Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

Poverty Solutions made significant strides in its action-based research to prevent and alleviate poverty in 2024, thanks to the interdisciplinary work of U-M faculty, staff and students.

A $495,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to UM-Flint will allow the exploration and cataloging of Flint’s democratic practices through an interdisciplinary lens.

The university surpassed the 2024 United Way employee-giving campaign’s $1 million goal, raising $1,123,226 as of Dec. 31, 2024, for programs and services facilitated by the United Way for Southeastern Michigan.

The MHealthy Rewards program is back, giving U-M employees the opportunity to learn about their health, create a healthy habit and earn a $75 incentive for completing a questionnaire and setting a healthy goal.

Elliot Ratzman, a research fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and a lecturer in LSA, has been breakdancing since junior high school.

In 1860, students on U-M’s campus mobilized to form the school’s first official club sport, and it wasn’t football or baseball. It was cricket.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

U-M researchers are helping develop a brain-computer interface that when surgically placed in a research participant with tetraplegia can provide control over a virtual quadcopter.

Two U-M faculty members and an advocacy group will be honored next month with the Sarah Goddard Power Award and Carol Hollenshead Inspire Awards for their efforts to support women, diversity and equity.