• Welcome week

    The excitement in the air in Ann Arbor is palpable. U‑M students are back in town and 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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  • Most complete skeleton of 30 million-year-old dog

    U-M paleontologist Anne Kort has confirmed that it’s one of the most complete fossils of a pre-Ice Age dog found in North America, a canid called Mesocyon coryphaeus. In fact, the species, first named in 1879, had only been previously identified by single skulls.

    Learn more about this discovery

  • Cover crop project bridges farming and research

    What began as a doctoral project at the University of Michigan is now spreading like red clover across the Great Lakes region to help farmers improve their soil and prevent fertilizer from washing into waterways.

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  • Solar-powered pumps

    Researchers from the University of Michigan and the nonprofit ELICO Foundation built a solar-powered pumping system to supply water to about 3,000 pastoralist families in rural Tanzania, following two years of collaboration. The project expanded the local distribution network by about 10 miles.

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Happening @ Michigan

Academic Calendar

    • Aug 31
    Classes begin fall term
    • Sep 7
    Labor Day (holiday)
    • Oct 19-20
    Fall study break
    • Nov 25-27
    Thanksgiving break
    • Dec 11
    Classes end fall term
    • Dec 12-13
    Study days
    • Dec 14-18, 21
    Examinations

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