Featured Stories
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It takes a village
Nov 11, 2018Veteran graduate student Steve Smith is no stranger to hard work, determination, and going the extra mile. Smith is unabashed in his acknowledgement of how others have influenced him and adamant they be given credit for all they’ve done: “I have not done any of this on my own.”
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Strike up the band
Nov 5, 2018The U-M School of Music, Theatre and Dance has been a national leader in music education for more than 70 years—today, their alumni can be found at the helm of more than 400 elementary, middle and high school classrooms across the state of Michigan.
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Hail-oween Hauntings
Oct 29, 2018The Michigan campus has provided the perfect setting for mystery writers and their horror stories. Find out what happened when writers conjured terror on eerily familiar terrain, each reflecting the mores of life at U-M in a different decade.
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The Bright Future of Breast Cancer Research
Oct 22, 2018When are we going to cure cancer? More treatment options, targeted therapies and an understanding of when less is more have improved breast cancer outcomes in recent years. But more work remains.
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On the path to sustainability
Oct 15, 2018Anya Sirota, an associate professor of architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and her partner, Jean Louis Farges, run Akoaki, a design studio in Detroit. The team has been working with the Oakland Avenue Urban Farm for nearly four years to develop a vision and “guiding plan” to make it self-sufficient and sustainable.
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From Foster Care to Fulfillment
Oct 8, 2018Cherish Fields spent many unsettled years moving around in foster care before proudly graduating from the University of Michigan with degrees in sociology and social work. At U-M, Fields was a Blavin Scholar, part of a program for foster children that started in 2006 as a scholarship through the generous financial contributions of Paul and Amy Blavin, a couple with U-M ties.
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Landmark achievement
Oct 4, 2018Our amazing and generous donors have made U-M the first public university ever to raise $5 billion in a fundraising campaign. This makes Victors for Michigan the most successful campaign in U-M history. It is also further evidence of the power of the University of Michigan Family, whose generosity makes excellence possible across the breadth of our three campuses and Michigan Medicine.
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Nobel Prize in Physics
Oct 2, 2018A University of Michigan emeritus professor and laser pioneer has been honored with the world’s most prestigious prize in physics. Gerard Mourou is the A.D. Moore Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He was a faculty member at U-M for 16 years, retiring in 2004.
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Getting the Lead Out
Oct 1, 2018Copper or lead? It’s the burning question in Flint as the painstaking process to find, remove and replace lead pipes continues. U-M students and professors, working with the city, helped answer that question with data science that predicts which homes have lead pipes.
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Growth Opportunity
Sep 24, 2018By working with the LSA Opportunity Hub last summer, LSA students were able to put their ingenuity and education to work at internships around the country and across the globe.
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Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Sep 17, 2018This exhibition now open at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, showcases three classical cities where U-M sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece and Notion in Turkey.
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U-M, Harvard form new partnership
Sep 12, 2018The University of Michigan and Harvard University are forming two new partnerships designed to spur economic mobility and reduce poverty in Detroit, as well as combine resources and expertise in response to the national opioid crisis.
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Getting ‘smart’ about construction safety
Sep 10, 2018The construction industry, by its nature, can be dangerous. SangHyun Lee, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, says wearable sensors can improve construction worker safety and also reduce costs through better data on worker health.
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Welcome Back
Aug 30, 2018The 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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Battery breakthrough
Aug 27, 2018A rechargeable battery technology developed at the University of Michigan could double the output of today’s lithium ion cells—drastically extending electric vehicle ranges and time between cell phone charges—without taking up any added space.
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Puerto Rico: Networking to power a grid
Aug 20, 2018A team of researchers from U-M, working closely with partners in Puerto Rico, is developing a system to install gasifiers. Their plan is to turn agricultural waste into fuel that will power hybrid microgrids. They expect to use the byproduct of the process, called biochar, to improve soil quality.
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Historic Fish Tales
Aug 13, 2018A family fishery run by U-M alumnus, Nels Carlson, monitors the health of the Great Lakes. Today, the 2005 graduate of U-M’s School of Environment & Sustainability, is using lessons from his student research days to add to and enhance the work he does as the fifth-generation owner of the fishery.
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Milkweed and carbon dioxide levels
Aug 6, 2018A new study conducted at the University of Michigan reveals a previously unrecognized threat to monarch butterflies: Mounting levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide reduce the medicinal properties of milkweed plants that protect the iconic insects from disease.
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Three babies, two helmets, one success story
Jul 30, 2018Taking home three healthy daughters born three months early at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in March 2016 was a gift as it was, but after two of the three girls were diagnosed with plagiocephaly, a flattening of the head, a few months later, their parents Victoria and Kody Buursma were grateful for yet another gift: a helmet therapy invented at the University of Michigan.
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Great Lakes Safety
Jul 23, 2018As much as seeking out the waters of the Great Lakes is a cherished tradition across Michigan, it can also be a dangerous pursuit that ends in hundreds of drownings and rescues each year. After nearly drowning, U-M communicator Jamie Racklyeft turned survivor guilt into action.
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Art Fair
Jul 16, 2018Art lovers will once again fill the streets of Ann Arbor at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, which runs July 19–22, 2018. The University of Michigan welcomes one and all to its many museums, gallery exhibitions and tours on campus. All of the noted activities and exhibitions are free and open to the public.
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Tomorrow’s transportation—today
Jul 9, 2018In June, Mcity launched the Mcity Driverless Shuttle, the first such project in the U.S. focused primarily on user-behavior research and data collection. The project uses two fully automated, 11-passenger, all-electric shuttles to cover a roughly one-mile round-trip.
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Growing algae for biofuel
Jul 2, 2018A diverse mix of species improves the stability and fuel-oil yield of algal biofuel systems, as well as their resistance to invasion by outsiders, according to the findings of a federally funded outdoor study by University of Michigan researchers.
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Forging light out of darkness
Jun 25, 2018In a program facilitated by U-M faculty and staff, Washtenaw County young adults and local community members living with dementia have been united this past year to create seasonal public art installations centering on the themes of ‘light’ and ‘growth.’ Learn about how this community classroom uses art to bridge generational divides and the struggles associated with living with dementia.
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Birds in the Library
Jun 18, 2018To have a great library, the fledgling University of Michigan needed a great book. Regent Zina Pitcher had just the one in mind in 1838.
Learn about the University Library's first purchase