U-M has 55 alumni volunteering with the Peace Corps around the world — 10th-most among large U.S. colleges and universities. U-M ranks No. 6 among graduate schools with 11 graduate alumni serving.

As part of the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality, a team of students and faculty is evaluating U-M’s food system with an eye toward quantifying and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

A new U-M study presents the first genetic evidence of resistance in some bats to white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has decimated some North American bat populations.

In response to coronavirus-related travel restrictions, U-M and online learning platform Coursera are offering three popular online data science specializations to learners in China for $1 a month.

U-M is commemorating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day campuswide, highlighting the history of the environmental movement at U-M and elevating the need to address climate change.

A new presidential Arts Initiative at U-M is seeking proposals by March 17 from faculty, students and staff for pilot projects that will be funded as part of the launch of a two-year startup phase.

On Feb. 25, 1965, a record snowfall crippled the area. Read about some of the other things that happened in U-M history during the week of Feb. 24-March 1.

Theo Chalogianis, the first lead police officer embedded in the Michigan Medicine community, plays drums in a Greek band called Oneiro, Greek for “dream,” and has practiced aikido for 25 years.

Miranda D. Brown, Angela Violi, Gyorgyi Csankovszki, John Montgomery and Susan Scott Parrish have been named Arthur F. Thurnau Professors in recognition of their outstanding contributions.

Plans for a new $39 million bus and transportation operations and maintenance facility on North Campus moved forward with the Board of Regents approving the schematic design Feb. 20.