University of Michigan

Founded in 1817, the University of Michigan is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading research universities. The hallmark of the university is the breadth of excellence across its 19 schools and colleges and the exceptional degree of interdisciplinary cooperation among them.

With more than a billion dollars in research expenditures annually, and 100 graduate and professional programs ranked in the top ten in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, U-M is a global leader in science and technology; health, law and public policy; the arts and humanities; and a wide range of other academic disciplines.

More than 61,000 students on three University of Michigan campuses (Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint) come from every state and 129 countries. And with more than 540,000 living degree holders, U-M has one of the nation’s largest alumni bodies.

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Durante workshop em Belém pesquisadores nacionais e internacionais trabalharam com análise de dados, sensoriamento remoto, inteligência artificial e modelagem ecológica para debater o futuro da Amazônia. Foto disponibilizada pelos autores

Para prever o futuro das florestas e seus povos, a Ciência precisa ser produzida também na Amazônia

Parceria entre UFPA e University of Michigan traz pesquisadores com diferentes expertises para as discussões sobre a capacidade da Amazônia de resistir às mudanças climáticas
A NOAA scientist takes a coral sample in the Galapagos Islands. The process does not injure the colony, which grows back. Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory - NOAA

Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years – here’s how my team made the discovery

Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s intensifying coincides with global warming.
A man walks through a tiny home village in Sun Valley, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2026. Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

Tiny house villages are increasingly responding to the homeless crisis in America’s fast‑growing cities

As economic and demographic growth increasingly coexists with poverty and homelessness, resident-led alternatives to housing are supporting communities left behind.
When people use facts to defend their preferences, tastes or values, they may turn a disagreement over priorities into a dispute over who is right and who is wrong, turning up the emotional heat. Yutthana Gaetgeaw/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The false and the furious: We aren’t just bothered by different beliefs – we’re bothered when we think others are wrong

Differences in beliefs may not be what drives people apart. A belief that someone else is wrong may be the stronger force.
En una gran pila se apilan troncos de palo de rosa cortados. Estos troncos, cuya especie exacta se desconoce, se encuentran en Madagascar, uno de los puntos clave del comercio mundial de palo de rosa. Maky via Wikimedia Commons

El pueblo indígena wounaan ha hecho frente a la tala ilegal de palo de rosa y a siglos de explotación con sabiduría y belleza

Destacamos formas de celebrar la sabiduría, la alegría, la belleza y la resistencia de los indígenas wounaan mientras hablamos de la historia.
Cut rosewood logs sit in a large pile. These logs, the exact species of which are unknown, are in Madagascar, one of the hot spots of global rosewood trade. Maky via Wikimedia Commons

Wounaan Indigenous people have opposed illegal rosewood logging and centuries of exploitation with wisdom and beauty

We highlight ways to celebrate Wounaan wisdom, joy, beauty and resistance while discussing centuries of taking from Indigenous communities.
Arian Simone, left, and Ayana Parsons of the foundation The Fearless Fund saw their grant program for Black women entrepreneurs affected after the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

Before Trump, some states had already ended affirmative action for contractors – here’s what happened

Contractors affected by affirmative action bans at the state level saw a drop in employee head count but were no less likely to go out of business.
Women under 50 may experience early-onset menopause as a result of cancer treatment. Kathrin Ziegler/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Flawed studies linking hormone therapy to breast cancer made doctors reluctant to prescribe it for menopause relief – especially for breast cancer survivors

Menopausal hormone therapy no longer has the highest-level warning label about the risk of breast cancer, opening a gray area on who would benefit most from treatment.

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