If you know, you know. Or do you?

People who lack expertise often lack the expertise to know just how much expertise they lack, says U-M psychologist David Dunning. Even AI suffers the effect. While ChatGPT is designed to provide an answer, it is unable to figure out whether it’s the right answer, he says.
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Compostable diapers
U-M startup Ecovia Renewables hopes to rid the planet’s landfills of disposable diapers; team is working with manufacturers to put a biodegradable material into product prototypes.
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U-M tool measures ‘iffy’ news
U-M’s Center for Social Media Responsibility analyzes news on Facebook and Twitter, just in time for 2018 election.
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U-M delivers record 21 startups in FY2018
U-M researchers reported a 10-percent rise in new inventions with 484 for the fiscal year that ended June 30.
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U-M shatters fundraising records
Some 382,000 donors have given more than $5 billion to U-M — a campaign high among the nation’s public universities.
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Video game helps kids avoid predators
UM-Dearborn undergrads and a UM-Ann Arbor librarian teamed up to help young people with autism stay safe online.
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Emeritus professor wins Nobel Prize
Gérard Mourou advanced ‘chirped pulse amplification,’ pushing the limits of optical science.
Columns
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President's Message
Reaffirming our focus on student access and opportunity
U-M seeks to ensure every student will rise, achieve, and fulfill their dreams. -
Editor's Blog
Peace out
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world out there. -
Climate Blue
Keeping our focus on climate
As federal support for climate science wanes, Ricky Rood remains hopeful. -
Health Yourself
Are you an ‘ager’ or a ‘youther’?
Why do some people appear younger or older than people born in the same year?
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MGo Blue podcasts
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Michigan Medicine Podcasts
Hear audio series, news, and stories about the future of health care.
Creativity and connection across prison walls
One of the world’s largest and longest-running exhibitions of incarcerated artists is back with new programming designed to foster connection and deepen public understanding of incarceration in Michigan. The 29th annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons, curated by U-M’s Prison Creative Arts Project, showcases 772 artworks by 538 artists incarcerated in 26 state prisons. The Duderstadt Center Gallery on U-M’s North Campus is presenting the artwork through April 1.