Composing the nation’s future
‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is not an antique fixed in time, but a living allegory that inspires us to realize democracy’s potential, says historian/musicologist Mark Clague. The song’s enduring resilience mirrors the nation’s experience, he says.
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Most adults want to ‘age in place,’ but few are prepared
From home safety and accessibility to social support, community services, and paid in-home help, a national poll sounds a warning bell. People, it’s time to start planning.
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Orchestrating an equitable score
From Spielberg projects to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, composer/DEI advocate Laura Karpman, BMus, ’80, has long navigated the male-dominated industry of music scoring. Now she’s working to enhance the picture.
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COVID-19: Do supplements help?
Professor Mark Moyad, a global medical authority on dietary supplements, reviews outpatient trials that explore whether supplements can help reduce people’s risk of contracting COVID, lessen symptoms, and more.
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Urban agriculture: Scattering vs. clustering
Detroit’ goal: To benefit more people with improved access to fresh food, community cohesion, and reduced stormwater runoff, while countering gentrification effects that may occur with expanded green space.
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Half of older adults now die with a dementia diagnosis
The sharp rise may have more to do with better public awareness, more detailed medical records, and Medicare billing practices than an actual rise in the condition, researchers say. Even so, trends in end-of-life care are shifting as diagnoses allow for more advance planning.
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Dearborn professor works in partnership to reinvigorate Detroit
Detroit has plenty of negative stereotypes, and Paul Draus hopes to transform seemingly undesirable qualities into benefits. The professor of sociology at UM-Dearborn has partnered with people to bring greenspaces to alleyways and windmills to neighborhoods.
Columns
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President's Message
Happy (fiscal) new year
Mary Sue Coleman presents budget and administrative updates regarding the new fiscal year on U-M’s three campuses -
Editor's Blog
We’re back, baby
Shakespeare, hammocks, and Top of the Park. Summer in Ann Arbor is back, baby. Well, almost. -
Climate Blue
How good are your coping skills?
Sometimes we’re so good at coping with weather and climate change, we don’t realize we’re doing it. -
Health Yourself
Evaluating health information, misinformation, and disinformation
Victor Katch reminds us if an online claim is "too good to be true," it probably is.
‘Title IX gave us that voice’
It’s been 50 years since the U.S. Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendment Act, banning sexual discrimination in education programs that receive federal funding. Though its promise has yet to be fully realized, the landmark act has opened doors to some elite female athletes at U-M, featured in the ‘Title IX Series’ from MGoBlue TV. All images are by Michigan Photography. Captions were sourced from mgoblue.com.
