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Student veteran
Nov 10, 2025Niko Legner’s military career took him across the world, and afterwards, his academic career ultimately brought him back closer to home in Michigan.
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Quantum testbed
Nov 3, 2025U-M researchers have established a quantum network, connecting labs between Michigan's North Campus and Central Campus, about three miles apart, via optical fiber. This infrastructure lets engineers and scientists transfer entangled photons between facilities, advancing experiments in quantum communication and distributed quantum platforms.
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Camp Hope
Oct 27, 2025In 2006, a partnership with the University of Michigan-Flint began with an internship program. With about 10 UM-Flint students each year, they have volunteered nearly 20,000 hours to Camp Hope over the past 19 years as they’ve helped more than 880 young campers adjust to loss.
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Robotic knee prosthesis
Oct 20, 2025A commercial robotic leg could potentially benefit both higher- and lower-mobility amputees. The leg provided the largest gains when the U-M team applied its own control strategy, enabling a more symmetrical gait, lower tripping risks and a reduction in strain on the study participants’ sound legs and hips.
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Battery Lab 2.0
Oct 13, 2025In a step designed to maintain U.S. research and development momentum in next-generation battery technology for electric vehicles and beyond, the University of Michigan has expanded its open-access U-M Battery Lab with a second off-campus facility.
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Seagrass as a carbon sponge
Oct 6, 2025Seagrass has the potential to be one of the world’s most effective sponges at soaking up and storing carbon, but we don’t yet know how nutrient pollution affects its ability to sequester carbon.
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Saving Great Lakes shorebirds and shorelines
Sep 29, 2025At the U-M Biological Station, the Piping Plover Captive Rearing Center has spent three decades helping prevent the extinction of this federally endangered shorebird, contributing to the protection of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
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Michigan Arts Festival
Sep 22, 2025The inaugural Michigan Arts Festival shines a spotlight on the vibrant arts scene at the university and invites students, faculty, staff and the public to engage with the arts through over 100 events, many of which are free. The celebration—organized by the U-M Arts Initiative in partnership with U-M programs, units and other community partners—will run Sept. 25-Oct. 26.
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Trailblazers of geometric abstraction
Sep 15, 2025The University of Michigan Museum of Art brings “Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith,” an exhibition uniting two of the 20th century’s most visionary abstract artists, to Ann Arbor.
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World Solar Challenge
Sep 8, 2025Racing under reduced winter sunlight for the first time, the University of Michigan solar car was the leading North American car during the 2025 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. They crossed the finish line in Adelaide, Australia in the afternoon, marking the end of their four-day endurance race across 1,800 miles of the Australian Outback.
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Helping communities breathe life back into Great Lakes ecosystems
Sep 1, 2025A coalition of Great Lakes nonprofits, directed by U‑M alumna Laura Rubin, helps empower communities to preserve and restore nature, as well as nurture a new generation of sustainable businesses.
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LOOK TO MICHIGAN: UNITED BY PURPOSE, INSPIRED BY YOU
Aug 25, 2025Michigan is redefining the expectations of what a premier public research university can achieve for students, the economy and society. U-M’s ambitious strategic visioning effort has evolved into Look to Michigan, reflecting our commitment to lead the world in scholarship, innovation and productive dialogue.
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Back to Basics
Aug 18, 2025In a world full of screens, a search for connection leads to acts of creation that are inspired by the makers’ academic work—from growing one’s own fiber for knitting to creating a helium-inspired beer.
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At-home melanoma testing with skin patch test
Aug 11, 2025Melanoma testing could one day be done at home with a skin patch and test strip with two lines according to U-M researchers. Developed with funding from the National Institutes of Health, the new silicone patch with star-shaped microneedles, called the ExoPatch, distinguished melanoma from healthy skin in mice.
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Farm stops
Aug 4, 2025Situated on rural M-72 near Sleeping Bear Dunes in a 4,000-square-foot building, Jim Lively saw an opportunity to create a year-round farmer’s market for the local community, which lost its grocery store several years before. Lively modeled his market after the Argus Farm Stop started in Ann Arbor by U‑M alums Kathy Sample and Bill Brinkerhoff.
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Michigan’s air mobility research corridor
Jul 28, 2025A 40-mile airspace from U-M to Detroit is being established for testing drones and electric-powered aircraft. This corridor is part of the newly-formed M-Air, which will utilize the advanced autonomous vehicle testbed, Mcity, to further research and development of beyond-line-of-sight drone operation, as well as vertical takeoff and landing for battery-powered aircraft.
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Notes from Underground
Jul 21, 2025A team of anthropologists conducts the largest geophysical survey of an archaeological site in the Americas—and finds more than just artifacts with its non-invasive look underground.
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Agile underwater vehicles inspired by golf balls
Jul 14, 2025U-M assistant professor Anchal Sareen leads a study exploring the use of golf ball-like dimples on vehicles to enhance efficiency and maneuverability. Her team developed a prototype with a dynamically adjustable surface, demonstrating its potential to reduce drag by up to 50% and generate lift for controlled movement.
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Mount Everest XR simulation
Jul 4, 2025The Leadership for Healthcare Professionals series includes multiple immersive activities designed to teach critical thinking, effective communication and quality improvement to health care workers seeking leadership growth.
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Remote repairs
Jun 23, 2025To find out how long 3D-printed metal parts are likely to last in the field, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is providing up to $10.3M to a University of Michigan-led team. ‘To understand the lifespan of LPBF parts, we must push the current boundaries of the field and detect even the most critical defects that impact component performance.’
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Songbirds’ great risk results in great genetic reward
Jun 16, 2025Songbirds who make the arduous flight from their nesting sites in northern boreal forests to warm, southern climates in the winter may be rewarded for their journey with greater genetic diversity, according to a University of Michigan study.
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Powerful 3D X-ray microscopy
Jun 9, 2025For the first time, researchers can study the microstructures inside metals, ceramics and rocks with X-rays in a standard laboratory without needing to travel to a particle accelerator, according to a study led by University of Michigan engineers.
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Making desalination more eco-friendly
Jun 2, 2025Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Jovan Kamcev, and his lab have developed an electrodialysis device that uses ion selective membranes to separate salt from water. The membrane allows them to recover more clean water from the brine, and at the same time crystallize the salt from the water, eliminating excessive brine waste.
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U-M Symphony Band tour shares love of music
May 26, 2025The University of Michigan's Symphony Band toured the state for the first time in 30 years, offering free clinics to high school students and performing in 11 communities from Belleville to Interlochen.
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Energy to save
May 19, 2025Since its inception a few years ago, Home Energy 101—which is open to homeowners, renters and landlords in Holland, MI—has saved participating residents, on average, more than $10 a month on their utility bills. The max annual savings was more than $900. The program has provided hundreds of households with easy-to-use materials to use and lose less energy.
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