Amlexanox, a drug that treats asthma and other conditions, also reverses obesity, diabetes, and fatty liver in mice, say researchers at U-M’s Life Sciences Institute.

Sustainability research funding at U-M is up by 200 percent since 2003. Sustainability faculty and courses are increasing too.

Few subjects provoke as strong a visceral response as the topic of race. This winter LS&A examines key issues at the heart of the human experience.

The University’s past comes to life at “Michigan Heritage,” an immersive, new website of stories, images, and artifacts.

A groundbreaking collaboration between medicine and engineering promises unprecedented advances in facial reconstructive surgery.

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Martha Pollack, U-M’s vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs, will become provost and executive vice president for academic affairs in May, pending approval by the Board of Regents.

Plus: New Michigan Almanac Tracks the Numbers that Define U-M.

Report shows University Research Corridor had a $15.5B economic impact on the state; New regents learn balance between their goals and universities’ needs; Sustainability experts hail Obama’s climate change focus; 40 U-M students named Dow Sustainability Fellows; “Dinosaur village” illuminates reptilian past; Scientists create superomniphobic material that shrugs off oil, blood, acid and more; U-M student appointed “Wikipedian in Residence” at presidential library.

Summer. Ann Arbor. 1969. The Vietnam War is raging. That’s the backdrop for Love and Honor, a new movie rich with maize and blue talent.

It’s been 90 years since Eddie Kahn, MD ’24, scored the first goal in the history of varsity hockey at Michigan. This larger-than-life character socialized with Hemingway and Lindbergh and enjoyed a noted career as a pioneering neurosurgeon.