Oprah features a U-M alum with her book club, while an alumna who flew in World War Two earns a belated Congressional Gold Medal. Plus: flu science, self-healing concrete, the football/dementia link, and more.

Andy Warhol photos come to the Museum of Art; U-M rated #4 public university by US News; the outcome of the investigation into the football team remains difficult to predict; and more.

More alums in the White House, bad news for the Michigan economy, the potential for sports at UM-Flint, and more.

U-M experts on the Air France crash, GM’s bankruptcy, climate change and rip currents. Plus stories about sports triumphs and a cosmetic surgery breakthrough, and more.

U-M alums win Pulitzer Prizes and CNN’s Sanjay Gupta talks to the Daily. Health officials battle super-bacteria in wastewater treatment plants, Tyrone Wheatley makes a mark at EMU, and more.

• U-M’s Scott Atran described a possible path to Mideast peace (NY Times, Jan. 24, 2009)
• Researcher Arul Chinnaiyan’s team discovers a possible route to easier, better tests of prostate cancer (Reuters, Feb. 11, 2009)
• Former U-M President James Duderstadt led a study team that recommends new energy policies (Detroit Free Press, Feb. 9, 2009)
• Ann Arbor named best college sports town in the United States (Ohio State: not on the list) (Forbes, Feb. 12, 2009)
• …And more

• Several alums considered for the Obama administration.
• The NY Times calls U-M a “Rust-Belt oasis.”
• Alum and former Regent Phil Power finds reasons to be optimistic about Michigan’s future.
• ESPN blogged about the transformation of men’s hoops.
• …And more

Economy Pressing On: University publishers tackle digital revolution (Dome Magazine, November 16, 2009)

Phil sucks a great deal. He never shuts up. Nobody likes him.