It has been 47 years since Earth has had a colder-than-average year. In an attempt to curb worrying climate trends, the United Nations set a goal in the 2015 Paris Climate Accords to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Unfortunately, the action might have come too little, too late. To keep global warming below 1.5 […]
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UMich debate team wins first national championship
The University of Michigan Debate team won the championship trophy at the 78th annual National Debate Tournament at Emory University in Atlanta on April 8. The U-M team, led by LSA seniors Kelly Phil and Bennett Dombcik, competed in a tournament with 77 other teams, ultimately emerging as champions in the final round with a […]
Posted inGymnastics
Robert Noll’s journey to gymnastics prowess and TikTok stardom
Robert Noll’s story begins in Chicago. When Noll was nine, his family traveled to Chicago to watch the Michigan men’s gymnastics team compete in the annual Windy City Invitational. The meet features some of the best gymnasts from around the country, including those on his favorite team. But it wasn’t the Wolverines’ performance in the […]
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Meta’s political posting problem
Instagram is no longer promoting political content — a choice made by Meta in February in an attempt to let users avoid getting recommended content with political messages. However, the company has not made the same change for Facebook, its largest social media platform. Meta’s choice to limit recommendations of political content on Instagram, but […]
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Vihaan Easwar: Despite recent struggles, Michigan is still in a position to succeed
At a glance, it seems like there’s cause for concern. The Michigan men’s lacrosse team has lost three consecutive games, while seeing its offensive production dry up compared to its red-hot pace at the start of the season. It has fallen out of the Inside Lacrosse Top 20 for the first time all season and […]
Posted inAdministration
Arthur Lupia selected as interim VP for research and innovation
Arthur “Skip” Lupia began serving as the University of Michigan’s interim vice president for research and innovation on April 1. Lupia will succeed Dr. Rebecca Cunningham, who has been selected as the next president of The University of Minnesota. Lupia joined the U-M community in 2001 as a professor of political science and a research […]
Posted inFootball
Zeke Berry looking to take on increased role in wake of Rod Moore injury
Rod Moore knew the potential that lay ahead of him this season. The safety knew that by returning to the Michigan football team for his senior year, he set himself up to take on a key role for the Wolverines. From the moment spring practices began, Moore embraced that role. He drew praise from his […]
Posted inBaseball
Michigan’s versatile offense contributing to its recent success
The Michigan baseball team doesn’t need to hit home runs to win a game. It doesn’t even need an extra base hit. Against Toledo on Tuesday, the Wolverines tallied 10 hits throughout the game — a number that doesn’t jump off of the page. But a further dive into the box score yields an interesting […]
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Upcoming Nebraska series another chance for Michigan to prove itself
If the Michigan softball team’s recent performances — the routine midweek wins, the improbable comebacks, the rejuvenated, potent offense — seem familiar, it’s because they are. Go back a few weeks to when the Wolverines sandwiched a run-rule midweek rout of Toledo between two Big Ten sweeps featuring surmounted deficits and flurries of home runs. […]
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Screenwriter Kemp Powers honors student writers at 2024 Hopwood Awards Ceremony
Since 1931, University of Michigan alumni who won the Hopwood creative-writing awards have populated the pinnacle of American literature through Pulitzer Prizes, Poet Laureates and Academy Awards. At the 2024 Hopwood Awards Ceremony in Rackham Auditorium Wednesday evening, 112 students joined that list of winners, which is more than 5,400 names long. Kemp Powers, co-director […]