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When AI agrees with us, we may become more confident in what we already believe.
When it disagrees? We may not change our minds—we may change what we think of the AI.
New @umichlsa.bsky.social research explores what that means for AI advice and chatbot design. 🔗 https://myumi.ch/7J64y
When it disagrees? We may not change our minds—we may change what we think of the AI.
New @umichlsa.bsky.social research explores what that means for AI advice and chatbot design. 🔗 https://myumi.ch/7J64y
September 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
When AI agrees with us, we may become more confident in what we already believe.
When it disagrees? We may not change our minds—we may change what we think of the AI.
New @umichlsa.bsky.social research explores what that means for AI advice and chatbot design. 🔗 https://myumi.ch/7J64y
When it disagrees? We may not change our minds—we may change what we think of the AI.
New @umichlsa.bsky.social research explores what that means for AI advice and chatbot design. 🔗 https://myumi.ch/7J64y
@umisr.bsky.social's National Neighborhood Data Archive tracks how neighborhood conditions change over time, helping scientists study how local environments affect older adults’ health. Currently offering 250+ free public datasets, the collection is set to expand by 30% 🔗 https://myumi.ch/RQJ3X
September 23, 2026 at 2:09 PM
@umisr.bsky.social's National Neighborhood Data Archive tracks how neighborhood conditions change over time, helping scientists study how local environments affect older adults’ health. Currently offering 250+ free public datasets, the collection is set to expand by 30% 🔗 https://myumi.ch/RQJ3X
Carbon is super important for life on our planet, but how does it relates to the habitability of worlds beyond of our solar system? With support from the @simonsfoundation.org, a research group led by the University of Michigan is working to answer that. https://myumi.ch/7JXNx
September 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Carbon is super important for life on our planet, but how does it relates to the habitability of worlds beyond of our solar system? With support from the @simonsfoundation.org, a research group led by the University of Michigan is working to answer that. https://myumi.ch/7JXNx
University of Michigan researchers led a new study that can help show builders and city planners how to minimize the materials they need to accommodate the planet's future population. https://myumi.ch/wwm5k
Weighing 600 million buildings to help construct a more efficient future
A new University of Michigan study helps show how builders and city planners can minimize the materials needed to accommodate the planet's future population.
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September 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM
University of Michigan researchers led a new study that can help show builders and city planners how to minimize the materials they need to accommodate the planet's future population. https://myumi.ch/wwm5k
The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will stop restricting the greenhouse gas emissions from gas- and coal-fired power plants. Several #UMich experts are available to discuss the consequences of this move. https://myumi.ch/QMmZA
EPA removes limits on power plant pollution: U-M experts available to comment
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will stop restricting the greenhouse gas emissions from gas- and coal-fired power plants. University of Michigan experts are availabl...
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September 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will stop restricting the greenhouse gas emissions from gas- and coal-fired power plants. Several #UMich experts are available to discuss the consequences of this move. https://myumi.ch/QMmZA
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CPS's @robertocarlos.bsky.social moderates this #DemocracyWeek panel hosted by @umichstonecid.bsky.social at @umisr.bsky.social this week. Open to all, come and learn about how class influences who runs for office, and who governs. With @noamlupu.bsky.social and @nickcarnes.bsky.social. ⬇️
What shapes who runs for office, who becomes a viable candidate, and how does class influence who ultimately governs? Join @noamlupu.bsky.social, @nickcarnes.bsky.social, and @robertocarlos.bsky.social for “Who Runs? Candidacy & Class."
Sept. 17, noon–1:30 p.m.
Free and open. RSVP: bit.ly/whoruns
Sept. 17, noon–1:30 p.m.
Free and open. RSVP: bit.ly/whoruns
September 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
CPS's @robertocarlos.bsky.social moderates this #DemocracyWeek panel hosted by @umichstonecid.bsky.social at @umisr.bsky.social this week. Open to all, come and learn about how class influences who runs for office, and who governs. With @noamlupu.bsky.social and @nickcarnes.bsky.social. ⬇️
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Join the U-M Library to celebrate the culmination of a decade-and-a-half long project to fully catalog the library's extraordinary collection of Greek manuscripts and our forthcoming companion volume! Stop by Hatcher room 660D on 10/23 to learn more about the collection and volume: buff.ly/WNqgzdt
The Greek Manuscripts of the University of Michigan: A Celebration of the Collection and Its Catalogue
Three scholars offer complementary perspectives on the study of Greek manuscripts.
