Governor's U-M Commencement Address Relatively Undisturbed
Snyder's speech to the graduates steered largely clear of politics even as he unveiled recommendations this week to overhaul Michigan's school system.
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Snyder's speech to the graduates steered largely clear of politics even as he unveiled recommendations this week to overhaul Michigan's school system.
Patients, hospital staff and well-wishers showed their appreciation at U of M's Mott Children's Hospital during "Charles Woodson Day."
After posting modest job losses last calendar year following an abysmal 2009, the Oakland County economy should add nearly 29,000 jobs over the next three years -- the best years since 2000, say University of Michigan economists.
According to a new report, the economic outlook for Oakland County appears bright.
A computer analysis by two University of Michigan researchers shows promise for helping develop therapies for some major diseases by rescuing proteins that have stopped performing normally
Electrical engineers at the University of Michigan have built a device that can harness energy from vibrations and convert it to electricity with five to ten times greater efficiency and power than other devices in its class. And it's smaller than a penny.
The standout sophomore has not hired an agent, leaving him eligible to return to the school for his junior season if he decides to withdraw from the draft.
The second day of U-M's conference on rebuilding Michigan's manufacturing base through green energy concentrated on how the public sector and universities can accelerate commercialization of new technology.
Michigan has major opportunities in manufacturing the components of a green energy future. Evidence of that could be found Thursday at the University of Michigan, where 350 people packed the Michigan League Ballroom for "Revitalizing Innovation in Michigan for Clean Energy Manufacturing," a two-day conference sponsored by UM's Phoenix Memorial Energy Institute.
Billionaire businessman A. Alfred Taubman has become the University of Michigan's largest individual donor ever, with total giving of more than $142 million.
Shopping Mall developer Alfred Taubman giving the school 56 million dollars to help fund medical research.
NanoBio Corp. today announced a licensing agreement with the University of Michigan that provides NanoBio with rights to an antigen that has been shown to prevent urinary tract infections following intranasal vaccination
Melting glaciers and ice caps on Canadian Arctic islands play a much greater role in sea level rise than scientists previously thought, according to a new study led by a University of Michigan researcher.
Americans are more receptive to news from Al Jazeera English when they think it is actually CNN International's broadcast, a new University of Michigan study finds
The latest event and meeting notices from Michigan's technology-focused businesses and institutions
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business today announced that several student-run startups have been awarded top prizes at this year's Rice University Business Plan Competition, the world's largest and richest graduate-level business plan competition.
A team of researchers led by investigators at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the University of Michigan Health System worked to improve diabetes patients' health by first addressing their depression.
The hottest stars in the universe spin so fast that they get a bit squished at their poles and dimmer around their middle. The 90-year-old theory that predicts the extent of this "gravity darkening" phenomenon has major flaws, according to a new study led by University of Michigan astronomers.
Installation of a water-conserving irrigation system has helped the University of Michigan reduce the amount of water used on irrigation by 68 percent, saving an estimated $141,000 a year.
For the first time, scientists have made star-shaped, biodegradable polymers that can self-assemble into hollow, nanofiber spheres, and when the spheres are injected with cells into wounds, these spheres biodegrade, but the cells live on to form new tissue.
Past University of Michigan stars will return to campus for tomorrow's alumni flag football game followed by the Spring Football Game at Michigan Stadium.
With its sleek 2011 car Quantum now built and ready for testing, the University of Michigan's No. 1 solar car team in America is preparing to take on the world.
A dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light discovered by University of Michigan researchers could lead to solar power without traditional semiconductor-based solar cells.
The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused "massive, ecosystem-wide changes" throughout lakes Michigan and Huron, two of the planet's largest freshwater lakes, according to a new University of Michigan-led study.
Seven leading University of Michigan clinician-scientists will receive UM A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute grants, which will give them unprecedented freedom to conduct "high risk, high reward" research with the intent of moving scientific discoveries out of laboratories and into doctors' offices.
