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The Black Box: Colleges spend thousands on AI to prevent suicides and shootings.

When Social Sentinel representatives pitched their service to Florida’s Gulf Coast State College in 2018, they billed it as an innovative way to find threats of suicides and shootings posted online.

Universities and Students Investigate Use of AI Surveillance Tool in Response to Grantee’s Reporting

Student Journalists Take Matters of School Surveillance Into Their Own Hands. How do campuses protect and save the lives of students at risk of harming themselves or others? Software that uses artificial intelligence to scan students’ social media activities has been touted by companies and school officials as a promising way.

Tracked: How Colleges Use AI to Monitor Student Protests

For a few thousand dollars a year, Social Sentinel offered schools across the country sophisticated technology to scan social media posts from students at risk of harming themselves or others. Used correctly, the tool could help save lives, the company said.

As Election Day neared, conflict in Bakersfield between Trump and BLM groups intensified

Months before Election Day, tensions had been building in Bakersfield between Black Lives Matter supporters and a group of Trump backers calling themselves the 1776 Patriots.

Cass Tech's STEM Club Takes the Spotlight!

Cass Technical High School is known for its academic and technological experiences that are offered to students. Assistant Principal Mrs. Snow was able to shed a light on the various STEM Clubs at Cass Tech.

Detroit King's STEM Club takes the Spotlight for Fall Fan Choice Awards Nominations

Fall Fan Choice Awards are still live in action. While nominations are still being submitted, Martin Luther King, Jr. Senior High School allowed us to get an up close look at their STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Club, which was also nominated for the Fan Choice Awards.

Is EMU really safe?

More than 50 crimes involving sexual assault, theft, burglary, violence, vandalism, and harassments were reported on EMU’s campus within the first two months of the 2017 fall semester, according to the daily crime log.

Ann Arbor NAACP and State Reps talk civil rights

The Eastern Michigan University Chapter of NAACP and the College Democrats collaborated to give a platform for State Representatives and members of the Ann Arbor NAACP Chapter to speak at EMU, Pray Harold Auditorium.

Dr. Mae C. Jemison Pushes Voting Registration

Youth Vote Organization partnered with guest speaker, Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first African American women to go to space. She encouraged students to volunteer in Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, and also encouraged students to register to vote.

Three Eagles who took on the 2016 Olympic trials

Over the summer, Eastern Michigan University was well represented by some of our best swimmers. Both seniors Alexis Mitcheltree and Cole Bateman, and sophomore Tom Gillis, who were all olympic qualifiers of 2016 and competed against some of the best swimmers across the country during trials.