• Ancient American pronghorns were built for speed

    A U-M study examining fossilized ankle bones of ancient relatives of the American pronghorn has shown that the pronghorn was evolving to be faster more than 5 million years before the American cheetah appeared on the continent.

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  • Garrett’s Space

    Alumni Julie and Scott Halpert struggled to find resources that could have saved their son from suicide in 2017. Now, as founders of Garrett’s Space, they hope to save lives with a nontraditional mental health and wellness model that offers wraparound services to young adults seeking connection, coping skills, and peer support.

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  • Entangled quantum sensor networks

    Quantum sensors take sensitivity and accuracy to new levels, and even higher levels of precision are possible when quantum entanglement is used to connect them. Entanglement is promising for high-precision networking because it links particles through their quantum states, no matter the distance between them.

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  • Literacy and dance

    The University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance has a unique partnership with the nationwide nonprofit Ballet & Books, founded by Talia Bailes, a fourth-year U-M medical student.

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