The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is kicking off a virtual event series with a discussion about the local impact of safety nets on communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic.

U-M Urban and Regional Planning Program graduate students and faculty helped develop “Stabilizing MorningSide,” to build upon the assets of the struggling community. 

U.S. households were in a better financial position, on average, at the end of last year than in 2019, despite widespread joblessness and economic uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of adolescents who have attempted to quit e-cigarettes and failed has grown with the rapid increase of teen e-cigarette use in the past five years, according to a study by U-M researchers. 

Holly Kelchner, an aquatic ecology research analyst with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, lists scuba diving and sailing among her passions.

On a Friday morning on the U-M campus in February 1925, eight young men made their way into the President’s House to accept a solemn invitation.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

A $13 million project will expand the surgery center at Michigan Medicine’s Brighton Health Center for Specialty Care, scheduled to be completed in spring 2023.

Michigan Medicine plans to significantly expand its specialty and mail order pharmacy program at a Dexter facility, after approval from the Board of Regents on March 24.

Other items approved by the Board of Regents at its March 24 meeting.