Featured Stories

  • ‘Astrum’ solar car

    Oct 16, 2023

    With a name inspired by the Latin phrase “ad astra,” which means “to the stars,” the University of Michigan Solar Car Team is scheduled to race in this year’s Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, a biannual, 1,800-mile race from Darwin on Australia’s northern coast to Adelaide on the country’s southern coast. The race begins Oct. 22.

    Learn more about the World Solar Challenge
  • U-M’s sustainable material, color garden

    Oct 9, 2023

    The U-M Stamps Sustainable Materials & Color Garden allows Stamps creatives to source plants for natural art practices, creating accessible opportunities to cultivate plants used for materials, natural dyes, and papermaking.

    Learn more about the garden
  • Building curious machines

    Oct 1, 2023

    Despite thousands of years of exploration, the vast majority of Earth’s oceans and lakes are uncharted and unknown to humans. A team led by U-M Robotics professor Katie Skinner is developing technology that will explore the seafloor much as a human would. It uses artificial intelligence to scour sonar data and quickly identify areas that warrant a closer look.

    Learn more about this “shipwreck AI”
  • Center for Complex Particle Systems

    Sep 25, 2023

    To bring nature’s efficiency and flexibility to advanced materials and additive manufacturing, the University of Michigan will lead an international team of scientists, engineers and educators in a five-year, $30 million center funded by the National Science Foundation.

    Learn more about COMPASS
  • Nearly zero-waste solution for construction

    Sep 18, 2023

    The BioMatters team at the University of Michigan has developed a fully biodegradable, reusable and recyclable material to replace the wasteful concrete formwork traditionally used across the construction industry.

    Learn more about this technique
  • Bridging cultures, empowering communities

    Sep 11, 2023

    From the intricate tapestries of China and the untamed expanses of Mongolia to the vibrant streets of France and the heart of South Africa, University of Michigan students embarked on expeditions that defied borders and redefined cultural connections this summer.

    Learn about these student experiences
  • Inspiring Future Architects

    Sep 4, 2023

    ArcPrep is a collaboration between the U-M Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and Detroit Public Schools Community District that expands opportunities for high school juniors who want to learn about opportunities in the architecture field. It also connects students with architects and designers throughout the city.

    Learn more about the program
  • Welcome week

    Aug 26, 2023

    The 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! #WelcomeHome

    View the 2023 Welcome to Michigan events
  • Cracking in lithium-ion batteries

    Aug 21, 2023

    Cracks in predominant lithium-ion electrodes shorten battery lifespans, but a neuroscience-inspired technique shows that they have an upside. Rather than being solely detrimental, cracks in the positive electrode of lithium-ion batteries reduce battery charge time.

    Learn more about this research
  • Engaging students in math

    Aug 14, 2023

    For the first time in its 16-year history, the Elementary Mathematics Laboratory, a program tailored for teachers, education leaders and researchers, will be held at The School at Marygrove in Detroit.

    Learn more about the program
  • Caribbean seagrasses

    Aug 7, 2023

    Discussions of valuable but threatened ocean ecosystems often focus on coral reefs or coastal mangrove forests. Seagrass meadows get a lot less attention, even though they provide wide-ranging services to society and store lots of climate-warming carbon.

    Learn more about this study
  • Post-stroke mobility treatment

    Jul 31, 2023

    A close look at how the ankle functions after a stroke could ultimately improve the mobility and rehabilitation outcomes for more than 40 million stroke survivors worldwide who experience persistent walking difficulties. Researchers at U-M will focus on how stroke affects the two fundamental properties of the ankle joint during human walking—and how a common medication may, or may not, help.

    Learn more about this research
  • An Eye on the Sky

    Jul 24, 2023

    The Extremely Large Telescope could change everything we know about the Universe—including how the first galaxies were created and where life on other planets may exist. And U-M is the only U.S. university involved in helping develop it.

    Learn more about the ELT
  • Moss supports billions of tons of carbon storage

    Jul 17, 2023

    A recent study published in Nature Geoscience suggests that moss, those tiny plants we often see on the ground or rocks, might also be an important antidote to climate change.

    Learn more about the study
  • laboratory astrophysics and nuclear fusion

    Jul 10, 2023

    Two Centers of Excellence for studying basic science surrounding how hot plasmas behave, funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), have been awarded to University of Michigan researchers.

    Learn more about these centers
  • Keeping Rehab Within Reach

    Jul 3, 2023

    The HEART Clinic, a no-cost U-M student and faculty clinic, provides health care access to the uninsured and underinsured in Flint and Genesee County. Founded 13 years ago, the clinic has helped hundreds of people with services ranging from physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing and rehab programs for stroke patients and those with Parkinson's disease.

    Learn more about this clinic
  • AI could run a million microbial experiments per year

    Jun 26, 2023

    An artificial intelligence system enables robots to conduct autonomous scientific experiments—as many as 10,000 per day—potentially driving a drastic leap forward in the pace of discovery in areas from medicine to agriculture to environmental science.

    Learn more about this research
  • New tusk-analysis

    Jun 19, 2023

    Traces of sex hormones extracted from a woolly mammoth’s tusk provide the first direct evidence that adult males experienced musth, a testosterone-driven episode of heightened aggression against rival males, according to a new University of Michigan-led study.

    Learn more about this study
  • Propelling Economic Growth in Michigan

    Jun 12, 2023

    Centered on the Keweenaw Peninsula in an area once famous for copper mining, a budding rocket company started by a Michigan Aerospace Engineering alum has helped to drive a 5.4% population gain in the northern reaches of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

    Learn more about Orbion
  • Dreaming and Brain Waves

    Jun 5, 2023

    LSA Professor Omar Ahmed is leading a lab that is studying brain communication, including the ways that the two hemispheres interact and how that interaction might be related to neurodegenerative disorders and memory loss.

    Learn more about this research
  • Welding plastic

    May 29, 2023

    Making vehicle structures out of a combination of metals and plastics could make them dramatically lighter, stronger, safer and more environmentally friendly than the all-steel or all-aluminum approaches that dominate today. But how to quickly and cheaply join all those materials together has been a sticky problem. A University of Michigan lab is developing solutions.

    Learn more about this research
  • Live Coal

    May 22, 2023

    Yvette Rock, who earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from U-M in 1999, started the Live Coal Gallery in Detroit to provide a safe place for young artists to create and express their artistry to the world. Its mission is to transform lives and neighborhoods through art, community development and education.

    Learn more about Live Coal
  • A Cabin in the Woods

    May 15, 2023

    For more than a century, students have left messages on cabin walls at the U-M Biological Station. The graffiti serves as a rustic time capsule of a unique summertime experience many students say changed their lives and set the course for their careers in science and the environment.

    Read the story
  • Bigger flowers, greater rewards

    May 8, 2023

    There’s been a well-documented shift toward earlier springtime flowering in many plants as the world warms. The trend alarms biologists because it has the potential to disrupt carefully choreographed interactions between plants and the creatures—butterflies, bees, birds, bats and others—that pollinate them.

    Learn more about this study
  • Hail! Class of 2023

    Apr 29, 2023

    Congratulations to all of the U-M students who earned their degrees this spring. Students received their diplomas during Spring Commencement at Michigan Stadium on April 29. Other graduation celebrations are being held across campus through April 30. #MGoGrad

    Learn more about the ceremony