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.
Melva Watt, right, senior Medicaid interviewer, assists a patient with her application for Medicaid through the New York State Marketplace.
Julie Jacobson/AP
House Speaker Paul Ryan called the new health care proposal an ‘act of mercy.’ The bill could help the healthy and wealthy, but it is unlikely to be merciful to the poor.
Older man having chest pain, which could signal a heart attack.
From www.shutterstock.com
Women are paid 20 percent less than men in the US but live about five years longer than men. You might be surprised at the reasons that men, on average, die at a younger age.
Genking, a male-born Japanese TV personality and ‘genderless’ pioneer.
_genking_/Instagram
Type 2 diabetes is an epidemic in the US, and at some point, half of the 30 million people with diabetes will need insulin. That would be one thing if insulin were easy to dose, but it’s not.
Inmates wait to enter an assigned cell block at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, California.
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File
Repealing a legal provision that excludes people in prison or jail from Medicaid could improve access to treatment, save state and local governments money and reduce recidivism.
Exam room in a rural Alabama hospital.
Brynn Anderson/AP
About one in four physicians in graduate medical education is from another country. Here’s how a travel ban could harm them, and our health care system.
Blood is drawn from an unidentified patient during a routine exam Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 at a Boston area medical clinic.
AP Photo/Dwayne Desaulniers
New regulations for research with human blood and tissue try to balance scientific progress with patient privacy.
Former Agriprocessors employee Jonas Ordenes, center, at a prayer vigil in Postville, Iowa on May 12, 2009, the anniversary of the 2008 immigration raid at the plant that ended with 389 arrests.
AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall
The Trump administration has the tools to slow the momentum Obama started on clean energy. Countering Trump are global market forces and state-level action.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 11, 2017.
AP Photo/Alik Keplicz
An historian based in Poland sees many similarities between Trump and authoritarian nationalists like Poland’s Jarosław Kaczyński. But the parallels only go so far.
A hospital worker removing a plaque from Sac-Osage Hospital, which closed its doors in 2015.
Orlin Wagner/AP
Repeal and replacement of Obamacare would hurt rural health care, causing closure of hospitals and physician practices. What does this mean for a group of people whom Donald Trump has pledged to help?
Children learn hatred and violence, two pediatricians write, and they also learn love and respect. As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, the two doctors offer things you can do to teach tolerance.
From birth to end of life, African-Americans have worse health than whites. And, the gap keeps widening in some areas, as health care for some whites improves. What will
it take to close the gap?
TV networks are trying to win back cord-cutters.
'Falling TV' via www.shutterstock.com
The outgoing president leaves behind some solid accomplishments in the world of science, tech and medicine. But the biggest departure from his predecessors might have been in his approach.
Google last week announced that it is on target to power its operations 100 percent by renewable energy, an example of businesses trying to change the energy system.
Pixabay
With a Trump administration hostile to action on climate change, businesses need to go beyond just complying with environmental regulations and take on the whole system.
TPP’s death may make patrolling the South China Sea more dangerous.
Reuters
The main arguments in favor of the TPP were economic. But there’s another reason the Trump administration should rethink its promise to nix it: Its demise will weaken US national security.
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos prepares to sign a modified peace accord with FARC.
AP Photo/Fernando Vergar
As many as two-thirds of new infections of HIV are transmitted from main partners. Here’s why teaching couples to manage HIV in their relationships can make a difference.
Immigrant families attend an education forum in Los Angeles.
AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
A public health researcher and advocate explains how immigration raids can impact mental and physical health, and trigger a breakdown of trust and safety in communities across the US.
Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan