Ketha Knuth answered the call for her sister, Karla Davidson, when a bone marrow transplant was her best treatment option. For Knuth, being able to spend precious time with her sister has been more than worth her donation. “If I was asked to donate my bone marrow again, I would do it without hesitation,” she said.

When it comes to opinions about paying for, and getting access to, care for older adults, direct experience appears to matter a lot, a new U-M study finds. Research shows levels of concern about costs of long term care, and access to it, are higher among those who are unpaid caregivers to people over 65, compared with those who aren’t.

Dream expert Laurel Clark, BA ’78, offers some helpful perspective on managing our waking hours by tapping into the sleeping ones. The author, counselor, and interfaith minister says, ‘Everybody dreams, so in my mind, there has to be some purpose for it.’

Early literacy instruction is improving in classrooms across Michigan — showing that targeted coaching can significantly strengthen how young students are taught to read. Michigan began funding early literacy coaches at the Intermediate School District level in 2016-17 with an initial $3 million investment. Funding reached $42 million annually by 2023-24.

A ‘Social Media Mini Course,’ created by experts at U-M Health, walks anyone through key settings on different social media platforms that users can change to make their experience more positive, and less risky, if they choose to stay on social media.

When he took a job at U-M’s News and Information Services In 1970, reporter Harley Schwadron embraced a new phase in his writing career. Little did he know, a chance opportunity to showcase his artistic talent in the University Record would take him down a path as a successful syndicated cartoonist.

Six years ago this month, everything changed for patient care teams at University of Michigan Health, when the first of thousands of people with COVID-19 arrived on the Ann Arbor medical campus. A newly installed sculpture now pays tribute to everyone who took part in the massive effort to care for those patients and manage the pandemic.

U-M is partnering with Los Alamos National Laboratory to develop a high-performance computational research facility. In this Q&A, Steven Ceccio, project lead and the Vincent T. and Gloria M. Gorguze Professor of Engineering, helps unpack the complexities of this project.

A team led by U-M researchers shaped the development of the new Michigan Maritime Strategy, a 10-year plan by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that’s designed to protect the Great Lakes, create jobs and strengthen the watery traditions and opportunities that are so much a part of Michigan life.