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Mandatory COVID vaccination for students, staff, faculty urged by University of Michigan group Updated Apr 20, 2021; Facebook Share ANN ARBOR, MI The University of Michigan’s Senate Assembly has passed a resolution supporting mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff. The measure passed by a vote of 25 to 4 on Monday, April 19, with four members abstaining, officials said. The Senate Assembly supports the safe return of all students, faculty and staff for in-person activities in the fall semester, as well as mandatory vaccination for the UM community, with limited legally mandated exceptions, according to the resolution. The university currently is not requiring people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but strongly encourages UM community members to do so. ....
At its meeting of 9 and 10 December 2020 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed 14 professors. They will work in a total of ten departments in a wide range of research areas. In addition, an ecotoxicologist was awarded the title of professor. The new professors in brief: Dr Pierrick Bousseau ( 1992), currently CNRS Research Fellow at the University of Paris-Saclay, France, as Assistant Professor of Mathematical Physics in the Department of Mathematics. Pierrick Bousseau conducts research in an area where algebraic geometry intersects with mathematical physics and symplectic geometry. He has a particular interest in enumerative geometry, which is concerned with counting geometric objects with given characteristics. Pierrick Bousseau has won several awards for his research. By appointing him, the Department of Mathematics is gaining a talented young mathematician with strong links to theoretical physics. ....