Featured Stories
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Welcome week
Aug 24, 2024The excitement in the air in Ann Arbor is palpable. The Cube is spinning and U‑M students are back in town, 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
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Rapid evolution of bird genomes
Aug 19, 2024Shortly after an asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, life for non-avian dinosaurs ended, but the evolutionary story for the early ancestors of birds began.
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Persian gold coins found in Turkey
Aug 12, 2024A team of researchers led by a University of Michigan archaeologist has uncovered a hoard of gold coins, likely used to pay mercenary troops, buried in a small pot in the ancient Greek city of Notion in western Turkey.
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Using visible light to make pharmaceutical building blocks
Aug 5, 2024University of Michigan chemists have discovered a way to use visible light to synthesize a class of compounds particularly well suited for use in pharmaceuticals.
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National champions
Jul 29, 2024With dedication, caffeine and the kindness of a competitor, the University of Michigan Solar Car Team on Saturday won the American Solar Challenge, an 8-day, distance-based race from Tennessee to Wyoming. The U-M team covered 2,120 miles before crossing the finish line in Casper, WY, taking advantage of many of the route’s opportunities to add distance through optional loops along the way.
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A wetter world recorded in Australian coral colony
Jul 22, 2024University of Michigan scientists are looking at coral to determine what the effects of climate change may be. Examining samples from corals in the Great Barrier Reef, the researchers discovered between 1750 and present day, as the global climate warmed, wet-season rainfall in that part of the world increased by about 10%, and the rate of extreme rain events more than doubled.
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Teledriving can serve as a bridge toward full autonomy
Jul 15, 2024At a time when the general public may not yet accept driverless taxis and ride-hailing vehicles, tele-driving could offer many of the same benefits, according to a new study led by a University of Michigan researcher. With more cars on the road, fewer drivers and fewer riderless miles, ride-sharing services could become faster and more affordable.
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First atlas of the human ovary
Jul 8, 2024A new “atlas” of the human ovary provides insights that could lead to treatments restoring ovarian hormone production and the ability to have biologically related children, according to University of Michigan engineers.
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Can We Really Teach Machines to Smell?
Jul 1, 2024LSA’s Ambuj Tewari, professor of statistics, and his students are exploring the rapidly developing field of artificial intelligence with a new spin on humans’ oldest sense.
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Pop-Up Safety Town
Jun 24, 2024The Pop-Up Safety Town Initiative was created by U‑M pediatrician Andy Hashikawa in 2017. Now part of the U‑M Concussion Center, it provides critical education on concussion prevention, pedestrian and medication safety and dog bite prevention to communities across the state.
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Too much screen time?
Jun 17, 2024This year, U-M students and scholars launched an interprofessional course in partnership with sixth graders from Ann Arbor Public Schools to provide classroom and real-world engagement about digital wellness.
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Better battery manufacturing
Jun 10, 2024Michigan Engineering researchers are discovering new recipes for batteries with help from automation at the Samsung Advanced Materials Lab. Using robotic arms and computers, the lab can synthesize up to 24 different battery materials every 72 hours, allowing the researchers to test around 224 recipes.
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‘The Michigan’s’ mighty comeback
Jun 3, 2024A new ESPN documentary from Jon Fish, BA ’95, documents the trajectory of Mike Legg’s heart-stopping play that secured the 1996 NCAA title for Red Berenson’s Wolverines. After fading into obscurity for nearly three decades, Legg’s move ‘the Michigan’ is back with a vengeance, changing the game at every level.
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U.P. Scholars Program makes U-M degree a reality
May 27, 2024The the U.P. Scholars Program provides need-based scholarships for limited-income students. The program also provides social, academic and professional support. Scholars come from 12 of the 15 U.P. counties and 20 high schools.
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AI in the classroom
May 20, 2024As higher education increasingly feels the impact of quickly developing generative artificial intelligence, U-M faculty members are working to determine how this new technology fits in to their teaching and research, and how it can best be used to help students learn most effectively.
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Filmmaker Roams the World for a Good Story
May 13, 2024LSA alumna Maureen Gosling has led the life of an adventurous independent documentary filmmaker for the past 50 years. Her newest film features a Detroit-born singer and activist.
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Hail! Class of 2024
May 4, 2024Spring Commencement speaker Brad Meltzer told University of Michigan graduates to draw upon the magic in their lives as they enter the world and continue to grow and transform into the best versions of themselves.
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Go Blue!
May 4, 2024“Wherever you go, the best part is that Michigan never leaves you... You’ll spot that Block M on someone and you'll whisper, without even thinking, those magic words: Go Blue.” —Brad Meltzer
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Building with Origami
Apr 29, 2024For the first time, load bearing structures like bridges and shelters can be made with origami modules—versatile components that can fold compactly and adapt into different shapes—University of Michigan engineers have demonstrated.
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Sustainable Mushrooms
Apr 22, 2024U-M Sustainable Living Experience students are growing mushrooms on campus. This experience is giving the SLE students an understanding of not just sustainably grown foods, but of how food accessibility can be increased through mycology.
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U-M’s XR stage expands global education
Apr 15, 2024Imagine being a U-M student or a learner anywhere in the world, logging on to an online course. Instead of seeing a talking head delivering a lecture, you see your instructor walking through ancient Cairo, in an operating room in Tokyo, or on a construction site in Rome. U-M's Center for Academic Innovation, can transport learners anywhere or any time in the world.
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Vision 2034
Apr 8, 2024Our vision is to be the defining public university, boldly exemplified by our innovation and service to the common good. We will leverage our interdisciplinarity and excellence at scale to educate learners, advance society, and make groundbreaking discoveries to impact the greatest challenges facing humanity.
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Brilliant Detroit
Apr 1, 2024Brilliant Detroit creates 'kid success' by providing early childhood education, family support, and food with 18 neighborhood hubs in Detroit, which partners with 160 organizations. Brilliant Detroit CEO Cindy Eggleton co-founded the organization in 2016 with University of Michigan alums Jim Bellinson and Carolyn Bellinson.
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Art or infrastructure? Depends on the climate
Mar 25, 2024On a fall afternoon along Seattle’s Elliott Bay, Buster Simpson, MFA ’69, watched a woman photograph a child crawling on a public art installation he’d recently completed. It’s likely the woman and child had no idea Simpson’s “Migration Stage” serves a dual purpose: providing an area for creativity and play and protecting the bay’s seawall infrastructure.
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openVertebrate project
Mar 18, 2024Natural history museums have entered a new stage of scientific discovery and accessibility with the completion of open Vertebrate (oVert), a five-year collaborative project among 18 institutions to create 3D reconstructions of vertebrate specimens and make them freely available online.
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