Dancing with Madonna
In 1977, Whitley Hill arrived as a freshman at U-M and met her roommate: a talented, eccentric dynamo named Madonna. Hill's new book remembers the girl who would become an icon.
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The Ann Arbor - based bookseller is bankrupt, all its stores closing. But in its heyday, there were few places closer to a literary heart.
U-M's legendary gymnastics coach Newt Loken passed away this summer; one of his protegées looks back at his life and career.
Plus: Exclusive photos from fall football practice
"In the African villages that I study in Mali, children fare as well in nuclear families as they do in extended families," says U-M professor Beverly Strassmann.
Of all the quirks in English, spelling has to be the most wonderful and infuriating. Case in point: "colonel."
The playwright and screen- writer would have turned 100 this year, and U-M is celebrating.
9/11 + 10On the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, U-M students, alums and faculty talk about how the world has changed.
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U-M again near top of world university rankings; an abbreviation "too vulgar" for the university; the role of war in the creation of complex societies; fear of a planet of no apes; a game-making alum; and more. |
In 1977, Whitley Hill arrived as a freshman at U-M and met her roommate: a talented, eccentric dynamo named Madonna. Hill's new book remembers the girl who would become an icon.
Seems more people are interested in eating fresh, healthy foods. An alumnus and his co-author wife, who have built their own "farmstead" offer tips to get you started on the healthy, do-a-little-bit-more-yourself lifestyle.
Skewed skulls may have helped early whales discriminate the direction of sounds in water and are not solely, as previously thought, a later adaptation related to echolocation.
"On Earth, everywhere there's liquid water, there is microbial life," says U-M professor Nilton Renno. He's the scientist who discovered liquid water droplets on Mars, and he's now leading a project to explore pockets of very salty, liquid water on the red planet. It might be the best bet for finding microbial life beyond Earth.
A robot in a University of Michigan lab can run like a human—a feat that represents the height of agility and efficiency for a two-legged machine. "It's stunning," says professor Jessy Grizzle. "I have never seen a machine doing a motion like this."
People who give, live longer, studies have shown. Now, a new study shows that why people volunteer—not whether they volunteer—is what really counts.