Featured Stories
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Welcome week
The excitement in the air in Ann Arbor is palpable. The Cube is spinning and U‑M students are back in town, ready to start the new school year. There are a variety of Welcome Week events happening across campus to help students get back into the swing of things. Go Blue! #WelcomeHome
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Rapid evolution of bird genomes
Shortly after an asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, life for non-avian dinosaurs ended, but the evolutionary story for the early ancestors of birds began.
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Persian gold coins found in Turkey
A team of researchers led by a University of Michigan archaeologist has uncovered a hoard of gold coins, likely used to pay mercenary troops, buried in a small pot in the ancient Greek city of Notion in western Turkey.
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Using visible light to make pharmaceutical building blocks
University of Michigan chemists have discovered a way to use visible light to synthesize a class of compounds particularly well suited for use in pharmaceuticals.
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An unlikely mantis shrimp-clam association
When clams gamble on living with a killer, sometimes their luck may run out, according to a University of Michigan study. A longstanding question in ecology asks how can so many different species co-occur, or live together, at the same time and at the same place.
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News
News
- U-M research forecasts warmer, rainier winter storms ahead for Great Lakes region
- Support for carbon capture positive overall, but varies by group and aspect of technology
- President Emeritus James Duderstadt dies at age 81
- Human-wildlife overlap expected to increase across more than half of land on Earth by 2070
- Parents who frequently pick up phones due to device notifications may be more stressed
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Visit Key Issues
Public Engagement
- Podcast: Pinot Naur? What the dino-killing asteroid has to do with your favorite wine
- The Conversation: Squid have tiny teeth in their suckers—scientists could use their unique properties to make self-healing materials
- Opinion: Populist economics is the antidote to corporate avarice
- Q&A: After years of research, there's still much to mine—and learn—about insider trading
- Honey and chocolate: Sublime creations fund local nonprofits
In The News
- Associated Press With their massive resources, corporations could be champions of racial equity but often waver
- Wall Street Journal Democrats call for the elimination of billions in oil and gas subsidies
- New Scientist Your brain may be mutating in a way that was thought to be very rare
- Detroit Free Press Pop-up political protester: How one woman quit her job to hassle Trump nationwide
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Videos
Happening @ Michigan
Events
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Aug 25 New Student Convocation Off Campus Location
- Aug 26 Ask Me! Info Stations
- Aug 27 Ready, Set, Intern! for First-Year Students
- Sep 10 Wallenberg Medal and Lecture | Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Leader, Architect, Poet
- Aug 27 Ask Me! Info Stations
- Aug 28 Stuttering Support Group
- Aug 29 Ready, Set, Intern! for First-Year Students
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Academic Calendar
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Carpe Diem
All Michigan, all the time
There’s always something amazing happening at Michigan. Whether it’s on campus or around the world, our students, faculty, staff and alumni are out seizing the day. A sampling of images captured over the years is shown in the gallery below.
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