UM Raises Tuition 2.8% In 2012-13
The Ann Arbor school's decision brings the tab to nearly $13,000 for most freshmen and sophomores. The increase adds $360 per year for most students.
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The Ann Arbor school's decision brings the tab to nearly $13,000 for most freshmen and sophomores. The increase adds $360 per year for most students.
A dry spring in portions of the Midwest is expected to result in the second-smallest Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" on record in 2012, according to a University of Michigan forecast released Thursday.
The University of Michigan has been selected to lead a $152 million NASA satellite project aimed at improving hurricane and extreme weather prediction.
NASA has selected an ocean wind study proposal led by the University of Michigan from among 19 submitted to the agency's Announcement of Opportunity for small spaceflight investigations of the Earth system. The proposed mission will make accurate measurements of ocean surface winds throughout the life cycle of tropical storms and hurricanes, which could help lead to better weather forecasting.
Realtime Technologies, a part of the Training and Simulation Divison of Arotech Corp. (Nasdaq: ARTX), said last week that it has been selected to provide an upgraded instrumented full cab vehicle simulator for the University of Michigan Transportation and Research Institute.
Has your memory failed you today, such as struggling to recall a word that's "on the tip of your tongue?" If so, you're not alone.
Six new human embryonic stem cell lines derived at the University of Michigan have just been placed on the National Institutes of Health's registry, making the cells available for federally funded research.
Globalization is a benefit to U.S. scientific achievement, not a threat. That's the conclusion of a new book that weighs the evidence from a number of recent surveys to answer its title question: "Is American Science in Decline?"
Investigations related to a six-month delay in reporting to police the discovery of suspected child pornography on a computer flash drive in a University of Michigan hospital lounge could exceed $500,000 in costs.
The Michigan Legislature has approved sale of alcohol at Michigan Stadium on New Year's Day when the arena hosts a game between the NHL Winter Classic.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to the University of Michigan's ArtsEngine initiative to support a national effort to integrate the work of artists and their creative practices into the culture of U.S. research universities.
A team of young engineers from the U of M will show off their hand-built car in a "Super Mileage" competition.
The University of Michigan has been awarded LEED Gold certification for the Law School South Hall academic building.
Coinciding with its 100th year anniversary this year, the center has undergone $1.2 million in renovations that have nearly doubled the facility's patient care space, and enhanced waiting rooms, provided accommodations for the UM amputee support network and therapy capacity, among other improvements.
Given the cost of fuel, collegiate teams in SAE International's Supermileage engineering competition could be the envy of many drivers who are experiencing sticker shock at the pumps.
For the second straight month, fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the United States fell by 0.2 mpg, likely reflecting a slight drop in gas prices, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
Women in their 70s had a longer life expectancy when they exercised and regularly ate fruits and vegetables, a new University of Michigan study found.
Beyond the romance of its rarity, Tuesday's transit of Venus could help scientists learn more about the composition of the solar wind -- the stream of charged particles emanating from the sun.
Math and physics teacher Darol Straub, 65, of Ann Arbor, helped high school and community college students make sense of the laws of motion, but by spring of this year his heart struggled to pump. On May 7 he was implanted with a left ventricular assist device that pumps blood in a way his failing heart no longer could. It was a milestone for Straub and the UM Cardiovascular Center, which marked its 500th heart implant.
Last month, retired high school teacher Darol Straub of Ann Arbor received a new heart device, the 500th device implanted by the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center.
Whether the Higgs boson exists could be settled by the end of summer, say University of Michigan physicists involved in the search for the missing piece of particle physics' Standard Model.
Aggressive efforts to lower blood pressure in people with diabetes are paying off – perhaps too well, according to a new study.
Monitoring the Future, one of the largest and longest-running studies of American youth, as well as of college students and young adults, will receive a $35 million award to continue for another five years.
Michigan's University Research Corridor schools confer more than 3,600 degrees annually in auto-ready careers and have spent more than $300 million on auto-related research in the past five years, according to a new report released Wednesday.
The University of Michigan is putting the finishing touches on a new eco-friendly data center, known as the Modular Data Center.
