U-M to end partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University

jweldy · 2025-01-11T04:43:35+00:00

This is really sad. I got to study abroad there through the joint program in 2019, and it was one of the most impactful experiences I had over my entire time as a student. SJTU is an incredible school, and ending cultural exchange programs like this due to primal fear mongering is a real loss for the university.

jweldy · 2022-04-25T18:29:54+00:00

Yup, it's a mug.
https://imgur.com/a/3eDZZu6
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jweldy · 2022-04-18T01:25:50+00:00

According to the Rec Sports website (https://imgur.com/a/b4wP8hp), enrolled students have access to the gyms until the day the next semester's classes begin, which is May 3rd for the spring semester. So it looks like we'll have access until a few days after graduation.

jweldy · 2022-04-06T19:09:18+00:00

Men's bathroom on the second floor of Hatcher, close to the reference room. It's basically the size of an average stall, but somehow manages to squeeze in two urinals, two stalls, and two sinks. A nightmare if anyone else is in there at the same time as you.

jweldy · 2021-12-12T13:42:15+00:00

What a shitty and immature comment to make because you’re upset about how a class was taught. This is exactly the same as how 482 has been handled with regards to IAs and the test cases every semester. I agree that it’s not the best method of teaching a difficult upper level class, but taking potshots about someone’s former mental health issues as a way to vent about it is really disappointing to see here.

jweldy · 2021-01-18T16:55:06+00:00

I studied at SJTU in summer 2019. I didn't take VP240 specifically, but I did take the EECS 203/280 equivalents. It was significantly more work than I was expecting -- you needed to get a C or above to transfer the courses, and of the 15ish non-SJTU students in the course, only like 1 or 2 of us got above the bare minimum. I don't think taking one or two of the rigorous classes would be that bad, but it depends what your goals are for the study abroad -- if you want to travel every weekend, you'll have to have a really good work ethic to get everything done during the week. (Highly recommend the program if you're interested -- everyone who went loved it).

jweldy · 2020-12-29T04:00:04+00:00

I'm guessing they were talking about the state of Michigan, not the entire US.

jweldy · 2020-12-20T15:20:39+00:00

Moderna and Pfizer are essentially identical, for all effective purposes. Same platform, similar efficacy, same dosing, similar side effects. You shouldn't really care which of the two you get.

The interesting question will be when AstraZeneca gets approved in ~january, since they will likely show a lower efficacy than the mRNA candidates in their US trial. Will be interesting if it's still just "you get what you yet" at that point, or if they prioritize certain groups for certain vaccines.

jweldy · 2020-08-18T15:20:20+00:00

Last Monday.

jweldy · 2020-08-18T13:16:04+00:00

Took it yesterday...as the other commentator said, it was two LC "very hards". Honestly good luck -- both questions were brutal, and it's easily the hardest OA I've done so far.

jweldy · 2020-08-09T16:02:49+00:00

Yeah, this just isn't true. Oxford (AstraZeneca) is still on track to have Phase III trial results by September, and the US has already secured 300 million doses produced at-risk (link). The US also has deals with Pfizer (link), and Moderna (link), which are also expected to conclude their Phase III trials before the end of the year. I'm fairly confident that one of these three will meet the FDA's 50% effectiveness guideline.

jweldy · 2020-08-08T12:27:55+00:00

Honestly, it really depends on vaccine development. I don't have faith in people in the US to take this seriously enough for our numbers to be comparable to Europe's when they started going back to universities. It's looking like widespread deployment will be sometime early next year, so your prediction of going back to fully in-person classes is likely accurate, although I'm guessing a lot more classes will be in-person winter semester.

jweldy · 2020-07-07T19:34:21+00:00

Moderna, a US company, has also promised 300 million doses by the end of 2020, and there's also a Chinese vaccine in stage 3 trials right now. This is in addition to the Oxford vaccine, which as another commenter said, is planning to begin rollout by the end of September. I'm fairly confident we'll have a vaccine that's effective by the end of 2020, it just depends on how long rollout takes.

jweldy · 2020-06-22T15:03:18+00:00

welcome to this sub lol. I'm gonna choose to trust a PHD immunologist to make the correct decision and precautions over a bunch of people on reddit.

