Research

  1. January 16, 2025

    Arts Initiative grants awarded to seven research teams

    The Arts Research: Incubation & Acceleration grant program in the Office of the Vice President for Research has awarded a new round of funding to seven faculty-led research projects.

  2. January 15, 2025

    Six postdoctoral researchers chosen for commercialization fellowships

    Innovation Partnerships has announced the funding of six new Postdoctoral Commercialization Fellowships, based on the strong commercialization potential of the recipients’ doctoral research.

  3. January 15, 2025

    Six teams funded for disability-related research projects

    Six U-M research teams have been awarded funding through the Office of the Provost’s Disability Scholarship Initiative.

  4. January 13, 2025

    U-M develops new blood test for head and neck cancer

    A Michigan Medicine lab has begun providing MyHPVscore, a first-of-its-kind highly accurate blood test that can detect human papilloma virus-related head and neck cancer.

  5. January 13, 2025

    Study: Big Ten expansion will double football’s carbon emissions

    A new report from the Center for Sustainable Systems shows the Big Ten’s 2024 expansion will more than double average conference-game emissions for the U-M football team.

  6. January 10, 2025

    Monica Dus to direct new Office of National Laboratories

    U-M has created a new office to support its partnerships with U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, with Monica Dus, associate professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, to be the office’s director.

  7. December 12, 2024

    Study looks at impact of ethnic studies on high school students

    High school students enrolled in ethnic studies develop the ability to think analytically about the causes of social inequalities, a U-M study suggests.

  8. December 11, 2024

    Robert Bartlett, Zhen Xu elected to National Academy of Inventors

    The National Academy of Inventors has selected faculty members Robert Bartlett and Zhen Xu as fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.

  9. December 9, 2024

    Study: Living near relatives makes us heroic and harsh

    New research from U-M and the University of California, Irvine suggests that living and being around family more often affects our psychology in some surprising ways.

  10. December 4, 2024

    Teams aim to protect frogs, bats, bees in innovative ways

    Thanks in part to LSA’s Meet the Moment Research Initiative grants, two research teams are working toward a better future for humans and Earth’s critters alike.