Research
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November 2, 2023
Elephants: Earth’s giant climate change canaries
U-M researcher Bill Sanders has devoted his 40-year research career to tracking 60 million years of Afro-Arabian proboscidean — elephants and their ordinal relatives — evolution.
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November 2, 2023
Grant to help measure public investments in emerging industries
The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science has received a $4.5 million federal grant to study how public investments in emerging industries can impact economic development in key technological areas.
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November 2, 2023
Center based at U-M receives $20M to research tobacco use
The Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations recently received $20 million to continue its research on the impact of tobacco regulations on tobacco use patterns and their health effects.
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October 30, 2023
U-M researchers document farmworker abuse in Michigan
The Michigan Farmworker Project, a community-based participatory research project led by two U-M social epidemiologists, has documented abuses to Michigan farmworkers.
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October 27, 2023
Grants to spur innovations in generative AI, computational science
Research teams at U-M will share $575,000 to facilitate high-impact research across a broad range of domains, including sustainable energy and generative artificial intelligence.
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October 26, 2023
Business owners benefit from nostalgia on social media
U-M researcher Wenche Wang found that business’ social media posts that induced nostalgia were more likely to engage general users.
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October 25, 2023
U-M study focuses on emotional expression and cultural bias
A new study by U-M researcher Shinobu Kitayama and colleagues focuses on the emotional expression of Latin Americans, U.S. residents and Japanese.
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October 19, 2023
Proposals sought for new arts research funding program
U-M has launched Arts Research: Incubation & Acceleration, a new partnership between the Office for the Vice President for Research and the U-M Arts Initiative to fuel arts-based research.
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October 17, 2023
Grant for consortium led by U-M boosts energy, battery work
A statewide consortium led by U-M’s Economic Growth Institute has received $4.9 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to create the foundation for energy storage and battery manufacturing.
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October 16, 2023
Museum’s snake specimens form world’s largest research collection
The Museum of Zoology recently acquired tens of thousands of scientifically priceless reptile and amphibian specimens, including roughly 30,000 snakes preserved in glass jars.
