“Robert Traylor, affectionately known as “Tractor Traylor,” has reportedly died at the age of 34 after a massive heart attack. Traylor starred for the Michigan Wolverines in the 1990s and spent seven seasons in the NBA.”

“There’s a limit to how much better conventional batteries can get, says Jon Lauckner, president of GM Ventures, which pumped over $3 million into U-M professor Ann Marie Sastry’s startup company, Sakti3, last year. If electric vehicles are ever to make up more than a small fraction of cars on the road, ‘something fundamental has to change.’ He believes that Sakti3 is ‘working well beyond the limits of conventional electrochemical cells.'”

The University of Michigan ranks number 4.

“Over the six years U-M researcher Alex Gardner monitored Canada’s Arctic glaciers and ice caps, he says they lost almost as much water as there is in Lake Erie. ‘It’s like watching a slow train wreck,’ says Gardner, noting that millions of people around the world could be displaced in coming decades as ice melts and sea levels rise.”

The University of Michigan says the system saves about 22 million gallons of water, and $141,000 a year.

“Last week, I moderated a career panel for my alma mater, the University of Michigan (Go Blue!), and the panelists—all successful alumni in different fields, from finance and e-commerce to fashion and food—had some great advice to share on how to be your own best publicist. Here are a few highlights.”

“For the first time since ice dance became a medal sport at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, an American team won the gold medal. That team was Meryl Davis and Charlie White, the reigning Olympic silver medalists, who grew up in the Detroit area…”

Back in 2002 Lorinda was convicted of sexually assaulting her own young son. She was sentenced to 25-50 years. She maintained her innocence the whole time and in 2009, her son, then 20 recanted his story.