1. Michigan Minds Podcast: Purpose and mattering, featuring John Piette, professor at the U-M School of Public Health

    Purpose and mattering. They’re essential to happiness and healthiness, researchers say. But those feelings can be hard to attain, especially for individuals who may be more prone to feeling purposeless. Professor John Piette, director of the U-M Center for Managing Chronic Disease, discusses V-SPEAK, his latest project with U.S. veterans.

  2. Keep the light alive: The glimmer of cautious optimism

    To memorialize students who died in service during World War II, U-M officials sought input from such global luminaries as Winston Churchill and Orson Welles. But in the end, a new generation of students created a different kind of tribute — one that could ‘actually do something.’

  3. Victors for Veterans: Giving them something to smile about

    Over the past decade, the University of Michigan School of Dentistry has provided free, comprehensive care valued at about $1.7 million to more than 480 veterans statewide.

  4. Partnership with veterans impacts prehospital setting

    Critical care researchers and veterans are bringing new medical devices used to stop hemorrhage bleeds on the battlefield to civilian life.

  5. Semper Fi

    Medals never meant much to U.S. Marine Anthony Procassini, ’47, who was wounded at the Battle of Okinawa while serving in World War II. The proud veteran finally received a Purple Heart in July 2019.

  6. The boys of '61

    In 1861, the crisis of southern secession turned Michigan’s campus into a cauldron of pro-Union meetings and military drills as students prepared to exchange books for weapons.

  7. A new way to combat PTSD?

    Researchers say mindfulness therapy could help veterans reduce symptoms of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder.

  8. Coming home

    The end of World War II sent U-M’s enrollment soaring, which put housing at a premium — creating a unique college experience for many GIs.

  9. The art of war and memory

    Past and present collide as photographer Jennifer Karady collaborates with veterans to create indelible images of a war carried home.