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Six planes fly over Michigan Stadium, leaving white smoke trails against a bright blue sky. before the first game of the 2024 Michigan Football season. In the foreground, fans waiting to get into the gate take photos with their phones.

On June 6, Judge Claudia Wilken gave final approval of the House vs. NCAA case, which will drastically change the landscape of college athletics. The settlement results have a significant impact on the financial model at Michigan Athletics, not to mention the way all college athletics are structured.

  1. Two researchers in a Michigan Medicine laboratory at the University of Michigan working on a breakthrough in osteoporosis.

    On the verge: Breakthrough treatment for osteoporosis

    Because of partnerships with federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense, Karl Jepsen has worked for decades to build up the field of bone research. “We are just now seeing the outcomes of funded projects from 20, 30, 40 years ago,” he says.

  2. Black and white image of caucasian man in easy chair on a stage interviewing a person on a giant video monitor. The people are Enoch Brater, University of Michigan professor emeritus, and playwright/alumnus Arthur Miller.

    Swept away by Beckett and dining with Miller

    For 50 years, Enoch Brater shared his passion for literature and the theatre with thousands of like-minded students at U-M. The University’s Kenneth T. Rowe Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Dramatic Literature retired in spring 2025. As a renowned expert on Samuel Beckett and Arthur Miller, he viewed plays as ‘literature meant to be performed.’

  3. A black and white graphic of a tick and a mosquito side by side.

    Mosquitos and ticks: 6 tips to swat away two summer spoilers for kids

    While usually just irritating, bites from these two insects may also transmit disease. But choosing the right repellent or protection for children can be confusing for some families, according to the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health. Don’t worry. Hear from a Michigan Medicine pediatrician who simplifies the information and offers parents valuable tips to combat these pesky bloodsuckers.

  4. Illustration by William Iseminger/Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. At its peak, up to 20,000 inhabitants lived, worked, and gathered at Cahokia. Picture an aerial map of a city with buildings, roads, rivers, etc.

    Notes from underground

    Archaeological excavation as a practice is both expensive and destructive, often causing irreparable damage to sites with sacred and historical significance. LSA archaeologist Robin Beck and his colleagues have developed a project using new technologies to conduct the largest geophysical survey of an archaeological site in the Americas — Cahokia Mounds — at a very large scale without the costs and harms of excavation.

  5. Sepia-toned image of young caucasian woman, June Rose Colby in the 1870s, surrounded by a collage of educational items -- books, class photo -- reflecting her time at the University of Michigan.

    June Rose Colby: First female PhD was a ‘perennial educator’

    Before 1886, U-M had never granted a doctoral degree to a female student. But the University had never admitted a female student like June Rose Colby before. “From the time it opened to women when I was 14 and knew I was to go to Michigan, it gave a settled purpose and wider outlook,” this passionate lifelong educator would write. “The work in the University was sound, hard, enlightening, creating or feeding a never-ceasing hunger for things of the mind.”

  6. A group of people sit in a small stone amphitheatre on a sunny day in the woods at U-M's Nichols Arboretum while an instructor speaks.

    There is joy in the woods

    Students recently transformed U-M’s Nichols Arboretum into an art exhibit, reminding visitors that “the earth is a living thing.” People were guided not by maps or botanical information, but by poetry—a different kind of navigation system. One message on a wooden placard instructed visitors to “Walk/through the garden’s dormant splendor./Say only, thank you.”

Research to serve the world

The Office of the Vice President for Research at U-M collaborates with internal and external partners to catalyze, support, and safeguard research and scholarship across the University. Visit Michigan Research for a deep dive into the state of the research enterprise at U-M. Learn what inspires the Michigan scientists and scholars who are spurring new technologies, advancing health care, and driving the economy. Meanwhile, enjoy these recent research stories from Michigan News.

  • Synchrotron in a closet

    For the first time, researchers can study the microstructures inside metals, ceramics, and rocks with X-rays in a standard laboratory without needing to travel to a particle accelerator, according to a study led by U-M engineers. The newly developed laboratory-scale, three-dimensional x-ray diffraction (Lab-3DXRD) opens up more opportunities for student use. (Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering.) Keep reading at Michigan News.

    University of Michigan scientist carefully positions a metal sample for measurement.

  • Why a next-gen semiconductor doesn’t fall to pieces

    A new class of semiconductors that can store information in electric fields could enable computers that run on less power, sensors with quantum precision, and the conversion of signals between electrical, optical, and acoustic forms. But how they maintained two opposite electric polarizations in the same material was a mystery. Now, a team led by U-M engineers has discovered the reason why the materials, called wurtzite ferroelectric nitrides, don’t tear themselves apart. (Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering.) Keep reading at Michigan News.

    Researchers cluster around equipment in a U-M lab.

  • Researchers unveil bacterial villain behind ‘potent toxin’

    In the warm summertime waters of Lake Erie, cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, can proliferate out of control, creating algal blooms that produce toxins at a rate that can harm wildlife and human health. Now, researchers have identified the organism responsible for producing the toxins: a type of cyanobacteria called Dolichospermum. (Satellite image of Lake Erie. Credit: NOAA Great Lakes Coast.) Keep reading at Michigan News.

    Satellite image of Lake Erie. Image credit: NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch MODIS Satellite Image – July 6, 2020

  • Catalyst grants fuel sustainability projects

    From PFAS detection to electricity shutoffs, five groundbreaking projects tackle urgent sustainability challenges with real-world impact and community-driven solutions.These interdisciplinary, impact-driven efforts reflect U-M’s commitment to partnering with communities and advancing scalable solutions for the future. (Graphic: Michigan News.) Keep reading at Michigan News.

    Graphic represents five U-M projects from PFAS detection to electricity shutoffs; the groundbreaking projects tackle urgent sustainability challenges with real-world impact and community-driven solutions.

  • Drug that treats flu shows additional benefit

    One dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil lowers the chance of transmitting the influenza virus to family members by about 30%, according to research in the New England Journal of Medicine. In a Phase III global trial of baloxavir marboxil (brand name Xofluza) led by U-M epidemiologist Arnold Monto, researchers found the drug significantly slowed the viral shedding that infects close contacts. Keep reading at Michigan News.

    African-American mother holds young child on her lap and checks thermometer.

  • E-I-E-I-Omics: Genetics, corn, and more resilient crops

    By analyzing DNA from different cells in nearly 200 lines of maize plants, research led by the University of Michigan has revealed insights that could help growers better adapt their crops to a fast-changing environment. The new study, led by Alexandre Marand, reveals previously hidden information about the activity of genes inside different cell types. (Image credit: Alexandre Marand.) Keep reading at Michigan News 

    A row of corn stalks in black pots along a white wall.

  • Making desalination more eco-friendly

    Desalination plants, a major and growing source of freshwater in dry regions, could produce less harmful waste using electricity and new membranes made at U-M. The membranes could help desalination plants minimize or eliminate brine waste produced as a byproduct of turning seawater into drinking water. (Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering.) Keep reading at Michigan News.

    Extreme close-up of two gloved hands holding a piece of equipment in a U-M lab.

  • How extreme weather threatens nature’s essential services

    How much will strawberry harvests shrink when extreme heat harms pollinators? How much will timber production decline when windstorms flatten forests? How much will recreational value disappear when large wildfires sweep through mountain towns? These are some critical questions that a new computer simulation, modeled at Michigan, is helping answer. Keep reading at Michigan News.

    Graphic shows fire, tornado, and drought to illustrate how extreme weather threatens nature's essential services.