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Happy last day of classes! ❄️
A squirrel by a tree with Burton Tower in the background.
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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In this issue of the U-M LSA Magazine, scientist Alison Harrington answers questions about the insect specimens that are housed in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology's Herbarium, with a collection of 1.7 million specimens of plants and fungi: myumi.ch/A1Qbx
Haley Martens and Alison Harrington inspect specimens at the U-M LSA EEB museum facility.
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Researchers at @umichsph.bsky.social launched the Collaborative for Transformative Public Health—a new initiative working with public health institutions, universities and community organizations to improve how the field trains professionals and conducts research: myumi.ch/Z2eJE
"In our current moment, we know that public health institutions have to rethink how they prepare the next generation of professionals and how they engage with the communities they serve. We're developing practical tools and training that help them meet those challenges and ensure their work reaches everyone who needs it." Melissa Creary, Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, Michigan Public Health
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Fraud alerts and credit freezes help protect you from identity theft. UMSI professor Florian Schaub spoke with @usnews.com about the differences between the two, and how to choose whether a fraud alert or credit freeze is best for your situation. myumi.ch/Z2e3G
Fraud Alert vs. Credit Freeze: Which Is the Right Choice? Florian Schaub, Associate Professor, U-M School of Information, featured in U.S. News & World Report
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The best college football fans in the country. Happy (The) Game Day! 〽️ #GoBlue
Two Michigan Football fans take a photo in the stands at Michigan Stadium. Four Michigan Football fans take a photo in the stands at Michigan Stadium. Two Michigan Football fans take a selfie in the stands at Michigan Stadium.
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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A little everyday kindness goes a long way. Happy Thanksgiving! 💙💛
A U-M student giving coffee to another student. A U-M student giving up their study spot to another student.
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Ahead of The Game, learn about the small but crucial team of five responsible for getting Michigan Stadium ready to host 110,000-plus fans, players and coaches on game day. myumi.ch/NrA19 #GoBlue
Members of the Michigan Stadium facility team, from left, Rourke Barth, Scott Clayton, Kyle Kipke, Morgan Petriko and Ross Stofflet.
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Students in the LEAPS program at the U-M Marsal Family School of Education helped artist Elton Monroy Duran construct a towering seven-layer ofrenda for Detroit’s 2025 Dia de los Muertos celebration: myumi.ch/bV3GN
The completed ofrenda at the celebration, decorated with photos, candles, food, drinks, and personal belongings of deceased loved ones to honor them. Artist Elton Monroy Duran and U-M community engagement coordinator Djennin Casab pose with Marsal School students in front of the completed ofrenda.
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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U-M helped reignite the research career of cancer survivor Suzanne Perkins, a research assistant professor at the U-M Institute for Social Research, who has planned her career around the insight that education plays a key role in recovery for children at risk. myumi.ch/w9eW3
A Research Career Reignited: Suzanne Perkins Crafting the Future of Learning for Abused and Neglected Children
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Gratitude (and food!) aplenty at Michigan Dining’s annual Thanksgiving Dinner! 🍽️
A U-M student holding a piece of pie with a Michigan Dining staff member. Two U-M students eating at Michigan Dining’s Thanksgiving Dinner. Two U-M students eating at Michigan Dining’s Thanksgiving Dinner.
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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For generations of U-M students, faculty and staff, the Diag has been the symbolic heart of Central Campus. The University Record share memories and traditions made on this crossroads since the mid-1800s: myumi.ch/E8Zw2
Students have a snowball fight on the Diag.
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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In his State of the University address, President Domenico Grasso celebrated university successes and unveiled projects to strengthen U-M’s responsibility to serve the public good. Several faculty and students also presented on their innovative and impactful work. myumi.ch/W6Z5n #LookToMichigan
President Domenico Grasso speaking at a podium with a Michigan "M" on the front. Ariella Shikanov speaking at a podium with a Michigan "M" on the front. There is a slide presented behind her that reads "Artificial Ovary" and shows charts. PhD candidate Anja Sheppard speaking at a podium with a Michigan "M" on it and behind her is a large slide showing an image of a shipwreck.
