Featured Stories
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Building with Origami
For 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
U-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
Imagine 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
Our 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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Commencement Livestream
Spring commencement begins at 10 a.m. today in Michigan Stadium. Congratulations to all of the U-M students who earned their degrees this spring. Join us online for a livestream of the ceremony beginning at 8:30 a.m. with the graduate procession.
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News
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- More local officials see relevance of electric vehicle planning, cite costs of preparation
- New U-M data dashboard sheds new light on US criminal justice system
- Racial bias is no 'false alarm' in policing
- Six U-M faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences
- Pharmacists, chemists could turn tide on plant, animal extinction
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Public Engagement
- The Conversation: Electric vehicles are usually safer for their occupants — but not necessarily for everyone else
- Analysis: The US and China's populations are decoupling, too
- Michigan Minds podcast: CFO Geoff Chatas says campus becomes 'living lab' for environmental stewardship
- Business & Society podcast: Increasing social responsibility, diversity in professional and college sports
- Michigan Today: It's time to rethink food labels
In The News
- Newsweek China housing market crisis given new theory
- Scientific American Is sleeping on the floor good for your back?
- Automotive News Feds' new emergency braking rule to test auto industry
- The Guardian New US climate rules for pollution cuts 'probably terminal' for coal-fired plants
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Happening @ Michigan
Events
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- May 5 Sunday Drop-In Tour | Entertainment and Leisure in the Ancient World
- May 5 Student Commencement Concert
- May 7 Foundations of Community Engagement
- May 7 Music from Auschwitz
- May 5 Discovery Demo: A Whale’s Tale
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Carpe Diem
All Michigan, all the time
There’s always something amazing happening at Michigan. Whether it’s on campus or around the world, our students, faculty, staff and alumni are out seizing the day. A sampling of images captured over the years is shown in the gallery below.
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