It’s like “Knight Rider” meets “Northern Exposure” in a future where AI-equipped mobile clinics help guide medical generalists through unfamiliar diagnoses and procedures. The goal is to widen access to quality health care for rural populations.

Sierra Petersen, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, studies what Earth’s climate was like millions of years in the past. She also is a member of Science Moms, a group of mothers who are scientists who study climate change. They hope to make climate change a normal topic of conversation—and therefore one that deserves action and attention.

This brother and sister went through the U-M dental school one year apart but never knew about each other until 30 years later. Today, they enjoy a newly expanded network of relatives, friends, and of course, Michigan alumni.

Over 166 years, five successive generations of Michigan-minted doctors have left their collective mark on medicine — and the Breakey family. The birth of the Breakey dynasty of doctors coincides closely with the birth of the University of Michigan Medical School, which opened 175 years ago. That’s James Fleming Breakey, MD 1894, on the far right.

Jimmy Carter’s use of hospice for nearly two years prior to his death is a powerful reminder about how once can utilize this service, experts say. Hospice is a valuable resource to support patients and families, through care within their own home or nursing facility, but it does not necessarily mean that someone is actively dying.

The Indigenous Education Youth Collective program, a research-practice partnership between U-M, Anishinaabe youth and families, and Lake Superior State University, inspires Native students with the support and direction they need to pursue higher education.

In December 2024, U-M closed on a $9.5 million purchase of land at 2201 W. Grand River Ave. from MGM Grand Detroit that is expected to support the future needs of the U-M Center for Innovation. Part of the nearly 2.3-acre parcel, strategically located across the street from the UMCI, will be used for a parking structure.

Tachi and Leslie Yamada’s $10 million donation five years ago helped launch U-M’s Center for Global Health Equity. Earlier this year, Leslie Yamada and her family donated an additional $10 million to the center, a portion of which has been used to name the center’s directorship, held by Joseph C. Kolars.

Scott Everett arrived at the hospital within 30 minutes of his first symptoms. Imaging showed a clot in his brain’s middle cerebral artery, a major vessel that supplies blood to parts of the frontal, temporal and parietal lobes. It is the most common artery involved in acute ischemic stroke.