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February 2, 2023
Fish preserves earliest fossilized brain of backboned animal
A 319 million-year-old ray-finned fish fossil at U-M provides new information about early evolutionary history. The fossil was pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago.
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February 1, 2023
Occupational therapist adds custom touch to patients’ hand splints
Augusta Simmons, a board-certified hand therapist, has been fitting patients with splints for over 25 years, the past six at the Northville Health Center.
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February 1, 2023
U-M launches first phase of effort to amplify research, scholarship
U-M has launched the first phase of its new presidential strategy to bolster resources and personnel to help faculty achieve their research and scholarship goals in key strategic areas.
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January 31, 2023
Seventeen faculty members named 2022 AAAS fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected 17 U-M faculty and staff members as 2022 fellows for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.
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January 31, 2023
Blindfolded Rubik’s Cube champion sets the score
Stanley Chapel, a violin performance major at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, is a world champion in solving a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded.
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January 31, 2023
Stevenson, Cortina receive 2022 public engagement awards
President Santa J. Ono is honoring faculty members Betsey Stevenson and Lilia Cortina with the 2022 presidential public engagement awards for their commitment to public service and impact on society through national and state leadership.
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January 31, 2023
U-M eighth among U.S. universities in renewable power use
As U-M works toward procuring 100% of its purchased electricity from renewable sources by 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the university as a top user of green power.
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January 30, 2023
U-M startup joins White House partnership to remove lead pipes
U-M startup BlueConduit, which helped accelerate the removal of dangerous lead pipes in Flint has joined a White House partnership aimed at replacing all of the nation’s lead service lines in a decade.
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January 30, 2023
MHealthy Rewards returns with incentive to fill out questionnaire
U-M’s annual health and well-being incentive program, MHealthy Rewards, has returned after a three-year absence. Active, benefits-eligible faculty and staff who take a confidential health questionnaire by May 31 will earn $75.
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January 30, 2023
Academic Freedom Lecture to feature N.Y. Times columnist
Jamelle Bouie, a columnist for The New York Times, will give the keynote address at the Faculty Senate’s 32nd annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom.
