Mind control
“It’s like you have a hand again,” says Joe Hamilton, as U-M researchers amplify faint, latent signals from arm nerves to enable real-time, finger-level control of a robotic hand.
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Two weeks in 1918
This bizarre business of social distancing is not new. When the ‘Spanish’ Flu stalked Americans, Ann Arbor all but shut down. Nurses, meanwhile, delivered supplies to victims.
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Sparks fly and women weld
Samantha Farrugia, MUP ’15, melds women seeking job skills with companies needing welders.
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The coronavirus and U-M
What’s happening on campus? Here’s a curated compilation of the latest information, experts, and links to manage this temporary new normal.
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Fumbles, flubs, clangers, and fluffs
Why do top performers often fall short of the mark when the stakes are high and the pressure is on? A U-M psychologist explains.
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Ancient beads or Stone-Age ‘likes’?
Anthropologists believe early humans exchanged eggshell beads to affirm connections and update their relationship status. Sound familiar?
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Original Earth Day organizers reunite 50 years later
Former student activists who established the 1970 Teach-In on the Environment examine how history can inform the present — and the future.
Columns
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Editor's Blog
Cancel culture sucks
So, we’ve embraced cancel culture to fight coronavirus. Great. -
Climate Blue
Confronting our invisible enemies
As coronavirus consumes our consciousness, Ricky Rood considers the responses to climate change and COVID-19.
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Talking About Movies
If you build it, they will enroll
Frank Beaver travels back in time to the days when he helped launch legit film study at U-M.
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Health Yourself
How does long-distance running affect you?
What can the myth of Pheidippides teach us about endurance training?
In the news
- The Conversation Your brain evolved to hoard supplies and shame others for doing the same
- The Conversation Stimulus package will remain half-baked unless local governments get more of the dough
- The Conversation Another housing crisis is coming—and bailouts, eviction freezes won't be enough to prevent many from losing their homes
Postcards from the edge
Never have we ever needed to escape the harsh realities of modern life more than now. The Bentley Historical Library holds a vast postcard collection spanning the centuries. We pulled these sweet missives to “Papa,” “the Boss,” and “Aunt Gertrude” from a bygone era in U-M history. Hugs.
