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What happens to students' values when the economy tanks?
Jim Abbott became one of U-M's best and most beloved athletes, despite playing with only one hand.
What does it mean when newspapers no longer publish on paper, and books aren't made on presses?
Patients who receive more tests and intensive treatments do not seem to survive longer than patients with milder interventions.
Detroit's troubled auto industry has done more than build vehicles. It's also come up with a trunk-load of car names.
Michigan is trying to turn itself into a mecca for moviemakers. So far it seems to be working.
Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan face unique struggles when they enter the university. But a group of U-M vets have come together to help U-M help its own.
It's a startling find. Salty, liquid water has been detected on a leg of the Mars Phoenix Lander and therefore could be present at other locations on the planet, according to a group of mission scientists led by U-M's Nilton Renno. 
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U-M photographers share some of their favorite images. |
U-M athletes win big, UM-Dearborn offers financial help to students, and a student videoblogs about being black on campus.
University of Michigan electrical engineer Wei Lu has built a chip composed of nanoscale memristors—computer components that offer both memory and logic functions, enabling smaller, faster, cheaper chips and computers—that can store up to 1 kilobit of information.
Former U-M football player Dhani Jones's new TV show, "Dhani Tackles the Globe," is about traveling the world—and living life to its fullest.
Ever considered a career in public health? The looming health worker shortage offers many displaced employees a fresh career start, and now qualified applicants can get tuition assistance through the state to attend the University of Michigan.
Nearly 24,000 people streamed into the new University of Michigan Museum of Art leading up to and including the opening weekend with more than half of the attendance coming during the 24-hour community open house.
University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues have answered a question that has puzzled biologists for more than a century: What is the main factor that determines a lizard's ability to shed its tail when predators attack? The answer, in a word: Venom.
Laurence Goldstein has been wielding his red pen as editor of Michigan Quarterly Review, the distinguished literary journal, for 32 years. As he retires, the poet and professor reflects on how the literary world has changed over the decades.
