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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Crowdfunding for medical research?
A U-M Health System team is striving to make it possible for anyone to propose and fund ideas for patient-focused research studies. The team’s award-winning online protoype, WellSpringboard, would focus on studies designed to compare prevention, diagnostic, or treatment options.
Related: Big Ten universities form Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
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Cyber Attacks: A Clear and Present Danger?
Video: The U.S. Dept. of Defense recently blamed China’s military for cyber attacks on American systems. Just how do these attacks occur, what kind of damage can they create, and how can we combat them?
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Documentary bows on Hill
A Space for Music, A Seat for Everyone is a love letter to both Hill Auditorium and the passionate community that has sustained it for a century.
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#MGoGrad!
Video: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, BS ’85, opened his 2013 commencement speech by taking a photo of the audience and tweeting it to more than a million followers. “I’m a professional; this will only take a second,” the former stand-up comedian said. The Washington Post ranks Costolo’s address in 2013’s top five.
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President Coleman to Retire in 2014
U-M President Mary Sue Coleman recently announced she will retire in July 2014. Appointed in 2002, Coleman is the fourth-longest-serving president in the University’s history.
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Charles Munger Pledges Largest Single Gift in U-M History
A $110 million gift of securities from investor and philanthropist Charles T. Munger will support his vision for a new state-of-the-art residence for U-M graduate students. The gift is the largest single donation to the University in its 196-year history.
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President's Message
Reaffirming our focus on student access and opportunity
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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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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.