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Histotripsy research center

Expanding use of a noninvasive, ultrasound-based cancer treatment is the ultimate goal of the new University of Michigan Histotripsy Center, a first-of-its-kind facility. Invented at University of Michigan Engineering, histotripsy is the first commercially available ultrasound-based approach to treating tumors, allowing them to be destroyed without surgery and with few side effects to patients.

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Under the Quiet, Beyond the Eye

Stamps Gallery kicks off the fall 2026 semester with an ambitious mid-career survey of interdisciplinary artist Cosmo Whyte. Born and raised in Jamaica, Whyte completed a BFA from Bennington College and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan.

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A Living Language

The language of the Aztecs lives on in words you use every day, among more than a million speakers, and in a class at LSA that teaches far more than just grammar.

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Fighting stage fright with VR

The University of Michigan’s Piano Lab Pro uses virtual reality to help students decrease music performance anxiety, or MPA, as they create and repeat the live performance experience, gaining comfort with the space, the acoustics of the hall and the challenges of audience distraction.

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Most powerful laser in US funded for another 5 years

The most powerful laser in the United States received $33 million in its second round of operations funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, helping the University of Michigan Engineering team make crucial upgrades and run roughly 150 weeks of experiments for laser and plasma science teams from across the U.S. and around the world.
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Academic Calendar

- Nov 25-27
Thanksgiving break
- Dec 11
Classes end fall term
- Dec 12-13
Study days
- Dec 14-18, 21
Examinations
- Dec 20
Commencement
- Jan 13
Classes begin
- Jan 18
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. University Symposia. No regular classes.

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.