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April 3, 2025

Up north clean-up

Building and facilities supervisor Eareckson Myers, left, and facilities manager Scott Haley work to clean up at the U-M Biological Station in Pellston on April 1 after severe ice storms in northern Michigan. Crews continue to assess damage and clean up after ice storms swept through northern Michigan, downing trees and power lines and leaving thousands without power. (Photo by Renee Kinney, UMBS)

Read more about the impacts at the U-M Biological Station

April 1, 2025

Bridging art and medicine

Courtney Burns, a medical student working in the Department of Anesthesiology, stands next to a piece of art created by Morgan Granzow based on Burns’ qualitative study interviews of anesthesiologists and their well-being. By introducing art into medical education and professional practice, Burns’ work is redefining the approach to mental health in high-pressure medical fields. (Photo by Morgan Granzow)

Read more about Burns’ innovative project

March 27, 2025

Blending science and music for 25 years

Music director Nicholas Bromilow conducts the Life Sciences Orchestra during a dress rehearsal in January at Hill Auditorium. The U-M Life Sciences Orchestra is celebrating its 25th season of blending science and music with amateur musicians of the medical and science community. The LSO’s 25th anniversary concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. April 3 at Hill Auditorium. (Kara Gavin, Michigan Medicine Department of Communication)

Read more about the orchestra and its 25th anniversary concert

March 25, 2025

Beam signing ceremony

From left, Jon Kinsey, vice president and secretary of the university; Tom Baird, vice president for development; Chris Kolb, vice president for government relations; Geoff Chatas, executive vice president and chief financial officer; Regent Sarah Hubbard; Regent and Board Chair Katherine E. White; E. Royster Harper, vice president emerita for student life; President Santa J. Ono; Martino Harmon, vice president for student life; and Provost Laurie McCauley attend a beam signing ceremony for the new Central Campus Residential Development being constructed near Hoover Avenue and Division Street. (Photo by Marc-Gregor Campredon, Office of University Development)

Read more about the project and see a photo gallery from the ceremony

March 23, 2025

Connection and creativity

The 29th annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons, curated by the University of Michigan Prison Creative Arts Project, will showcase 772 artworks by 538 artists incarcerated in 26 state prisons. Among the pieces of art showcased through April 1 at the Duderstadt Gallery on North Campus are, from left, “Rise and Shine” by William Haggins, “DMX” by David Hudson-Bey and “Love My Hair” by Thomas Owens. (Photos courtesy of the Prison Creative Arts Project)

History meets engineering

The William L. Clements Library has made available the collection of Robert M. Vogel, shown holding a stereoscopic viewer in his home office. The Robert M. Vogel Collection of Historic Images of Engineering & Industry includes nearly 23,000 photographs of civil engineering, industrial processes and mechanization of the 19th century, as well as over 1,200 prints, books, ephemera and realia. (Photo by Clements Library staff)

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)