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Out of the Cold War’s Shadow
The new technology of nuclear nonproliferation
"My God, what have we done?"
Something Groovy This Way Goes
Before “geek” was “cool,” Michigan Engineers still found time for fact-finding, fashion -- and fun.
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Building A Stronger Haiti With Chocolate
Meet the Michigan Engineer who walked away from a six-figure career to help farmers and create jobs, building Haiti’s first bean-to-bar chocolate operation in her hometown. |Long Read
Racing for Control
With Glory – and Danger – On the Line, Precision Engineering Rules the Day.
Flying on hydrofoils means more speed and more risk for the America’s Cup. With the boats and technology moving faster than ever, can these Michigan alumni help their team find the engineering solutions it needs to win in 2017? |Long Read
Into the Storm
Revealing a Hurricane's Secrets
The most turbulent region of a hurricane holds secrets about its potential for destruction. Michigan Engineering’s newly launched satellite system can reveal how these storms intensify in a warming world. |Long Read
Are We Fighting Cancer Wrong?
It’s Not Usually the Initial Tumor That Kills
Chemotherapy. Radiation. Surgery. Doctors go after the tumors that they can see. |Long Read
Courage to Resist
The High-Stakes Adventures of J. Alex Halderman
In the escalating struggle between the individual and the state, technology favors the powerful. That's why this Michigan computer scientist and his team of researchers revel in righting the balance. |Long Read
Innovation is for Finishers
Getting Research to the Marketplace
Entrepreneurs are helping universities deliver on the promise that taxpayer-funded research will drive economic growth, and lately, universities are doing much more to help them succeed. |Long Read
Unstoppable
One graduate student’s journey to becoming a published researcher.
While faculty steer the ship, graduate students are the engines that drive university research. |Long Read
From the Edge of the Arctic
The Arctic is frozen but melting, vulnerable but hardy.
At the top of the world, the climate is changing fast. A Michigan Engineer tracks the planet’s vital signs. |Long Read
Hacking Health Care
How big data is driving big changes in medicine
Jenna Wiens, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at U-M, might add extra years to your life, thanks to one of her algorithms. |Long Read
Exam Week
The Lights Never Turn Off
The air wafts through the stacks of books, thick with the smell of greasy and stale food, clothes that have been slept and worn through for days on end, and the bodies that begrudgingly live through this existence. |Long Read