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September 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Join the U-M Library to celebrate the culmination of a decade-and-a-half long project to fully catalog the library's extraordinary collection of Greek manuscripts and our forthcoming companion volume! Stop by Hatcher room 660D on 10/23 to learn more about the collection and volume: buff.ly/WNqgzdt
Climate adaptation ultimately has to work where people experience environmental change. New @umich.edu research from Nepal shows how local knowledge can shape stronger policy—if communities receive funding, institutional support and a meaningful voice. https://myumi.ch/xj6Rg
September 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Climate adaptation ultimately has to work where people experience environmental change. New @umich.edu research from Nepal shows how local knowledge can shape stronger policy—if communities receive funding, institutional support and a meaningful voice. https://myumi.ch/xj6Rg
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Ellen Rutt, an alumna of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, designed a 100-foot mural at the U-M College of Pharmacy that’s intended to create an approachable space that deepens the message of patient care first. myumi.ch/jVdMx
September 9, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Ellen Rutt, an alumna of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, designed a 100-foot mural at the U-M College of Pharmacy that’s intended to create an approachable space that deepens the message of patient care first. myumi.ch/jVdMx
Michigan plans to spend $7.5M to explore whether geologic hydrogen—an untapped source of clean energy—exists in large amounts underground. Brian Ellis, assoc prof of civil & enviro engineering & co-director of the research collaboration MI Hydrogen. via @michiganpublic.bsky.social 🔗: myumi.ch/nVD2r
September 8, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Michigan plans to spend $7.5M to explore whether geologic hydrogen—an untapped source of clean energy—exists in large amounts underground. Brian Ellis, assoc prof of civil & enviro engineering & co-director of the research collaboration MI Hydrogen. via @michiganpublic.bsky.social 🔗: myumi.ch/nVD2r
A new AI-powered approach to data analysis at the @atlasexperiment.bsky.social is helping answer one of the most pressing questions in particle physics: How does the Higgs boson interact with itself? https://myumi.ch/kVdny
U-M researchers use AI to help set record-setting sensitivity in search for new physics
Is the universe as stable as we think it is? That's one of the big questions that particle physicists worldwide are preparing to answer with the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC—the world's most powerful...
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September 4, 2026 at 4:06 PM
A new AI-powered approach to data analysis at the @atlasexperiment.bsky.social is helping answer one of the most pressing questions in particle physics: How does the Higgs boson interact with itself? https://myumi.ch/kVdny
"It's certainly not evidence that we've seen dark matter, and maybe it's too much to say that it's even a hint, but it's interesting enough that we're going to pursue it with our full strength." https://myumi.ch/gkZW4
LZ experiment sees surprising result in search for dark matter
The LUX-ZEPLIN, or LZ, experiment has reported a compelling result in its search for dark matter. Although the result doesn't meet the statistical threshold for claiming a discovery of dark matter, LZ...
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September 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"It's certainly not evidence that we've seen dark matter, and maybe it's too much to say that it's even a hint, but it's interesting enough that we're going to pursue it with our full strength." https://myumi.ch/gkZW4
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C. Cybele Raver was confirmed as the University of Michigan’s 17th president today at a special meeting of the Board of Regents. Please join us in welcoming President-Elect Raver! myumi.ch/9JJEP
September 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
C. Cybele Raver was confirmed as the University of Michigan’s 17th president today at a special meeting of the Board of Regents. Please join us in welcoming President-Elect Raver! myumi.ch/9JJEP
#UMich experts are available to provide analyses of proposed changes from the agreement involving tech giant Meta & 47 states and District of Columbia. They can also discuss social accountability f/tech companies & risks of leaving healthy social media use to individual self-control. myumi.ch/VDD8j
Meta settles social media addiction lawsuit: U-M experts available to comment
University of Michigan experts are available to provide analyses of proposed changes from the agreement involving tech giant Meta and 47 states and the District of Columbia.
Meta agreed to pay up to ...
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August 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
#UMich experts are available to provide analyses of proposed changes from the agreement involving tech giant Meta & 47 states and District of Columbia. They can also discuss social accountability f/tech companies & risks of leaving healthy social media use to individual self-control. myumi.ch/VDD8j
For the first time, astronomers have "photographic evidence" of how material falls into supermassive black holes while they are actively flinging it across their host galaxies. https://myumi.ch/X8ymX
August 27, 2026 at 2:43 PM
For the first time, astronomers have "photographic evidence" of how material falls into supermassive black holes while they are actively flinging it across their host galaxies. https://myumi.ch/X8ymX
There's good news and bad news for folks who love a good coat of ice on the Great Lakes. https://myumi.ch/yk1kQ
While Great Lakes ice cover is slipping, a 'temporary respite' may be on the way
New research suggests that the Great Lakes' ice cover is synced to strong but slow-churning natural global cycles that drive regional weather patterns
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August 17, 2026 at 3:14 PM
There's good news and bad news for folks who love a good coat of ice on the Great Lakes. https://myumi.ch/yk1kQ
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Read how long-term data help researchers and policymakers understand food insecurity and assess public assistance programs: myumi.ch/E7r5J
Washington Is Ending Its 30-Year Food Insecurity Report. U-M Research Shows Why the Numbers Still Matter.
