U-M will add 25 megawatts of renewable energy across campus through the new Maize Rays solar expansion initiative, a milestone in its commitment to sustainability and climate action.

Researchers’ work with electric vehicles and batteries has progressed with support from the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Advanced Transportation Innovation Hub at U-M.

Police Beat and crime map for April 2025.

James Christian Nissen, a former UM-Dearborn faculty member and U-M alumnus, has died. Nissen, of Ann Arbor, was 63.

Professor Emeritus of Dentistry Charles Joseph Kowalski, who retired from U-M in 2009, died just days shy of his 87th birthday.

U-M is moving forward with clearing and preparing a five-acre site for the next phase of the Central Campus Residential Development. The Board of Regents approved the work during its May 15 meeting.

Items also approved at the Board of Regents’ May 15 meeting.

The Board of Regents approved recommendations for new appointments and promotions for regular associate and full professor ranks, and received a report of clinical or research faculty promotions.

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A large percentage of American children are growing up in households with at least one parent who uses alcohol or other drugs in problematic ways, a new U-M study suggests.

Michael R. Moore, professor of environment and sustainability in the School for Environment and Sustainability, died May 11.