University of Michigan

Consumer sentiment lifted for the third consecutive month, inching up to its highest reading since April 2024, according to the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers. Sentiment is now more than 40% above the June 2022 trough.…

The University of Michigan launched its most ambitious and innovative fundraising campaign to date, with a goal of raising $7 billion—the largest effort in U-M history and the largest known campaign goal of any public university. Look to…

The University of Michigan is the first higher education institution to integrate AI-powered Coursera Coach, a new AI tool powered by Google Gemini, into a live online course. Coursera Coach AI delivers personalized,…

Nnimmo Bassey, executive director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation and a global environmental activist, will receive the 2024 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at the Ross School of…

Nanoparticles delivered intravenously in mice can block the allergic reactions to red meat caused by the bite of the lone star tick, new research led by the University of Michigan shows. The condition, called alpha-gal syndrome, is on…

Fostering global perspectives, enhancing cultural understanding and developing real-world skills among students are some of the strengths of this year’s recipients of the University of Michigan President’s Award for Distinguished Service in…

U.S. teens and young adults who vape are much more likely to start smoking cigarettes or to begin using cannabis or other drugs, a new University of Michigan study found. Most vaping studies focus on adolescents (12-17) in short time…

Children enrolled in transitional kindergarten programs in Michigan did better in math and English by the time they reached 3rd grade, with higher test scores than other kids who didn’t go through the program, according to a University of…

As the human population grows, more than half of Earth’s land will experience an increasing overlap between humans and animals by 2070, according to a University of Michigan study. Greater human-wildlife overlap could lead to more…

Anyone who’s spent their winter months around the Great Lakes has probably had the uncanny experience of living through three seasons in a single weekend. According to new research from the University of Michigan, these wild weather swings…