Michigan Stories
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Health
Camp Hope: Comforting grieving kids with a fishbowl of feelings and more
Campers on wooden benches under the shade of a large tree voice their feelings one by one—stressed, sad, anxious, depressed, mad, scared—and a drop of food color goes into clear water in a fishbowl.
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Environment
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Business & Economy
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Campus News
U-M expands tuition-free path for thousands more in-state students across all campuses
U-M more than doubled its investment in the Go Blue Guarantee over the past year.
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School of Public Health instructors bond over shared love of birds
Professor K Rivet Amico and Lecturer Geila Rajaee built a fast friendship based on their shared affinity for feathered friends, including chickens, parrots and peacocks.
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A Taubman professor’s final work of art: her students
This year, 162 U-M instructors from across 14 schools and colleges were nominated to be honored at Michigan Housing’s recent Honored Instructors event.
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Mingyan Liu appointed next U-M Engineering dean
Mingyan Liu, associate dean for academic affairs at University of Michigan Engineering and the T. C. Chang Professor of Engineering, has been appointed the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, effective May 15, 2026.
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SEAS, EGLE collaborate on MI Healthy Climate Plan
The results of a collaboration between SEAS and the state’s EGLE seeking input from partners about the MI Healthy Climate Plan are available in a new report.
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U-M students find unique path to public service through Coast Guard Auxiliary program
U-M’s Coast Guard Auxiliary University Program is one of only about a dozen such programs in the country and the only one on the Great Lakes.
Recent News
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Campus News
Statewide leaders convene at U-M to chart path for Michigan geologic hydrogen
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D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion achieves LEED platinum certification
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Campus News
A smarter helmet for the smallest patients
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Campus News
Obituary — Thomas D. Gelehrter
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Arts
Arts Initiative awards grants to six faculty-led projects
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Symposium set to re-envision archival collections
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Aid programs make U-M one of Michigan’s most affordable public universities
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Provost’s Seminar examines how genAI impacts graduate studies
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Arts
- Arts Initiative awards grants to six faculty-led projects
- ‘No Strings’ art exhibition explores personal impact of guaranteed income
- For Stamps senior, art provided an outlet for grief and a path forward
- Institute for the Humanities names summer faculty fellows, faculty and graduate fellows
- It Happened at Michigan: Cartoonist’s career took shape at U-M
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Athletics
- Michigan wins program’s first national wheelchair tennis title
- Father and son help recreate Michigan basketball History
- Michigan men’s basketball team wins national championship
- It Happened at Michigan: When the Michigan Union made a splash
- It Happened at Michigan: U-M students elected first Black senior class president in 1948
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Business & Economy
- U-M research spending generates $164M for Michigan businesses
- Michigan’s local governments make progress on budgeting, but many lag on long-term planning
- Can a tweet become a job offer? U-M research suggests yes
- ‘No Strings’ art exhibition explores personal impact of guaranteed income
- Cryptocurrency increases risk of corruption on autopilot
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Campus News
- Statewide leaders convene at U-M to chart path for Michigan geologic hydrogen
- D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion achieves LEED platinum certification
- A smarter helmet for the smallest patients
- Obituary — Thomas D. Gelehrter
- Symposium set to re-envision archival collections
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Education
- Cover crop project bridges farming and research to bolster soil, protect water
- U-M law professor Ekow Yankah: If you’re worried about your vote, don’t
- Can a tweet become a job offer? U-M research suggests yes
- To settle harsh environments, early humans needed friends
- Lockable phone pouches in schools improve student well-being over time, not test scores or bullying
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Environment
- U-M earns Gold STARS rating for sustainability efforts
- Cover crop project bridges farming and research to bolster soil, protect water
- Just a few species can drive a plant community’s response to warming temperatures
- U-M analysis of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative reveals keys to bipartisan Great Lakes policy
- How changing ice conditions impact Great Lakes communities
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Health
- D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion achieves LEED platinum certification
- A smarter helmet for the smallest patients
- Anonymous school tip lines reveal patterns in threats, mental health concerns among youth, study finds
- Lockable phone pouches in schools improve student well-being over time, not test scores or bullying
- Application of Florida ‘extreme risk’ firearm law varies widely across counties, study finds
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History
- Symposium set to re-envision archival collections
- It Happened at Michigan: Looking back at U-M’s commencement speakers
- It Happened at Michigan: The evolution of a U-M degree
- It Happened at Michigan: The grand station that became the Gandy Dancer
- U-M Library has rare copy of historic Ortelius atlas
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International
- To settle harsh environments, early humans needed friends
- Location, location, location: How the Nile helped an ancient Sudanese city thrive for centuries
- DPSS honored as international leader in healthcare security, safety
- Ecuador classroom in the clouds
- Democracy at a crossroads: Decoding the high-stakes future of Latin American elections
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Law & Politics
- Large, profitable oil and gas companies pass environmental risks to smaller, undercapitalized firms
- U-M law professor Ekow Yankah: If you’re worried about your vote, don’t
- Michigan’s local governments make progress on budgeting, but many lag on long-term planning
- Application of Florida ‘extreme risk’ firearm law varies widely across counties, study finds
- Lockable phone pouches in schools improve student well-being over time, not test scores or bullying
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Science & Technology
- Robots, AI to help shipbuilding stay on track
- Death-defying protein found in tardigrades preserves synthetic cells
- U-M researchers identify new kind of liver cell that may protect against common liver disease
- Just a few species can drive a plant community’s response to warming temperatures
- The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was born somewhere much different from our solar system
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Social Sciences
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State & Community
- Statewide leaders convene at U-M to chart path for Michigan geologic hydrogen
- U-M alumnus named Institute of Continuing Legal Education executive director
- Road Scholars connect U-M faculty with communities
- SEAS, EGLE collaborate on MI Healthy Climate Plan
- How this U-M professor is using AI to fight political inequality
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Student Life
- Campus dialogue leadership expands, strengthens IGR’s impact
- U-M launches inaugural Civic Learning Week to help students become engaged citizens
- U-M promotes resources during Stalking Awareness Month
- University launches Well-being Collective action teams
- Student turns compostable forks into sustainable 3D-printing material