/24

On this 52nd Earth Day, we take a look at the University’s Carbon Neutrality Plan and U-M students’ role in combating climate change. This episode of The Daily Weekly examines the recent climate strike that took place on the university Diag on March 25th. Many students and clubs joined in protesting the lack of preventive actions against climate change. The strike was a part of “Fridays for the Future” - a youth-led global climate change organization, and featured the theme of “People over

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