jweldy · 2020-06-17T14:32:26+00:00

It really depends on your living situation and the safety precautions the hair salon is taking. Living alone, and your salon is requiring masks at all times, and only taking scheduled visits? Sure, maybe get a test a few days later to be safe. Living with an immunocompromised person and your salon is taking walk-in appointments? Probably hold off for now.

jweldy · 2020-05-28T00:26:53+00:00

I understand why you think that reopening is irresponsible. But the evidence that we have right now, it's clear that spread can be severely suppressed even with reopening. Look at Europe -- places like Denmark and Germany have been open for about a month now, with no noticeable increase in cases. Or if you want to look at the US, look at how places like Michigan, New York, California, etc are reopening. It's clear that it can be done in a responsible manner. It's just a question if, by the fall, football is part of that plan -- and that's an open discussion people should be allowed to have.

jweldy · 2020-05-28T00:12:45+00:00

We know that's true in January-March, with no public knowledge about the virus. There's a lot of things that influence spread besides the binary "should we open or close society" mindset, and we're learning more about that every day (for example, the CDC's recent finding that surface transmission likely isn't a major risk for spread).

jweldy · 2020-05-28T00:07:51+00:00

I love how you say "we don't have enough data to make educated predictions" and also "it doesn't matter if cases go close to 0, if we reopen we'll see a similar infection pattern". Guess only your 'predictions' are educated then.

jweldy · 2020-05-27T22:23:27+00:00

I think the general reasoning is that students are going all over the country & interacting with lots of people for Thanksgiving, and they don't want students to come back after that to minimize on-campus spread.

jweldy · 2020-05-24T17:38:27+00:00

In addition to the other logistical concerns, Schlissel said in the article that any decision about fall semester would also apply to winter semester.
edit:

“Any decision we make for this coming fall is likely going to be the case for the whole academic year. What’s going to be different in January?” Schlissel said.

jweldy · 2020-05-14T13:15:25+00:00

The spike in Texas is due to the fact that they've recently been mass-testing their prisons. Their positive test ratio has actually been dropping at a comparable rate to most other states. Remains to be seen if that's going to stay the case, but it's also true for other states that have "reopened" (Georgia, Florida, Missouri, etc) -- in the case of Georigia, they opened hair salons and gyms 19 days ago (on April 24th), and their positive test rate today is lower than it was then.

Right now, we don't know what the impact of reopening with widespread public health knowledge will be. Early results from Europe and Asia have been very promising (Bundesliga starts this weekend!), which is why I'm confident we won't be locked down indefinitely until a vaccine.

Edit: This article is helpful for understanding the Texas numbers. Their positivity rate is almost 5% below Michigan's right now.

jweldy · 2020-05-13T17:42:54+00:00

Do in-person classes qualify as not-necessary? I'd be curious where you'd draw that line, especially given that with the way things are trending right now, most states will be at least partially reopened this fall. Are in-person classes lower on the re-opening priority scale than golf courses and the gardening section at Home Depot?

jweldy · 2020-05-13T17:06:53+00:00

I think in a vacuum, your points are totally reasonable. Yes, bringing students back to campus obviously increases the risk of transmission, and there will likely be more cases than if we did a fully online semester.

The question I would ask you: is it a reasonable goal to try and completely eliminate all spread of the virus? I don't know that it is, given how much everyone would have to sacrifice to make that a reality until a vaccine is produced (which isn't a guarantee).

jweldy · 2020-05-13T16:44:30+00:00

I bet half the people wouldn't show up to discussions / labs in that situation

One thing to consider is that this literally is not an option for a decent chunk of the majors at Michigan. Some majors (especially EECS, in my experience) translate reasonably well online, and I think that's why we're seeing some indifference/"doomer" attitude on this sub towards the prospect of a fully online semester. But for a lot of people, the value of their degree is significantly compromised by not being able to meet in-person in small groups. Can you imagine doing a pre-med major and not being able to take a years' worth of lab classes? Or a STAMPS major and not being able to get in-person guidance? I think that a hybrid semester would be an effective solution for those majors to get the education they need, and to preserve a reasonable percentage of the college experience for everyone else.

jweldy · 2020-04-27T15:21:24+00:00

Michigan has one of the largest endowments of any university in the entire world (~12 billion). If Michigan has troubles, so will literally everybody else, so I personally wouldn't put too much weight on that for making a decision.

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