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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A team of Michigan Engineering researchers are leading a multi-institutional effort to tackle latency for wheelchair-friendly virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) soccer matches and large-scale VR word puzzles for players fending off the progression of Parkinson’s. myumi.ch/G2EX5
Games for rehab: Fast communication for interactive VR and AR
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Today, and every day, we honor all those who have served or are continuing to serve their country. Thank you for your service. #VeteransDay
The Diag flag on November 11, 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Putting a modern spin on technology that has been around for centuries, a team of structures and materials scientists at Michigan Engineering are exploring the complex geometry of basket weaving and the potential of applying basket-weaving techniques to architectural design. myumi.ch/617d2
Michigan Engineering Associate Professor Evgueni Filipov and PhD Student Guowei Wayne Tu. Featured in the Conversation
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Erica Twardzik, assistant professor at U-M School of Kinesiology, leads the U-M Center for Inclusive Mobility Environments. She discusses her research, which blends kinesiology, public health and urban planning to develop accessibility tools to address exclusion: myumi.ch/JPXJx
Removing the Isolation of Disability. U-M Office of the Vice President for Research
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Oluwaferanmi Okanlami, U-M’s director of Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services and the founding director of the U-M Adaptive Sports and Fitness program, on being named the 2025 recipient of the James T. Neubacher Award! 👏 myumi.ch/pVzD9
Dr. Feranmi Okanlami, middle, alongside U-M Provost Laurie McCauley, left, and a member of the Neubacher Award Committee.
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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There’s no bigger jump scare than the moment when you realize graduation is right around the corner. Happy Halloween! 🎃
A U-M student trying to study as another version of himself, dressed in graduation attire, scares him.
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Through their internships, students in U-M Taubman College’s Urban Technology program applied their skills to issues facing today’s cities—from designing new evaluations for public utility employees in Seattle to engaging with communities for planned developments in suburban Detroit: myumi.ch/mRp1E
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Instead of a traditional exam, U-M School of Kinesiology's Kara Palmer reserved the Yost Ice Arena to take her class ice skating, where they applied motor learning concepts and theories they’d learned about in class to their experience. myumi.ch/W6GZ1
Student ice skating stops quickly in front of the camera to splash the lens with ice Three U-M Kinesiology students apply their skills from class on the ice at the Yost Arena
October 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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With 15 million animal specimens, the U-M Museum of Zoology is one of the largest university-affiliated collections in the world and includes several extinct creatures. Alison Davis Rabosky reflects on her journey to becoming the museum's director: myumi.ch/Nr5ND
U-M Museum of Zoology director Alison Davis Rabosky and U-M Herbarium director Thais Vasconcelos pose in the museum’s Herpetology archives at the U-M Research Museums Center.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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In an interview with Commercial Observer, U-M Taubman College Associate Professor Bryan Boyer explains the urban technology program and how it prepares students for future careers in real estate and property development. myumi.ch/3RppP
Bryan Boyer, Associate Professor of Practice in Architecture, U-M Taubman College, featured in Commercial Observer
October 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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U-M Dentistry student Annie Yuan Lu embraces an eclectic mix of interests outside her career track—from art and music to fencing and entomology. In this Q&A, Annie she shares what led her to the field of dentistry and her role within the Michigan Fencing Club: myumi.ch/3Rp93
U-M Dentistry Q&A: Annie Lu – mastering dentistry and a whole lot more
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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The Michigan Center for Materials Characterization houses several of the most advanced micron and nanoscale imaging tools—allowing researchers to view objects the size of one billionth of a meter—to study how certain materials behave and react at an atomic level: myumi.ch/JPRZb
Michigan Research: (MC)² gives U-M researchers a window into “the smallest structures ever seen”
October 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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On this #WorldMentalHealthDay, and every day, prioritize activities that put your well-being first 💙💛

Tips and resources from U-M’s Well-being Collective: wellbeing.umich.edu
Four U-M students walking through The Arb on a fall day. A U-M student practicing yoga by the water at The Arb. Two U-M students walking down steps at The Arb.
October 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM