Quarterly report on U-M investment funds, for the quarter ending March 31, 2024.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

With about $195 million in new federal funding — the largest research grant in U‑M history — the Institute for Social Research will extend its Health and Retirement Study through 2029.

The university is revisiting a Campus Connector transportation concept, including a core automated transit system and a bus rapid transit system to move people between the Central, Medical and North campuses in minutes.

Great Lakes researchers at U-M have been awarded a $6.5 million, five-year federal grant to host a center for the study of links between climate change, harmful algal blooms and human health.

An advisory committee on diversity of thought and freedom of expression has issued a call for feedback to faculty, students and staff on all three campuses and the medical center.

The university’s Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses have been recognized for their sustainability impact in two separate contests: the Campus Race to Zero Waste and the Michigan Battle of the Buildings.

Jason Young has been named director of the Institute for the Humanities. His appointment, which the Board of Regents approved May 16, is effective July 1 and runs through June 30, 2029.

Provost Laurie K. McCauley has named a 17-member advisory committee to assist the search for the next dean of the Law School, who will succeed Mark West and interim dean Kyle Logue.

The Arts Research: Incubation & Acceleration grant program has awarded its second round of funding to seven arts-based research projects, led by teams from across the Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses.