Two Student Life Sustainability programs have awarded more than $120,000 to 27 unique sustainability projects this academic year.

Through the Hands and Health at Home program, School of Kinesiology students visit older adults in the Ann Arbor area twice a week to perform exercises to improve hand function.

Four U-M projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Partnerships program aim to make nuclear energy safer and more equitable.

A new science expedition in Yampa Valley, Colorado, will improve forecasts of snowfall and estimates of how climate change will impact snowpack and water availability in the western U.S. mountains.

U-M researchers have developed a catalyst material known as cobalt phthalocyanine that converts carbon dioxide — a significant driver of climate change — into renewable fuels such as methanol.

Innovation Partnerships is seeking nominations for the 2024 Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award, U-M’s highest honor for faculty who bring new ideas to the marketplace.

Black drivers are more frequently searched during traffic stops without finding contraband than are white drivers, according to a U-M study.

A new $14.5 million Center for Naval Research and Education at U-M will work with the U.S. Office of Naval Research to solve current and future problems, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced.

Karen A. Thole of Penn State University has been named dean of the College of Engineering, effective Aug. 1. Thole is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State.

A service quality analyst with Health Information Technology & Services, Gray Carper first visited Hong Kong in 2003. He now lives there and serves as a tour guide.