The discovery of a well-preserved woolly mammoth suggests ancient humans “stole” mammoths from hunting lions, says U-M’s Daniel Fisher, a leading mammoth expert and professor of earth and environmental sciences.

University of Michigan researcher Arul Chinnaiyan has been tapped to help lead a $10 million effort to better match new drugs to advanced, metastatic prostate cancers. U-M will be one of seven centers involved in the project across the U.S., five of which will run clinical trials.

The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business announced its student-led Social Venture Fund has joined investors in a Series A round totaling $2.4 million in LearnZillion. The web-based platform gives students, teachers, and parents access to a video library of high-quality, standards-based lessons taught by the nation’s top teachers.

Scientists who created mutant forms of bird flu want to see their research published, and an influential advisory committee recently gave them the green light after a debate that lasted for months. But one of the manuscripts is now being blocked from publication because of Dutch legal controls on the export of technology that could potentially be used for weapons. It’s just the latest example of how complicated international export control laws have affected the debate over what to do about two studies on bird flu, says Michael Imperiale, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of microbiology and immunology.

The University of Michigan Glee Club transformed a standard dinner at Ann Arbor’s Cottage Inn into an altogether inspiring event. “Sometimes, when you’re feeling blue, all you need is a little maize,” Albom says. (With video.)

Noreen Clark, director of the University’s Center for Managing Chronic Disease, is shifting the center’s focus to well-being, a departure from the traditional approach to public health, and one that may reduce future healthcare use and spending.