University of Michigan professors will offer free online courses on such diverse topics as finance, electronic voting, computer vision, and fantasy and science fiction using a new web-based platform called Coursera.

Legendary reporter helped shape TV journalism; launched his career at U-M.

Fewer than 10 people born in Michigan are fluent in the native language of the area’s indigenous people. Yet more than 2,700 people “like” the language on Facebook.

A U-M project that helps Flint middle school students contribute to their community turns out to reduce violence and crime among the kids.

In December, U-M president Mary Sue Coleman called for Obama’s leadership in restoring the United States’ higher education system.

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From Ghana to Michigan, a teacher and student meet again.

How a professor’s childhood faith led him to become an innovative scientist.

How do you create a ‘culture of college’ in disadvantaged high schools?

Scott Atran is a world-renowned expert on terrorism and terrorists. His research and his book “Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists” derive from years in the field interviewing terrorists from around the globe. Michigan Today asked for his insights into the status of terrorism ten years after 9/11.