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March 17, 2025

Giving Blueday 2025

U-M’s annual day of giving — Giving Blueday — returns March 19 when U-M community members worldwide will join together for 24 hours to support inspiring causes and programs at the university. Donors can find causes and make donations on the Giving Blueday website.

U-M Congressional Breakfast

President Santa J. Ono addresses the attendees at the annual U-M Congressional Breakfast in Washington, D.C. The 74th annual event raised a record $125,000 for the Samuel L. Chappell Family Scholarship, marking the largest amount in its seven-decade history. Nearly 350 people attended the breakfast in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Paul A. Sherman)

Read more about the annual U-M Congressional Breakfast

March 11, 2025

A dynamic duo

Through health care simulations, standardized patients help students hone their abilities in patient interviews, physical exams and interpersonal interactions. Among UM-Flint’s diverse group of standardized patients are Dennis and Edna Robinson, a mother-son duo who have become essential to the school’s program. (Photo by Austin LaFave, UM-Flint)

Read more about the program and the pair’s involvement

March 4, 2025

Prestigious award

The College of Pharmacy will receive the Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award presented by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. This award recognizes one college of pharmacy each year that demonstrates a major institutional commitment to addressing unmet community needs. (Connor Titsworth, Michigan Commons)

Bowled over

Rolling into new lanes of inclusion, the Occupational Therapy Department at UM-Flint’s College of Health Sciences has launched a program that it hopes could be right up the alley for individuals with disabilities. What started as a one-on-one bowling session has now struck a chord with the community, growing into a weekly event that’s sparking joy and delivering therapeutic benefits for all involved. In this video, program coordinators and participants share their experiences.

February 25, 2025

Heat-tolerant semiconductors

U-M researchers are leading a multimillion-dollar collaborative effort to bring to market heat-resistant sensing and computing chips made of silicon carbide, which holds the possibility of advancing aircraft, electric and gas-powered vehicles, renewable energy, defense and space exploration. In this photo, Satyam Patel (left), an electrical and computer engineering doctoral student, and Becky Peterson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and principal investigator for the silicon carbide semiconductor project, work in Peterson’s lab. (Photo by Brenda Ahearn, College of Engineering)

Just what the doctor ordered

As Evan Sanders underwent multiple surgeries and extended hospitalization following a serious dirt bike accident, a four-legged member of his treatment team was often by his side: Barney, a golden retriever with the Lipschutz-Danzansky Family Paws4Patients Program at U-M Health. This photo shows Evan and his mother, Kimberly Sanders, with Barney. (Photo by Heather Meyer)

U-M’s STARI mission

U-M researchers John Monnier (left), Shinvani Sunil (center) and James Cutler examine a CubeSat in the Michigan Exploration Laboratory. The first space mission led by U-M’s Department of Astronomy will use two CubeSats twice the size of the one shown here when it is scheduled to launch in 2029, with support from a $10 million NASA grant. The mission, called STARI, will showcase the viability of a new technique for studying planets outside our solar system. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)

Wheeled rivalry

U-M’s Wheelchair Basketball Team hosted its first home game of the season at Crisler Center on Feb. 16, defeating in-state rival Michigan State, 51-42. More than 3,100 fans were on hand for the game that showcased the talent and dedication of U-M’s adaptive student-athletes. The event marked a milestone for U-M Adaptive Sports & Fitness, which has grown rapidly to meet the needs of U-M and the larger adaptive sports community. This video shows highlights from the contest.

View a gallery of photos from the game

February 17, 2025

Growing food and community

The UM-Dearborn Community Garden cultivates food sustainability skills, brings people together and stocks the UM-Dearborn Student Food Pantry with fresh produce. Located in the Environmental Interpretive Center’s Community Organic Garden, it also is addressing food insecurity among students. Above, UM-Dearborn alumna Daille Held, (left) and senior Sophia Hawkins spent summer 2024 Saturdays volunteering in the student-led community garden. (Photo courtesy of UM-Dearborn Office of Sustainability Programs)

Read more about the UM-Dearborn Community Garden