Exercise goals: Mid-life women should work out to improve well-being, not only to lose weight

Mid-life working women are more committed and more likely to plan exercise into their daily lives if they know it will make them feel better immediately, a new study from the University of Michigan shows More >

South Africa's Tutu to visit U-M campus, receive medal

Nobel Prize winner and South African cleric Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be awarded the 18th University of Michigan Wallenberg Medal by University of Mi chigan President Mary Sue Coleman in October More >

Baseball execs honor Branch Rickey, who signed Jackie Robinson, with new Michigan Law professorship

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Branch Rickey, the man who helped break the Major League Baseball color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson to a big league contract, will be honored this week by establishment of a collegiate professorship at the University of Michigan Law School, the institution from which Rickey graduated in 1911 More >

How intense will storms get? New model helps answer question

A new mathematical model indicates that dust devils, water spouts, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones are all born of the same mechanism and will intensify as climate change warms the Earth's surface More >

Eyeless but not blind: Light-sensing worms provide a new tool for the study of vision and eye disease, U-M biologists discover

The tiny eyeless C. elegans roundworm, one of the most widely used animals in biological research, can detect flashes of light and responds to them by quickly wriggling away, a University of Michigan biologist and his colleagues have discovered More >

U-M experts available to discuss the need for expanded embryonic stem cell research

The University of Michigan has several distinguished stem cell scientists who can discuss the need for expanded embryonic stem cell research in Michigan and why it's critical to the search for disease cures More >

Learn how to fall like a skydiver to reduce risk of hip fracture

Senior citizens could reduce their risk of hip fracture by nearly 70 percent if they learn to fall like skydivers, new research from the University of Michigan suggests More >

Happiness is rising around the world: U-M study

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People in most countries around the world are happier these days, according to newly released data from the World Values Survey based at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research More >

New U-M project probes Americans' values

As the fall elections draw near, an innovative new University of Michigan research project is probing the values behind Americans' political decisions More >

Connection to acclaimed choreographer gains international notice

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U-M among only three U.S. sites for prestigious Paul Taylor dance training

In the vocabulary of dance, a gesture is never quite what it seems to be. Rather, a gesture is a subtle sign that invariably leads to a movement, which becomes, ultimately, an emotional and aesthetic statement More >

U-M experts available to discuss 2008 presidential elections

The University of Michigan has distinguished experts to offer insight on the issues discussed by the presidential candidates More >

Late-life remarriage: Stepfamilies make caring more complex

Late-life remarriage complicates caring for an ailing spouse, according to a University of Michigan researcher who is conducting one of the first known studies to focus on the challenges facing older remarried caregivers—a growing segment of the older U.S. population More >

U-M Life Sciences Institute bridges "Valley of Death" with new fund

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The University of Michigan's Life Sciences Institute is launching a novel program to shepherd promising biomedical discoveries from the lab bench to the marketplace More >

U-M simulations predicted Mars lander would hit sub-surface

University of Michigan simulations correctly predicted that the pulsed jets of the Mars Phoenix lander would strip the soil to the subsurface ice or rock as the craft touched down More >

$5.2 million for LSA Fellowships received from librarian

Mildred Dorothy Sommer kept her University of Michigan diploma with her until the day she died. From her home in Cleveland Heights to the nursing home where she passed away last year at the age of 100, her diploma occupied a special place in her life.

Those who knew her say Sommer, who graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts in 1928 with a Bachelor of Arts, remembered her years at U-M with special fondness More >

U-M conservators join archaeological dig in Israel

The event will last longer than an Indiana Jones movie, and thanks to blogging, it's the closest many people will get to experiencing life on an archeological dig More >

U-M scientists remove thousands of aspens to glimpse forest's future

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Armed with chainsaws and pry bars, University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues recently hastened the end for nearly 7,000 mature aspen and birch trees in a large-scale, long-term experiment to glimpse the Great Lakes region's future forests More >

New U-M Business Engagement Center opens

After months of planning and bustling, behind-the-scenes activity, the University of Michigan will officially open the doors to its new Business Engagement Center this week More >

Michigan plans for boom from energy/green breakthroughs

The state's top energy researchers, policy-makers and business innovators will come together on Earth Day April 22 to review plans for making Michigan a national leader in emerging green energy technologies.

Michigan's University Research Corridor (URC) and WWJ Newsradio 950 will bring together Michigan's key go-to people in energy innovation, including leading researchers from Wayne State University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan for "Carbon Culture at the Crossroads: Embracing a Green Michigan." More >

Michigan on iTunes U now available

The University of Michigan hosts a vast array of lectures, debates, performances and events each year—if only a person could get to all of them. Now there is a way to catch a special guest speaker or take in a compelling lecture from anywhere in the world More >

One large organic shade-grown coffee, please—with extra bats

If you get a chance to sip some shade-grown Mexican organic coffee, please pause a moment to thank the bats that helped make it possible.

At Mexican organic coffee plantations, where pesticides are banned, bats and birds work night and day to control insect pests that might otherwise munch the crop More >

U-M researchers involved in oldest European human fossil find

University of Michigan researcher Josep M. Pares is part of a team that has discovered the oldest known remains of human ancestors in Western Europe More >

U-M invention could block aquatic invaders

University of Michigan researchers are investigating a radical new design for cargo ships that would eliminate ballast tanks, the water-filled compartments that enable non-native creatures to sneak into the Great Lakes from overseas More >

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Sensors for bat-inspired spy plane under development

A six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat would gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to a soldier in real time More >