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A more accurate sensor for lead paint
Oct 3, 2016A new molecular gel recipe developed at the University of Michigan is at the core of a prototype for a more accurate lead paint test. The test makes it easy to see whether a paint chip contains more than the regulated 5,000 parts per million of the poisonous metal.
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Harnessing brain activity
Sep 26, 2016University of Michigan startup Neurable has developed a brain wave interpretation system that allows for control of devices such as toys and video games. Neurable’s system involves a cap that can detect brain wave activity and turn it into action.
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A Rare Look Under the Hood
Sep 19, 2016When the University of Michigan-branded No. 88 Axalta race car debuted at NASCAR’s Pure Michigan 400, engineering, business, chemistry and kinesiology students were on hand to kick-off a new recruiting and research partnership with Axalta, facilitated by the Business Engagement Center.
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ESCAPING WITH THEATER
Sep 12, 2016U-M professor Ashley Lucas, director of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) and UNIRIO’s partner, brought U-M students to Brazil to be participant observers in the program, working not just in prisons but also in underprivileged neighborhoods and hospitals.
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WELCOME BACK
Sep 5, 2016The 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!
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Band, Take the Field!
Aug 29, 2016The legendary William Revelli created many traditions that define today’s Michigan Marching Band. “Look at the stadium. Look at those crowds. Look at our team. Look at the program. …You’re not going to go anywhere and beat this.”
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Flying Catamarans
Aug 22, 2016With the 2017 America’s Cup on the horizon, go behind the scenes with the world’s best sailing team, ORACLE USA, and the Michigan Engineers who help this championship crew fly. With glory – and danger – on the line, precision engineering rules the day.
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prosthetics research
Aug 15, 2016The Rehabilitation Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Michigan looks part playground, part film studio, part bionic woman. U-M doctoral student Susannah Engdahl explains how the lab is used to measure and compare the range of motion of people who use prosthetics against those who don't.
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Learning to Walk the Wave Field
Aug 8, 2016MARLO, the 3D bipedal robot that belongs to electrical engineering professor Jessy Grizzle and his team of students, is learning to conquer new terrain. The team is starting with the easiest routes, between the grassy two- to three-foot moguls, over smaller undulations.
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Olympic family
Aug 1, 2016Jeff Porter, BA ’07, experienced an Olympic dream by competing in London four years ago with his wife, Tiffany (Ofili) Porter, PharmD ’12. Now, as the 2016 Rio Games approach, the couple will be joined by younger sister and fellow Wolverine, Cindy Ofili for an unprecedented family triple-header.
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Summer Opportunity for Future Grad Students
Jul 25, 2016This summer marks the 30th anniversary of the Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), one of the U-Ms most dynamic recruitment efforts intended to prepare students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue Ph.D.s in the biological, physical sciences, engineering and social sciences.
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Need for speed: Michigan Performance Research Laboratory
Jul 18, 2016Jeff Plotzke wants to improve his running time. He's starting marathons and hopes to go faster and develop a more efficient gait, so he's asked the experts at the U-M Michigan Performance Research Laboratory to help him notch it up.
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Warming pulses in ancient climate record
Jul 11, 2016A new reconstruction of Antarctic ocean temperatures around the time the dinosaurs disappeared 66 million years ago supports the idea that one of the planet's biggest mass extinctions was due to the combined effects of volcanic eruptions and an asteroid impact.
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Icephobic Coating
Jul 4, 2016Kevin Golovin, a graduate student in materials science and engineering at U-M, demonstrates a new rubbery material that can create ice repelling, or "icephobic," coatings on a variety of materials, such as windshields or ship hulls.
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Not All Who Wander Are Lost
Jun 27, 2016One LSA program gives recent grads a chance to learn about the world—and themselves—all expenses paid. Join LSA on a world tour featuring student photographs—and stories—from around the globe.
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Ross Global Student Experiences
Jun 20, 2016Ambitious Michigan Ross undergrads are spending their summer visiting the world headquarters of e-commerce giants, interning at companies in Hong Kong and Australia, and chatting with the leaders of the European Central Bank about the challenges of managing a more risk-averse German population.
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Living Lab
Jun 13, 2016The Living Lab is a program in which U-M faculty bring research projects to public spaces so that parents and children can partake in real child development experiments.
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When Heads Rolled
Jun 6, 2016The construction of the iconic Law Quad first brought a clash of egos, followed by an order: “Off with their heads!” The addition of small stone gargoyles would spark ambition, irritation and ill will toward practically everyone involved.
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The Architectural Imagination
May 30, 2016The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning takes center stage this summer. They will highlight 12 innovative design possibilities for Detroit—with far-reaching applications for other cities around the world—in this year’s 2016 U.S. Venice Biennale exhibition.
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INAUGURAL M-PRIZE
May 23, 2016After two days of semifinals and finals concerts at the University of Michigan, the Calidore String Quartet has won the $100,000 M-Prize, a new chamber music competition hosted by the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
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Fashion meets research for bipolar disorder
May 16, 2016The Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund delves into the intricacies of bipolar disorder. This is an image of neural stem cells developed from a skin biopsy taken from an individual with the illness. We are collaborating with Pangborn Design to bring awareness to our vitally important research.
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Entrepreneurship from all angles
May 9, 2016From a nonprofit organization providing young girls in Detroit with access to musical training, to a precision medicine company helping critically ill patients, our students are solving problems and improving lives.
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Hail! Class of 2016
Apr 30, 2016Congratulations to all of the U-M students who earned their degrees this spring. More than 9,000 received their diplomas during Spring Commencement at Michigan Stadium on April 30. Other graduation ceremonies are being held across campus through May 13. #MGoGrad
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Social justice + music
Apr 25, 2016“Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” a multi-movement work by Atlanta-based composer Joel Thompson that is inspired by the dying words of seven unarmed black men, was premiered by the Men's Glee Club under the direction of Eugene Rogers, associate director of choirs and professor of conducting.
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Changing Society With Art
Apr 18, 2016Meredith Starkman is the latest recipient of the Wallenberg Fellowship, awarded each spring to a graduating U-M senior with exceptional promise and accomplishment who is committed to service and the public good. This theatre performance student plans to spend the next year working in India.
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