Before the first group of teen campers from the University of Michigan’s Earth Camp began exploring northern Michigan’s waters and dunes, the Upper Peninsula’s mines and Wyoming’s mountains five summers ago, fewer minority students in Michigan were choosing environmental sciences as a major and potential career.

ANN ARBOR—Russia’s ever-tightening grip on its citizens’ internet access has troubling implications for online freedom in the United States and other countries that share its decentralized network structure, according to a University of Michigan study. Released a week after a sweeping, additional censorship law called Sovereign RUnet took effect in Russia, the researchers say their Read more

ANN ARBOR—A national program that penalizes health care institutions with high rates of hospital-acquired conditions does not improve patient safety, according to a University of Michigan study. The research was conducted at the state level but raises questions about the program’s effectiveness at the national level. “The current policy might not be designed in a Read more

ANN ARBOR—In an effort to control the cyanobacteria blooms and dead zones that plague Lake Erie each summer, fueled by excess nutrients, the United States and Canada in 2016 called for a 40% reduction in the amount of phosphorus entering the lake’s western and central basins, including the Detroit River’s contribution. Both countries then developed Read more

ANN ARBOR—Most of the cities in Michigan will be dealing with harsh consequences of climate change, and vulnerable groups who are disproportionately affected by it will continue to do so now and into the future, according to a new University of Michigan study. U-M researchers looked at future temperature projections, tree canopy and hard surface Read more

ANN ARBOR—Culminating in a modern debut at the University of Michigan this fall, faculty, staff and students at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance and U-M Library have spent the last several months rehearsing, creating and recording a performance edition of “Quando o bella Clori,” or “Clori e Fileno”—penned by Italian composer and keyboard Read more

ANN ARBOR—From a distance of more than 300 feet and through a glass window, a laser beam can trick a voice-controlled virtual assistant like Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant into behaving as if it registered an audio command, researchers from the University of Michigan and University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo have demonstrated. The researchers discovered Read more

ANN ARBOR—Suicide deaths among African American men have risen dramatically during the last 20 years, and racial discrimination may be a contributing factor in many cases, say University of Michigan researchers. A new U-M study found that various forms of discrimination are associated with increased rates of depression. When it involves racial discrimination, the risk Read more

ANN ARBOR—A National Institute of Health grant will help a University of Michigan researcher expand genetic testing in India in partnership with All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi and Kasturba Medical College in Manipal. The $2.3 million grant, over five years will help U-M and Indian geneticists identify and confirm genetic changes that Read more