Seven percent of college students have used prescription stimulants for nonmedical purposes, according to U-M researcher's nationwide study.

An undergradate mechanical engineering major has identified two long-time practices in art preservation that damage masterpiece paintings.

Junior Evan Quasney made the findings during his summer-long research internship at the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education.

Patient-safety indicators used to gauge adult patients can help assess child safety, too, but some refinement of analytical tools is called for, says pediatrician Aileen Sedman.

Film critic Frank Beaver says the technical and thematic sophistication of Shrek 2 and The Incredibles accounts for their popularity with adult as well as young viewers.

The Solar Car Team of the College of Engineering unveiled Momentum, its entrant in the 2005 Sun Rayce, at the North American International Auto Show. The show runs through January 23.

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'Who loves January?' asks the narrator of Matthew Thorburn's winter meditation, 'In Lansing.' And it turns out he does.

As post-Sept. 11 enrollment in Middle East programs doubles, U-M is sponsoring a semester-long focus on Middle Eastern people, cultures and languages. (Image: an example of calligraphy. Khaled al-Saa'i, Syrian, b. 1970 - Poem in stylized thuluth script, ca. 1998 ) Highlights will include special courses, concerts, exhibits, lectures and other events.

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Asst. Prof. Susan Botti is a musical rarity: an acclaimed soprano and a composer. This piece, excerpted from her CD of the same name, sets an E. E. Cummings text.