The move by social media companies to remove or suspend Donald Trump’s accounts and the decisions that led to the shutdown of Parler raise questions about the unchecked power of social media and its future.

Professor of Information Cliff Lampe ponders the future of social media in the wake of several platforms’ decisions to ban Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capitol.

Anthropologists believe early humans exchanged eggshell beads to affirm connections and update their relationship status. Sound familiar?

The social media outlet may be great for making personal connections, but perhaps not so great for setting – and meeting — exercise goals.

A. Alfred Taubman dies at 91 … Don’t eat for two while pregnant … Teen smoking falls, e-cigarettes rise … U-M breaks ground on new architecture facility … U-M robotics lab planned … VC in state faces $1.3B gap … Forbes names UMHS one of nation’s best employers … 3 earn Guggenheim fellowships … Death and your brain … M-City set to open … Facebook app aids genetic research.

Alumnus Robert Shiller receives Nobel prize; U-M tops U.S. graduate schools in entrepreneurship; U-M Center awards $2.9 million Great Lakes grants; U-M releases fracking report; Researchers unravel mysteries about mercury in fish; Laser-guided surgery finds brain cancer’s boundary; Investors excited about VC potential in Detroit.

The happiest photo ever made; Forbes’ Top 25 best Midwest colleges; Mercury contamination in fish expected to rise in coming decades; Self-driving car no longer a thing of fiction; Surge of brain activity may explain near-death experiences; U-M researchers speed up Internet scans; Rome’s start to architectural hubris; MBAs say values matter more than money; Does Facebook make you sad?

Fewer than 10 people born in Michigan are fluent in the native language of the area’s indigenous people. Yet more than 2,700 people “like” the language on Facebook.