‘Will the girl who took my shirt and left her poetry…’

Before social media, before dating apps, there were personal ads, a department of newspapers’ classified advertising sections that spiced up the paper’s lifeless gray columns. A dive into The Michigan Daily’s digital archive reveals an especially creative era on campus when Michigan students used the Daily’s back pages to express their emotions and connect.
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Researchers find early driver of prostate cancer aggressiveness
Researchers at U-M’s Rogel Cancer Center recently identified a gene that plays a key role in prostate cancer cells that have transitioned to a more aggressive, treatment-resistant form. The gene can be indirectly targeted with an existing class of drugs, suggesting a potential treatment strategy for patients with aggressive subtypes of prostate cancer.
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What will it take to reduce primary care doctor burnout?
America’s primary care doctors are burning out, cutting back their hours, and leaving their practices early, driven in part by the demands of handling the flood of digital messages from their patients. But a trio of University of Michigan studies offer hope for easing this crisis, and improving both the care that patients get and the work lives of those who provide it.
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In perfect harmony: U-M Symphony Band tours the state
The U-M Symphony Band toured the state in May, offering free clinics to high school students and performing in 11 communities from Belleville to Interlochen. Some 1,500 student musicians received guidance by U-M band students and faculty in interactive, side-by-side tutorials.
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Line 5’s history, legal standing and environmental impact
The fate of the Line 5 pipeline, which moves more than 500,000 barrels of oil and natural gas liquids between Wisconsin and Canada daily, is at another critical juncture in its 70-plus year history. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just released its assessment of a contentious proposal to bury a section of Line 5 in a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac.
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Pediatric surgical nurse donates liver to 2-year-old patient
In early November 2024, Kelly Smith and her husband received the phone call they had been waiting for since summer — a liver donor matched with their two-year-old daughter, Quinnlyn. What they didn’t know was their donor was close to home: Phil Consiglio is a nurse at U-M’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
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The U.S. has a new most powerful laser — and it’s at U-M
The ZEUS laser facility has roughly doubled the peak power of any other laser in the U.S. with its first official experiment at 2 petawatts (2 quadrillion watts). “This milestone marks the beginning of experiments that move into unexplored territory for American high field science,” says Karl Krushelnick, director of U-M’s Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science.
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President's Message
‘Let’s seize the moment’
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Editor's Blog
Meet me at the Wacky Shack
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Climate Blue
Change is … good?
As the nation’s climate scientists plan for an uncertain future, Ricky Rood sees an opportunity to improve the research enterprise. -
Health Yourself
Root causes of health disparities
Why are some people healthy and others are not? Economic disparities play a role, says Victor Katch.
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The good old summertime
Some call it Bug Camp, this isolated outpost about 20 miles south of Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge. Its actual name is the U-M Biological Station, located on more than 10,000 forested acres along the south shore of Douglas Lake in Cheboygan County. Imagine a summer camp for grownup scientists. As these gorgeous images from Michigan Photography show, the BioStation delivers an extraordinary learning and research experience for U-M faculty and students, scientists, and anyone who loves nature.