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  1. Lennart Baardman, Joline Uichanco and Jun Li

    U-M business experts share insights on retail in the Amazon and machine learning age

  2. Concept illustration of a lonely person watching a sunset beside a lake. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Multiple periods of loneliness may add up to higher mortality risk

  3. Concept illustration of a lonely person looking out over a city as snow gently falls. Image credit: Nicole Smith

    Feeling lonely? Chances are you lost both social support, personal control

  4. U-M professor: White House plans to improve supply chains comprehensive, challenge will be in execution

  5. U-M Block M Logo

    Personal finances improve while economic outlook darkens

  6. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Image credit: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    U-M economic forecast: Modest growth expected, soft landing likely as inflation eases, but no guarantees

  7. Concept photo of social media likes. Image credit: iStock

    Business owners: Nostalgia sells on social media

  8. Concept illustration about interpersonal relationships. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Emotional expression is about fostering connections, not asserting individuality

  9. Concept illustration of a man using an AI chatbot to talk about religion. Image credit: Jeremy Marble, made with Midjourney

    Are you there, AI? It’s me, God.

  10. Concept illustration of a family at the dinner table. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    US families experience more chronic food insecurity now than 20 years ago

  11. Concept illustration of a man eating and watching fast food commercials. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Junk food ads trigger positive emotions, healthy foods not so much

  12. Illustration of an older man staring out of a window. Image credit: Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation National Poll on Healthy Aging

    On pandemic’s third anniversary, loneliness and isolation are down but still high among older adults

  13. Healthy Minds Study illustration. Image courtesy: School of Public Health

    College students’ anxiety, depression higher than ever, but so are efforts to receive care

  14. A ‘game changer’ for mental health

  15. Strawberry Burrell (left), a resident of Detroit, and Detroit River Story Lab participant, works with a volunteer building a boat that the students will test in the Detroit River. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Loneliness in later life lessens when older adults spend many hours volunteering

  16. Concept illustration of an older woman consuming sugary and salty foods. Image courtesy: National Poll on Healthy Aging

    1 in 8 Americans over 50 show signs of food addiction, U-M poll finds

  17. Reusable containers filled with takeout food from El Harissa Market Cafe in Ann Arbor. For their study, University of Michigan researchers studied the pilot program for returnable takeout containers launched by the nonprofit organization Live Zero Waste in Ann Arbor. The program, Ann Arbor Reduce, Reuse, Return (A2R3), is now in its second pilot phase and was implemented in partnership with the city of Ann Arbor’s A2ZERO carbon neutrality plan. Image credit: Live Zero Waste

    Reusable take-out food containers can reduce plastic waste, emissions, costs, U-M study finds

  18. Child and German Shepherd

    Toddlers instinctively bond with dogs, willing to help get treats

  19. Anxious girl spending winter holidays alone and depressed. Image credit: nicoletaionescu, iStock

    Find compassion with yourself to cope with the holidays

  20. A nearly empty mall escalator. Image credit: Naim Benjelloun, Pexels.com

    A retail tale: U-M experts can comment on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and influence of inflation