The University of Michigan is offering an on-line resource about the stem cell research going on here and elsewhere to help the general public get up to speed on this complex discussion. A recent U-M study warned that the US is falling behind in stem cell research. Requires Flash player.

At least 10 well-designed, long-running studies done on diverse populations of older people with Type II diabetes suggest that insulin may play an important role in Alzheimer's dementia, says epidemiologist Mary Haan.

Rethinking the Photographic Image: The Best of Photography from the George Eastman House Collection will run at the U-M Museum of Art from April 22 through June 25. Shown here: Harold Edgerton's 'Shooting the Apple,' a microsecond exposure of a bullet traveling 2,800 feet per second. (Copyright Harold and Esther Edgerton Foundation, 1964.)

As the US Congress considers immigration reform, a "remarkable dispersal of immigrants to all parts of the country has given immigrants and immigrant minorities increased visibility," U-M demographer William H. Frey said on Capitol Hill this month.

Britta Ameel of Salt Lake City visited the studio in the Fleming Building to read 'After the Gallatin River, Outside Bozeman, Montana' and 'A Bowl Full of Pearls.' Ameel has won three Hopwood Awards at Michigan.

U-M Ross School of Business researchers found that mere acquaintances were better than good friends at predicting which books, movies and restaurants a person preferred.

In 1991, Sam Walker '92 spent two months and 12,000 miles on the road for Michigan Today, interviewing U-M alums living in the nation's least populated zip codes. That gave him the 'legs' he needed for his 19,000-mile odyssey writing Fantasyland, the first book on Rotisserie League baseball.

U-M's Block M Records features the E3Q trio on its streaming music menu. The E3Q are faculty members Mark Kirschenmann (trumpet and electronics), Katri Ervamaa (cello) and Michael Gould (percussion). Block M Records produces and disseminates musical compositions and performances by faculty, staff and students.

In delivering U-M's 4th annual Nancy Cantor Distinguished Lecture, Frank H. Wu said the pro vs. con, us vs. them debate on affirmative action should be transformed into a discussion of: 'What do we do as institutions and individuals to make good our vision of democracy'?

In Colonial America, businesses clustered around seaports. In the 1800s, they followed rail lines. In the 1990s, highways became the new business magnets. Architecture faculty and students say this era may make airports the focus of enterprise.