As people prepare for wild winds and heavy rains during hurricane season, you may be wondering what to do if disaster strikes? If scary images of bent-over trees and rampaging storm surges scare you, remember that preparing ahead is best to keep your family safe all year long.

Too often, performers are working with makeup artists and crew who are not trained on their skin tone and hair texture. So, when they should be fully embodying a character, they are instead confronted with limitations that can feel frustrating and demoralizing. Now, a professor from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance has teamed with a performer from RuPaul’s ‘Drag Race’ to change all that.

Some of the first data from an international space mission is confirming decades worth of speculation about the galactic neighborhoods of supermassive black holes. More exciting than the data, though, is the fact that the long-awaited satellite behind it—the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission or XRISM—is just getting started providing such unparalleled insights.

The Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy has created more than three miles of accessible trails since 2016 when the Overlook Trail at Arcadia Dunes opened. It’s all part of the conservancy’s work since 1991 under the leadership of Glen Chown, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from U-M’s School of Environment and Sustainability.

Coastal communities are partnering with a multidisciplinary research team to determine the best way to harvest wave energy at Beaver Island, Michigan, and Nags Head, North Carolina. Wave energy could power millions of homes, but to make a splash in the industry, the tech must balance engineering, socio-economic and environmental trade-offs, researchers say.

Retired Michigan Today columnist and beloved film professor Frank Beaver reflects on the life, career, and creative legacy of award-winning actor James Earl Jones, who died Sept. 9. As the distinctive voice of iconic ‘Star Wars’ villain Darth Vader, Jones has long cultivated an ardent fan base among his fellow alumni. Michigan football fans hear him each fall as the voice on the Wolverines’ pre-game hype video.