Research
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March 20, 2014
Institute for Research on Women and Gender announces graduate student fellowships
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender has awarded one Boyd/Williams Fellowship for Research on Women and Work, 12 IRWG/Rackham Graduate Research Fellowships, and 11 Community of Scholars summer fellowships to U-M graduate students
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March 20, 2014
U-M looks to broaden sources of research funding
Total research spending at U-M reached a record level of $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2013, but a decline in federal funding poses challenges for the future.
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March 20, 2014
Regents OK design for connected and automated vehicle test environment
The Board of Regents on Thursday approved the design of a unique environment for testing connected and automated vehicles, part of the U-M’s Mobility Transformation Center.
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March 19, 2014
Wang honored as 2014 Distinguished University Innovator
Shaomeng Wang, a professor in the Medical School and College of Pharmacy, has been selected to receive the Distinguished University Innovator Award for 2014.
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March 19, 2014
Gravity wave discovery supports U-M physicist’s 25-year-old theory
A U-M physicist’s theory of how so-called cosmic inflation works received support from a major astronomical announcement this week.
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March 10, 2014
Key initiatives: Research
Under President Mary Sue Coleman’s leadership, U-M has seen a dramatic 77 percent growth in its annual research budget to more than $1.3 billion annually, greater than any other public university, and second among all universities.
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March 10, 2014
Top accomplishments: North Campus Research Complex
The development of the former Pfizer research facility into U-M’s North Campus Research Complex stands as a signature achievement of President Mary Sue Coleman’s tenure.
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February 26, 2014
Study concludes new pollution targets needed to protect Lake Erie
Reducing the size of the Lake Erie “dead zone” to acceptable levels will require cutting nutrient pollution nearly in half in coming decades, a new study concludes.
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February 26, 2014
Co-working spaces offer remote workers a place to collaborate
As cloud technology and wider use of freelancers allows more people to work remotely, research shows co-working helps isolated workers thrive and be more productive.
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February 21, 2014
Roads pose more risk in some places than poor health
A dozen of the world’s countries with the highest traffic fatality rates per 100,000 population are part of the African continent, according to researchers at the U-M Transportation Research Institute.
