University of Michigan

  • Tracking toxicity in Lake Erie

    U-M researchers are using state-of-the-art genomics and environmental chemistry to study the toxicity of algal blooms in Lake Erie caused by nutrients from farm runoff. They hope the study results can be incorporated into computer-based ecological models used to forecast harmful algal blooms.

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  • Saving babies’ lives with 3D printing

    Three boys — with the same life-threatening condition, a terminal form of tracheobronchomalacia — became the first in the world to benefit from groundbreaking 3-D printed devices that kept their airways open, restored their breathing and saved their lives at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.

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  • Building a better refugee camp

    Recent U-M architecture graduate Bjornar Haveland is spending a year researching how to improve the quality of life in refugee camps. He is the latest recipient of U-M's Wallenberg Fellowship, awarded to graduating seniors committed to service and the public good.

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  • Hail! Class of 2015

    Congratulations to all of the U-M students who earned their degrees this spring. More than 9,100 received their diplomas during Spring Commencement at Michigan Stadium on May 2. Other graduation ceremonies are being held across campus through May 15. Go Blue!

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