Research
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October 9, 2015
Battling obesity in the classroom with exercise
U-M researchers hope to find ways to redesign classrooms and develop a curriculum to add in two-minute exercise breaks throughout the day — “a prescription for physical activity” — and incorporate the additional fitness as seamlessly as possible for teachers.
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October 6, 2015
U-M receives NIH grant to develop tools to reduce disease risk
U-M researchers have been awarded $2.4 million through the National Institutes of Health to lead a team that hopes to advance the field of epigenetics.
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October 5, 2015
Chelsea-area farmer donates mammoth remains to U-M
The owner of the partial mammoth skeleton that was uncovered near Chelsea last week is donating the bones to U-M for public display and further study.
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October 2, 2015
U-M Energy Institute opens world-class battery research lab
The U-M Energy Institute has opened its Battery Fabrication and Characterization User Facility to further expand the Midwest’s rapidly growing battery research and manufacturing capabilities.
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September 28, 2015
University given $9.5 million to advance research on child health
The university will receive $9.5 million from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study the impact of the environment on children’s health.
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September 28, 2015
Telehealth: Using cell phones to fight chronic disease in Latin America
Latin America has rapidly rising rates of chronic diseases, but mobile phones might be a key part of the solution, according to a new University of Michigan study.
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September 24, 2015
U-M leads $5M big-data project to widen ‘bottleneck to discovery’
U-M is leading a $5 million data storage and networking project that aims to improve the ability to analyze troves of data, which could speed discovery and revolutionize the research cloud.
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September 22, 2015
U-M plays key role in developing ‘tree of life’ for 2.3M species
Two U-M biologists played a key role in creating the first draft of recently released “tree of life” for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes.
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September 21, 2015
$6M grant will allow U-M to advance youth violence prevention work
A U-M center focused on preventing youth violence has received $6 million to continue studying what happens when blighted neighborhoods that contribute to violence are transformed.
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September 17, 2015
MCubed incentive programs and networking event
Information about incentive programs for sustainability and Bicentennial MCubed projects, and a brainstorm session and workshop for faculty members working on a variety of health-related areas.
