News Stories

January 21, 2015

MHacks shapes the hackathon culture it helped create

Since its inception in February 2013, MHacks, the university’s semi-annual event that helped spark the nation’s college hackathon movement, has grown from a just-for-fun challenge to…

January 20, 2015

Pay-to-play keeping kids on the sidelines

The cost of school sports keeps many children from participating, according to the latest University of Michigan Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health (link…

January 19, 2015

MLK keynote speaker Hill calls on America to keep its promises

America must keep its promises of liberty and equality carried in the Declaration of Independence and other iconic documents and laws that enshrine the nation’s history,…

January 19, 2015

Japan’s high suicide rate is focus of ‘Saving 10,000’ event

The Tojinbo cliffs and Aokigahara forest are among popular sites for Japanese who choose suicide, more than 80 in the country each day — a rate…

January 19, 2015

U-M Solar Car Team wins Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge

An atypical U-M solar car squad raced in the inaugural Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge in typical U-M solar car fashion: finishing on top. The Solar Car…

January 16, 2015

Victors for Michigan: Transgender rights

When the ruling came down in a high-profile gender identity discrimination case, Paul Southwick, ’09, and Cliff Davidson, ’06, recognized that it wasn’t everything they had…

January 15, 2015

U-M pilot program confirms need to support student-athlete mental health

A pilot program designed to raise awareness and encourage discussion about mental health issues among student-athletes at the University of Michigan has been met with an…

January 15, 2015

U-M to host summit on postsecondary success among young men of color

The university’s National Center for Institutional Diversity will convene a national summit  Jan. 29-30 on Ensuring Success for Men of Color: Leveraging Evidence to Drive Better…

January 13, 2015

UMTRI part of nationwide study on safety of older drivers

The U-M Transportation Research Institute is one of five national test sites selected by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to address the well-being of older…