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October 30, 2025
Neubacher Award
Read more about this year’s Neubacher Award recipientOluwaferanmi Okanlami speaks at the ceremony where he was presented with the James T. Neubacher Award on Oct. 30. The Neubacher Award is a memorial to Jim Neubacher, a U-M alumnus and writer for the Detroit Free Press who championed equity and opportunities for the disabled. Okanlami — or Dr. O, as he’s known around campus — oversees the office of Services for Students with Disabilities, two testing accommodation centers, and academic support and access partnerships. He is also the founding director of U-M’s Adaptive Sports & Fitness Program. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)
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October 29, 2025
‘For All Ages’
Learn more about the exhibitThe William L. Clements Library is highlighting familiar and unique toys and board games from throughout American history in their new exhibit, “For All Ages.” The free, public exhibit, on view through Dec. 23, is full of “interactive pieces of art that you are supposed to touch and play with,” co-curator Sierra Laddusaw said. Among the vintage games included in the exhibit “For All Ages” are, from left, Old Maid, Magic Blackboard and Magnetic Fish Pond. (Photos courtesy of William L. Clements Library)
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October 27, 2025
Camp Hope
Read more about Camp HopeCamp Hope, hosted by Camp Lael in Lapeer helps kids who have lost a loved one process their grief through familiar camp fun along with therapeutic activities. With about 10 UM-Flint students each year, they have volunteered nearly 20,000 hours to Camp Hope over the past 19 years to help more than 880 kids. This video highlights the activities and impact of the camp.
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October 22, 2025
Bruce joins UM-Dearborn
Read more about Bruce and his role at UM-DearbornThe UM-Dearborn campus community is welcoming a new member of the public safety team — Bruce, a 2-year-old black lab who has a dual role in explosives detection and community relations. Bruce’s handler, Officer Jennifer Jackson, said he completed initial training with UM-Ann Arbor’s master trainer. Jackson says faculty, staff and students are welcome to pet Bruce. The attention will benefit his training as a community relations dog. (Photo by Matthew Stephens, UM-Dearborn)
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October 20, 2025
A decade of dialogue
Read more about DMACS, which is in its 10th yearU-M’s Detroit Metro Area Communities Study is in its 10th year of collaborating with local partners to help the voices of Detroit residents reach decision-making city leaders. DMACS surveys more than 2,000 Detroit residents annually about their priorities and lived experiences. (Photo Alexy Stiop, Adobe Stock)
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October 14, 2025
Hands-free virtual reality
Read more about this technology and its potential impactsA digital, voice-controlled hand could improve the convenience and accessibility of virtual and augmented reality by enabling hands-free use of games and apps. HandProxy, a prototype software developed by U-M computer scientists, allows VR and AR users to interact with digital spaces by commanding a disembodied hand. This video shows how this hands-free technology will make VR headsets more accessible for users with physical impairments, and free up the hands of users who want to perform daily tasks while still being immersed in virtual reality.
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October 8, 2025
Leaders and Best — Where it all began
Check out the map and see where they livedWhile the University of Michigan is heralded for the Big House, it’s often in much smaller Ann Arbor student homes and campus dorms where big dreams begin. This map of Ann Arbor plots where a U.S. president, an NFL great, a pop star and 39 other notable alumni once hung their maize and blue hats. This map shows where 42 notable U-M alumni once hung their maize and blue hats.
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October 7, 2025
Discovery at the atomic scale
Learn more about how U-M Core Facilities made the impossible possibleWhat if we could design better medicines, build cleaner batteries and create new computers simply by seeing the invisible? At U-M’s Michigan Center for Materials Characterization, scientists are capturing atoms in ways never possible before. By cooling samples inside state-of-the-art electron microscopes, scientists can now study materials at cryogenic temperatures and capture atomic structures with unprecedented clarity. This video shares how this breakthrough opens the door to transformational advances in medicine, energy and technology.
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October 6, 2025
Surgeons making an impact beyond the OR
Read more about surgeons’ impact in wartime UkraineCenter, Kaz Soong, U-M emeritus professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, and Ukrainian ophthalmologists Georgii Parkhomenko (left) and Elizabeth Baran (right). The Kellogg Eye Center is partnering to expand corneal transplant services in Ukraine at a critical time. A group of Ukrainian eye surgeons spent much of August in Ann Arbor, shadowing Michigan Medicine counterparts and learning how they approach corneal transplants — restoring eyesight by replacing the thin, delicate layers at the front of the eye using donor tissue.(Christina Merrill, Michigan Photography)
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October 1, 2025
‘Warrior ethos for the planet’
Read more about the Wege LectureJennifer Granholm, left, former U.S. Energy Secretary and governor of Michigan, takes a question from Shalanda Baker, U-M’s inaugural vice provost for sustainability and climate action, during the 23rd annual Wege Lecture on Sept. 30. When asked what’s most important for the next generation of climate leaders, Granholm said having a “warrior ethos for the planet” is important. (Photo by Maddie Fox, School for Environment and Sustainability)
