Featured Stories
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Women Who Weld
Mar 2, 2020Samantha Farrugia was studying for her master’s degree in urban planning at U-M in 2014 when she walked past the Digital Fabrication Lab on her way to class one day and saw welding going on. Within weeks, Farrugia was learning to weld in her spare time. She moved on to learning how to train other people to weld through an unusual independent study supported by a U-M professor in the lab.
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White-nose syndrome
Feb 24, 2020A new study from University of Michigan biologists presents the first genetic evidence of resistance in some bats to white-nose syndrome, a deadly fungal disease that has decimated some North American bat populations.
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American Rhapsody
Feb 17, 2020Inspired by the current politically divisive moment in our nation’s history, Aaron Dworkin explores the complexity of our founders in a new spoken word orchestral work. The work incorporates the writing and speeches of George Washington with 19th-century composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Symphonic Variations on an African Air” to explore themes of race, society and human nature.
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Making their way
Feb 10, 2020Woodworking equipment whirs as teens turn out the latest in creations and consumer products that have come from years of making things at the Brightmoor Maker Space in Detroit.
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Madelon’s World
Feb 3, 2020When she broke the gender barrier at U-M in 1870, Madelon Stockwell was alone. She lived her life much the same way.
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Rare Native American photographs
Jan 27, 2020The new collection, which comes from noted collector Richard Pohrt Jr., will add more than 1,000 images by more than 150 photographers to the library’s renowned archive of early American history. Taken primarily between 1860 and 1920, the vintage prints—many of which come from the original negatives on the original photographers’ mounts—feature more than 70 different First Nations.
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2020 MLK SYMPOSIUM
Jan 20, 2020Education is the systematic instruction that prepares us to be productive participants in society. Thus ‘the (mis)education of us’ invites us to consider how our schooling and larger socialization practices have worked against us in working together to build a just nation for all.
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The Union Reopens
Jan 13, 2020The Michigan Union has always been a central location for student involvement, leadership, learning, and social connection. The renovation will honor that history and the Union will serve for another 100 years as the place where Michigan memories are made.
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Strike up the band
Jan 2, 2020When Bryan Mangiavellano decided to pursue a career in conducting and music education, he imagined leading a large collegiate marching band one day. “Mr. M” is one of more than 400 U-M alumni currently at the helm of hundreds of elementary, middle and high school music classrooms across the state of Michigan.
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‘TIS THE SEASON
Dec 23, 2019The University of Michigan welcomes one and all to its many museums, gallery exhibitions, and holiday events to get in the spirit throughout the month of December.
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Inclusive Play
Dec 16, 2019While adaptive sports like powerchair football provide invaluable opportunities for children with mobility disabilities to participate in athletic events, these games are not designed for competitive play between kids with disabilities and those without. A media artist inspired by a young sports enthusiast with cerebral palsy is looking to change that.
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A World Without Ice
Dec 9, 2019This multisensory experience created by U-M SMTD professor Stephen Rush and SMTD and Residential College professor Michael Gould with visual artist Marion Tränkle and climate scientist Henry Pollack, is now on view at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum through Jan. 5, 2020.
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What humans want in an automated car
Dec 2, 2019U-M researchers set out to examine how a person’s perception of safety in an autonomous vehicle was influenced by the degree to which the vehicle and the rider seemed to share certain “personality” traits.
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DESI opens its 5,000 eyes
Nov 25, 2019A new instrument mounted atop a telescope in Arizona aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic “eyes” at the night sky to capture the first images showing its unique view of galaxy light.
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Music Time in Africa
Nov 18, 2019In September 2014, two U-M professors received a phone call that would set them on a race to save more than a half century of African music. In response, UMSI’s Paul Conway and LSA’s Kelly Askew teamed up to create a one-of-a-kind resource for scholars and music enthusiasts around the globe.
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Mind and body
Nov 11, 2019Before coming to the University of Michigan, Joseph Jackowski had always been fascinated with the human mind. After exiting the Marine Corps, Joseph decided to pursue this interest in the human mind and investigate what about our minds and ourselves is truly influencing these behaviors
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Lighthouse Brass Quintet
Nov 4, 2019Inspired by the beauty and lore of lighthouses throughout the state—as well as their sheer number—University of Michigan assistant professor of music William Lucas launched the Michigan Lighthouse Landmark Legacy project, an artistic collaboration aimed at raising awareness and supporting preservation of the state’s beloved, historic buildings.
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Detroit Center for Innovation
Oct 30, 2019A 190,000-square-foot academic building operated by U-M will be part of a new 14-acre Detroit Center for Innovation in downtown Detroit. The building, which will be financially backed by donors, including Stephen M. Ross and Dan Gilbert, will provide space for students pursuing advanced degrees in high-tech innovation industries.
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College ready
Oct 21, 2019The middle and high school students who are part of the University of Michigan’s Wolverine Pathways program have the smarts to get to college. They have the desire. They see themselves as college students. But seeing the path to get there and stay there isn’t always clear. Wolverine Pathways formed just over three years ago with the goal of showing them the way.
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Debate 2020
Oct 11, 2019U-M will host a Presidential Debate in Crisler Center on Oct. 15, 2020. The Commission on Presidential Debates selected U-M for the second of a series of three debates next year. Educational and outreach activities will take place throughout campus. U-M President Mark Schlissel said: “Public service and civic engagement are at the core of our great university and its history.”
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Future reality
Oct 7, 2019Extended Reality (XR)—augmented, virtual and mixed reality—is changing learning, research and patient experiences. Much more to come under provost-funded initiative led by the U-M Center for Academic Innovation.
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West African camera survey
Sep 30, 2019When U-M wildlife ecologist Nyeema Harris started her multiyear camera survey of West African wildlife, she sought to understand interactions between mammals and people in protected areas such as national parks.
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ZEUS: Most powerful laser in the US
Sep 23, 2019The United States is upgrading its laser capabilities with ZEUS, a new three-petawatt system to be built at the University of Michigan. Three petawatts is equal to three quadrillion watts, or a 3 followed by 15 zeros.
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Sound Support
Sep 16, 2019Learning to live in a hearing world and with a cochlear implant takes adjustment—for the patient, the patient’s family and the people in the patient’s life. It’s the mission of the University of Michigan’s Sound Support program, an arm of U-M’s Cochlear Implant Program, to help all involved manage the changes and thrive.
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Measuring motion sickness in driverless cars
Sep 9, 2019Up to one-third of Americans experience motion sickness, according to the National Institutes of Health. In a car, the condition tends to flare when you’re a passenger rather than a driver, and when you’re engaged in something other than looking out the window—reading or using a handheld device, for example.
Learn about this research project to identify and quantify motion sickness
