In U-M’s new Social Venture Creation course, students who want to make the world a better place are learning hands-on how to use business savvy and market principles to solve society’s challenges.

Plus: DoGood movement grows: Student iPhone app acquired by national company.

The popular DoGood iPhone application developed by U-M students last year has been acquired by Tonic, a digital media company. It’s the latest of dozens of inventions by U-M students and faculty that are transforming the Michigan and national economies.

Most Americans live within 25 miles of their mothers, according to a report issued by the University of Michigan Retirement Research Center.

Beth Myerowitz graduated this spring after overhauling her life and career, at 59, to attend U-M. But that’s not the only unique part of her story. Right at her side at spring commencement: her son, Joshua Sánchez, who earned his own graduate degree.

30 years ago, reporter Tony Collings took a chance on a job with a brand new TV network called CNN. Now on the U-M faculty, he looks back at a time when 24/7 news seemed nutty.

Coverage of commencement from across the nation. Plus, U-M experts project slow economic recovery, offer tips for better health, help Iraqi entrepreneurs, review climate science, push for hard-nosed education reform, and more.

Why would U-M embark on a formal research collaboration with a university in Shanghai?

How one of the world’s great musical instruments made its way from Detroit to Chicago to Hill Auditorium.

The men’s gymnastics team turned swagger and mental strength into a national championship.