• Intensifications of El Niño

    As an El Niño of historic proportions is taking shape in the tropical Pacific, a University of Michigan study has found that El Niño variability has become nearly 40% stronger in the last 40 years than in the preindustrial era.

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  • C. Cybele Raver named 17th president

    With a unanimous vote of the Board of Regents, C. Cybele Raver was appointed the 17th president of the University of Michigan. The vote took place during a special meeting of the board in University Hall.

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  • Welcome week

    The excitement in the air in Ann Arbor is palpable. U‑M students are back in town and ready to start the new school year. There are a variety of Welcome Week events happening across campus to help students get back into the swing of things. Go Blue! #WelcomeHome

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  • Most complete skeleton of 30 million-year-old dog

    U-M paleontologist Anne Kort has confirmed that it’s one of the most complete fossils of a pre-Ice Age dog found in North America, a canid called Mesocyon coryphaeus. In fact, the species, first named in 1879, had only been previously identified by single skulls.

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