• U-M programs offer a life preserver

    As the White House looks to shore up U.S. shipbuilding, the University of Michigan is leading efforts to train the needed workforce and develop a state-wide maritime strategy with one of the nation’s few departments dedicated to naval architecture and marine engineering.

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  • Charging electric vehicles 5x faster

    A stabilizing coating on an electrode, combined with microscale channels, helps solve the trade-off between range and charging speed, even in cold temperatures.

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  • Breaking cost barriers, solving global business problems

    The Vienna Spring Break program aimed to provide 13 Michigan Ross undergraduate and master’s students with hands-on experience. Rather than having the students work on hypothetical case studies, WU Wien assistant professor Eva Marckhgott—who taught the class—collaborated with a real company facing real business challenges.

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  • Dicamba drift

    A University of Michigan study examined the effects of the herbicide, called dicamba, and found that plants exposed to dicamba drift had a lowered abundance of pollinators, and that pollinator visits to flowers were reduced for some weeds, but not others.

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    Classes begin spring half and spring/summer term
    • May 26
    Memorial Day (holiday)
    • Jun 19
    Juneteenth (holiday)
    • Jun 20
    Classes end spring half term

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