1. Why dishing does you good

    How come dishing with a girlfriend does wonders for a woman’s mood?

  2. Media coverage of the University of Michigan

    More alums in the White House, bad news for the Michigan economy, the potential for sports at UM-Flint, and more.

  3. Playing video games for better, not worse

    Some video games can make children kinder and more likely to help—not hurt—other people.

  4. Smartphone app by U-M students promotes good deeds

    Beautify your world. Leave an inspirational message in a public place. Connect with a family member. Those are just a few of the proposed acts of kindness pushed out to users of a new smartphone application developed by University of Michigan students.

  5. Great Lakes: ‘Amazing change’

    A tiny mollusk is causing breathtaking transformations of Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes, threatening a four-billion-dollar industry and the health of an entire ecosystem.

    Plus: Slideshow: Quagga mussels and Lake Michigan

  6. A question of culture

    Michigan’s minority-student lounges grew out of an intense debate about integration.

  7. British writers

    Why are there so many movies about authors from the UK?

  8. Applications to U-M continue to reach historic numbers as financial aid rises to unprecedented levels

    For the third consecutive year, the University of Michigan received a record number of applications from prospective freshmen: 29,939 for 2009-10, compared to 29,806 in the previous year. As of June 8, 14,918 of these applicants were offered admission to the university’s Ann Arbor campus.

    Related: U-M plans largest ever investment in financial aid.

  9. What to expect of the flu

    H1N1 (swine) flu isn’t gone yet. Here are tips from U-M’s health system for dealing with it when flu season starts again in the fall.

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