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Incubator or barrier? Exploring the links between agriculture, biodiversity and the spread of pathogens
Many pathogens, including the virus that causes COVID-19, are thought to have originated in wild animals before spilling into human populations.
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U-M collaboration to receive DOE grant to diversify physics
The University of Michigan, Black Hills State University in South Dakota and Benedictine University in Illinois have received a $1.125 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to recruit students of diverse backgrounds into the field of physics.
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U-M receives CDC grant to establish center to help fight disease outbreaks, protect public health
The University of Michigan is among 13 institutions that will receive funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be part of a national network of centers focused on predicting and responding to future disease outbreaks.
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COVID-19: U-M report explores link between state’s geographic regions and impact of the pandemic
The latest report from University of Michigan public health researchers studying how COVID-19 affected Michiganders found that the severity of illness or negative impact of the pandemic is strongly linked to where one lives.
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U-M, Samsung team up to bring advanced smartwatch tech to runners
The University of Michigan Exercise & Sport Science Initiative has launched a research partnership with Samsung Electronics Co. to explore smartwatch technology in an effort to help runners manage their health and physical activity by providing more reliable and accurate data.
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Lifesaving addiction medications are rarely started following opioid overdose emergencies
Could future opioid overdoses, fatalities and other harms of opioid addiction be prevented if hospital emergency departments made better use of effective medications for opioid addiction?
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Cannupa Hanska Luger ‘GIFTS’ U-M campus with public art installation
Across the facade of Alumni Memorial Hall—a neoclassical building that opened in 1910 to commemorate U-M students and staff who served in the Mexican-American, Civil, and Spanish-American wars, and home to UMMA—is the experimental installation, "GIFT," commissioned by artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.
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U-M-based center awarded $5M grant to study climate change impacts on water resources across borders
University of Michigan researchers will lead a new effort to strengthen the climate change resilience of vulnerable communities that span international boundaries and jurisdictions. The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $5 million to U-M to establish the Global Center for Understanding Climate Change Impacts on Transboundary Waters. Partners in the project include Cornell University, the College of Menominee Nation, the Red Lake Nation and the University of Wisconsin.
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Context counts: Holistic admissions boosts college success and diversity, U-M study shows
Indicators of high school grades and standardized test scores that consider the levels of school, neighborhood and family resources available to students are strongly associated with students' success in college, according to new University of Michigan research.
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U-M reports record number of inventions in FY ’23
Research led by the University of Michigan generated a record 580 new inventions last year and launched 25 startup companies ranging in scope from innovative therapies for the treatment of fibrosis to technologies that aid in substance abuse monitoring.
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Mental health problems, political extremism found in many who bought firearms during COVID pandemic
People who bought firearms during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have much higher rates of recent suicidal thoughts, self-harm behaviors and intimate partner violence, compared with other firearm owners and people who do not own firearms, a new study suggests.
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The universe caught suppressing cosmic structure growth
As the universe evolves, scientists expect large cosmic structures to grow at a certain rate: dense regions such as galaxy clusters would grow denser, while the void of space would grow emptier.
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US Census Bureau poverty statistics: U-M experts can discuss
University of Michigan faculty are available to discuss the U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 report on poverty and income statistics, to be released Sept. 12. The official poverty rate in 2021 was 11.6%, with 37.9 million people in poverty.
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