“Real Estate Development: Building Value in Your Community” teaches foundational real estate development through an equitable lens and is available on Michigan Online and Coursera.

Business leaders and philanthropists Samir and Puja Kaul have donated $3 million to support the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering. The institute’s directorship will be named for them.

Ayesha Ghazi Edwin, assistant clinical professor in the School of Social Work, received the 2024 James T. Neubacher Award in recognition of her commitment to advocating for social justice and policy change for the disabled.

A U-M study shows that teens do not typically turn to electronic nicotine vapes to curb smoking habits despite marketing promoting them as aids for cigarette smoking cessation.

The Sustainable Living Experience pilot program, which introduces programming and learning opportunities during the first year of college, will become the Michigan Sustainability Community.

Rebecca Blumenstein will be the main speaker at the the 2024 Winter Commencement on Dec. 15. Others recommended for honorary degrees along with her are John D. Evans, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Margaret H. Hamilton.

Chrysta Lienczewski, a clinical research program manager with the Michigan Kidney Translational Medicine Center in Michigan Medicine, has been involved with Wish-A-Mile Bicycle Tour for 15 years.

Awards and honors for faculty and staff from around U-M.

Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

Since opening in 2015, the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Law School has provided free services to veterans in a wide variety of civil matters. The clinic’s service area includes 10 counties in southeast Michigan.