• Great Lakes legacy

    A University of Michigan Engineering alum cultivates craftsmanship and community for local and global impact. Ben Van Dam leads design and production of one-of-a-kind vessels that bring world-class craftspeople to Boyne City., supporting the local economy and spreading Michigan-made artisanship around the globe.

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  • Papyrus conservation

    An international cohort of conservation students recently attended the University of Michigan’s 2026 Papyrus Conservation Summer Seminar. Working alongside U-M conservators and papyrologists, participants preserved more than 150 papyrus fragments, including manuscripts that had not been opened, flattened or read in nearly 2,000 years.

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  • Depth objects

    U-M artist and architecture professor Catie Newell designed glass “Depth objects” for a short tour through the Faculty Arts Ambassador Program, offering participants a chance to explore grief, care and life transitions through touch, conversation and art—transforming grief into something tangible.

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  • Intensifications of El Niño

    As an El Niño of historic proportions is taking shape in the tropical Pacific, a University of Michigan study has found that El Niño variability has become nearly 40% stronger in the last 40 years than in the preindustrial era.

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