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August 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Read how long-term data help researchers and policymakers understand food insecurity and assess public assistance programs: myumi.ch/E7r5J
Check out some top headlines from Michigan News this week: Economy during elections, EVs as home power plants, ants in coffee plants
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Week ending July 31, 2026
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July 31, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Check out some top headlines from Michigan News this week: Economy during elections, EVs as home power plants, ants in coffee plants
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Coffee berry samples sitting in vials in a @umich.edu lab have been on Jonathan "Jonno" Morris's mind for 10 years. Last year, he returned to the field where he collected those samples to show he had discovered a new ant behavior that could help protect our coffee from pests. https://myumi.ch/Pbk1Q
U-M researcher discovers new ant behavior that could help protect coffee from pests
Ants are known allies in the fight against coffee pests known as coffee berry borers. Now, a discovery made by Jonathan "Jonno" Morris while he was a University of Michigan graduate student has reveal...
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July 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Coffee berry samples sitting in vials in a @umich.edu lab have been on Jonathan "Jonno" Morris's mind for 10 years. Last year, he returned to the field where he collected those samples to show he had discovered a new ant behavior that could help protect our coffee from pests. https://myumi.ch/Pbk1Q
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Why do Americans experience the same economy so differently? Joanne Hsu, director of Surveys of Consumers, discusses AI, inflation, stock ownership and everyday costs in a new video interview.
Watch the video to explore the findings.
Watch the video to explore the findings.
July 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Why do Americans experience the same economy so differently? Joanne Hsu, director of Surveys of Consumers, discusses AI, inflation, stock ownership and everyday costs in a new video interview.
Watch the video to explore the findings.
Watch the video to explore the findings.
"This is telling us that planetary systems are still pretty active even after the death of their host star," said Aster Taylor, a Fannie and John Hertz Fellow in the U-M Department of Astronomy. https://news.umich.edu/dead-stars-may-have-surprisingly-healthy-appetites/
'Dead stars' may have surprisingly healthy appetites
"Dead stars" known as white dwarfs have already shown the potential to help us better understand how planetary systems, including our own solar system, take shape and evolve.
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July 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
"This is telling us that planetary systems are still pretty active even after the death of their host star," said Aster Taylor, a Fannie and John Hertz Fellow in the U-M Department of Astronomy. https://news.umich.edu/dead-stars-may-have-surprisingly-healthy-appetites/
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U-M alumna Lisa Gevelber, ’90, is breaking down career barriers as the founder of Grow with Google. By creating flexible, skill-based certificates, she’s helped over 13 million Americans gain the digital skills needed to launch new careers. myumi.ch/mV77j
July 22, 2026 at 12:51 PM
U-M alumna Lisa Gevelber, ’90, is breaking down career barriers as the founder of Grow with Google. By creating flexible, skill-based certificates, she’s helped over 13 million Americans gain the digital skills needed to launch new careers. myumi.ch/mV77j
University of Michigan physicists, working with the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility, have created an "electron lighthouse" and the first experimental verification that electron beams can be created and directed solely with light. https://myumi.ch/yk2ZX
'Electron lighthouse' illuminates new physics
Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a device that enables them to control the flow of electrons through a semiconductor using only laser light—no electrical power source required.
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July 21, 2026 at 7:18 PM
University of Michigan physicists, working with the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility, have created an "electron lighthouse" and the first experimental verification that electron beams can be created and directed solely with light. https://myumi.ch/yk2ZX
July 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Astronomers have discovered 31 of the earliest known quasars—including the two most distant ever observed.
The findings more than double the number of known quasars beyond redshift 7 and are helping researchers explore how the universe's first supermassive black holes formed. Study🔗 myumi.ch/VD7zN
The findings more than double the number of known quasars beyond redshift 7 and are helping researchers explore how the universe's first supermassive black holes formed. Study🔗 myumi.ch/VD7zN
Discovering the most ancient quasars in the universe
University of Michigan researchers were part of an international team that used the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope to discover 31 of the most ancient quasars ever observed.
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July 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Astronomers have discovered 31 of the earliest known quasars—including the two most distant ever observed.
The findings more than double the number of known quasars beyond redshift 7 and are helping researchers explore how the universe's first supermassive black holes formed. Study🔗 myumi.ch/VD7zN
The findings more than double the number of known quasars beyond redshift 7 and are helping researchers explore how the universe's first supermassive black holes formed. Study🔗 myumi.ch/VD7zN