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Ecuador classroom in the clouds
Apr 27, 2026Nearly two miles up in the Andes, a rural high school turns its surrounding forest and mountain ridges into a living classroom. Beside a volcano, University of Michigan students walk with local educators and Indigenous youth to see what a typical school day looks like in this remote community near Otavalo.
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A Meditation in Blue at the Arb
Apr 20, 2026An artist and American culture alum returns to Ann Arbor to focus on “a place within the place” that is her creative foundation.
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Treating cancer and genetic diseases with nanoparticles
Apr 13, 2026Nanoparticles could enable gene therapies for cancer and genetic disease that don’t use modified viruses, which may cause new forms of cancer or dangerous immune system reactions in some patients.
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Hail to the Victors!
Apr 6, 2026Congratulations to the Michigan Men's Basketball team on winning the National Championship!
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Making Art from Silence and Movement
Apr 6, 2026The LSA Residential College inspires two generations of artists to see motion in metal and to hear music where there is no sound.
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Ancient American pronghorns were built for speed
Mar 30, 2026A U-M study examining fossilized ankle bones of ancient relatives of the American pronghorn has shown that the pronghorn was evolving to be faster more than 5 million years before the American cheetah appeared on the continent.
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Garrett’s Space
Mar 23, 2026Alumni Julie and Scott Halpert struggled to find resources that could have saved their son from suicide in 2017. Now, as founders of Garrett’s Space, they hope to save lives with a nontraditional mental health and wellness model that offers wraparound services to young adults seeking connection, coping skills, and peer support.
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Giving Blueday
Mar 18, 2026Today is Giving Blueday—your opportunity to help shape what’s next at U-M! Join fellow Wolverines to make a difference for the university we love and the causes that matter to you most. With over $150,000 in matches and challenges, your gift today can have an even greater impact on the future of our institution.
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Entangled quantum sensor networks
Mar 16, 2026Quantum sensors take sensitivity and accuracy to new levels, and even higher levels of precision are possible when quantum entanglement is used to connect them. Entanglement is promising for high-precision networking because it links particles through their quantum states, no matter the distance between them.
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Literacy and dance
Mar 9, 2026The University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance has a unique partnership with the nationwide nonprofit Ballet & Books, founded by Talia Bailes, a fourth-year U-M medical student.
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Effects of noise pollution on bird behavior
Mar 2, 2026New research led by the University of Michigan is painting a more comprehensive picture of how noise pollution is impacting birds around the world.
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Small chimps, big risks
Feb 23, 2026Adolescence is generally considered the life stage with peak risk-taking among humans, though this may be specific to the type of risk. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison University expected to find risky behavior to peak in adolescence in a study of chimpanzees as well. But instead, they found that chimpanzee infants take the greatest risks.
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Diagnostic chip for brain cancer
Feb 16, 2026A new blood test can show whether brain cancer treatment is working. Researchers from University of Michigan Engineering and Northwestern Medicine developed a chip that captures tumor‑derived particles from blood after chemotherapy. This “liquid biopsy” lets doctors see whether chemotherapy treatments are killing cancer cells much sooner than with MRI alone.
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Coalition to revitalize US shipbuilding
Feb 9, 2026Southeast Michigan is one of the nation’s most promising regions for catalyzing growth in the United States’ maritime sector, according to a new coalition that aims to help federal efforts to reinvigorate the nation’s shipbuilding industry with support from over 30 organizations across four counties.
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U-M Economic Growth Institute
Feb 2, 2026For nearly 40 years the U-M Economic Growth Institute has addressed economic emergencies in times of crisis, supporting companies and communities. The institute began work with the Downriver Community Conference in 2021 to help with strategic planning around the grant application to the Economic Development Administration.
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Science on Screen
Jan 26, 2026Could “The Last of Us” Really Happen? A U-M scientist who studies fungi answers some questions about the “zombie” insect specimens that are housed in the LSA Herbarium, and whether the same kinds of fungi could infect humans.
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Michigan startup reimagines clothing labels
Jan 19, 2026Barcodes woven into fabrics could make clothing and other textiles more recyclable and harder to counterfeit by identifying where and how goods are made, as well as what they are made of. Fibarcode, a U-M startup, will develop this technology for commercial use.
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Kent Syverud named 16th president
Jan 12, 2026With a unanimous vote of the Board of Regents, Kent Syverud was appointed the 16th president of the University of Michigan. The vote took place during a special meeting of the board in University Hall.
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Semiconductor manufacturing
Jan 5, 2026Michigan is poised to lead in automotive chip manufacturing, with the chip development talent from the University of Michigan and major automakers down the road in Detroit, according to U‑M researchers.
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‘Tis the season
Dec 22, 2025The University of Michigan classrooms may be empty, but the arts experiences on campus remain available for a dose of culture, a place to keep warm, and an excuse to venture out of the house during the holiday break.
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Michigan Law Clinics
Dec 15, 2025Student-attorneys in 17 Michigan Law Clinics provided more than 66,000 hours of free legal services during the 2024-25 academic year — delivering real impact to the lives of numerous Michiganders. Learn how these students are getting real-world law experience while helping clients in need.
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Tip of the Mitten
Dec 8, 2025U-M’s CLEAR Fellowship gives students a hands-on learning experience utilizing field research and local outreach. The fellowship helps safeguard northern Michigan waters, protect lakes, streams and habitats while expanding students academic and professional skills. This video shares some history and impact of CLEAR, which stands for Community and Lakes Environmental Awareness and Research.
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Games for rehab
Dec 1, 2025U-M-led team to tackle latency for wheelchair-friendly AR/VR soccer matches and large-scale VR word puzzles for players fending off the progression of Parkinson’s.
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Historic board games
Nov 24, 2025We all had a favorite board game growing up. The University of Michigan’s Clements Library is highlighting familiar and unique toys and board games from throughout American history in their exhibit, “For All Ages.”
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Hail to the Staff
Nov 17, 2025Every day, behind every professor, lecturer and student is a team of experts who have come here from around the world to apply their skills at the intersection of knowing and doing. They help make the Leaders and Best a little bit better.
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