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By informing listeners of their "listening age," Spotify Wrapped is "a way by which we're able to project our identity based upon our cultural consumption," said Marcus Collins, clinical assistant professor of marketing at #UMich, for @npr.org.
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"It creates another identity project force, another ... shock to the system for us to talk about. If you're 20 and your listening age is 70, what does that say about you?" Marcus Collins, clinical assistant professor of marketing
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Carolyn Yoon, professor of marketing at #UMich, discusses travel rewards credit cards with Wallet Hub. "From a practical standpoint, the card makes sense only if the value of rewards, credits and protections clearly exceeds the annual fee in real dollars, not just on paper." myumi.ch/bV21r
"For many consumers, a travel card with an annual fee can be worthwhile with just one or two meaningful trips per year, as long as they actively use the card’s rewards and benefits," said Carolyn Yoon, professor of marketing.
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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#UMich expert & chief health policy officer Anand Parekh weighs in on recent recommendation to drop universal hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. The policy, begun in 1991, lead to a 99% decrease in cases among infants & children. myumi.ch/XybQX
Expert: Impact of ACIP shift from universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns
A University of Michigan health expert weighs in on a recent recommendation by a national advisory committee to drop the universal hepatitis B vaccine requirement for newborns that is raising many questions and stirring debate.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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The first version of the Nicene Creed, a statement of faith that millions of Christians still recite today, was hashed out 1,700 years ago at a meeting of bishops who supported a creed endorsed by Roman emperor Constantine. #UMich prof David Potter discusses via @apnews.com More: myumi.ch/D83r6
“The Council of Nicaea was an extraordinary diplomatic success for Constantine.” David Potter, professor of classical studies.
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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The nursing shortage will only grow under the new fed borrowing changes after the Trump administration's cutting of nursing from a list of professional degrees. Becoming a nurse may result in a larger financial burden, fueling an existing shortage of nurses. myumi.ch/jJMq2
“One of the biggest factors that prevents nursing programs across the nation from accepting all the applicants is a faculty shortage. I think that’s where the crux of this really needs to be thought about. Because in order to be a nurse educator, you have to have graduate education. Ultimately, it contributes to the workforce shortage,” said Cynthia McCurren, dean of UM-Flint's School of Nursing
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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How does brain activity shift as we move from waking → fatigue → sleep?
A #UMich-led team used genetic tagging + light-sheet microscopy + computational models to develop a 3D, single-cell view of the “daily choreography” of the brain. myumi.ch/pVWde #Science
How brain activity changes throughout the day
An international team led by the University of Michigan has introduced new methods that reveal which regions of the brain were active throughout the day with single-cell resolution.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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AI could soon help patients do balance training at home to support rehab & expand access in rural areas. #UMich Engineering built a model that uses data from wearable sensors to predict how a physical therapist would rate balance performance w/ ~90% accuracy. myumi.ch/w9Wme #Science
AI supports home-based balance training
Balance training patients may soon be able to get AI feedback during home exercises, with four wearable sensors and a new machine learning model developed at the University of Michigan.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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#UMich researcher @brandonmarcfinn.bsky.social & colleagues mapped 20 years of data at Ghana’s Agbogbloshie e-waste site and found a tight link between rapid urban growth and rising PM2.5 from open burning. The team calls for safer, more sustainable recycling pathways.
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The deadly trade-off of electronic waste recycling in Ghana
A University of Michigan study found that people in Ghana and across the Global South who recycle electronic waste face a difficult paradox: earning livelihoods to ensure survival comes at the cost of severe long-term exposure to toxicity and dramatic e...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Check out the latest #UMich research from last week: Brains and dopamine, metro wealth divide and a bigger eye on the sky https://bit.ly/3Kusa6I
News this week: Brains and dopamine, metro wealth divide and a bigger eye on the sky
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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A team of astronomers, including U-M's @astromonnier.bsky.social, has captured unprecedented images of 2 stellar explosions—AKA novae—within days of eruption. Catching these novae so early provides new evidence that such explosions are more complex than previously thought. myumi.ch/mRWxg #Science
Seeing stellar explosions in high definition
An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Michigan, has captured unprecedented images of two stellar explosions--known as novae--within days of their eruption.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Dopamine neurons—the cells that drive reward and motivation while we’re awake—become surprisingly active during nonrapid eye movement sleep right after we learn something new. According to a new #UMich study, this night surge helps strengthen motor memories and improves motor skills.
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Night shift: Dopamine cells work while you sleep to strengthen skills
Dopamine neurons--the cells that drive reward and motivation while we're awake--become surprisingly active during nonrapid eye movement sleep right after we learn something new.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Join Brian Jacob and education experts Kirabo Jackson and Susanna Loeb as they discuss accountability and performance in K-12 education at next Monday's Hamilton Project webinar. Sign up: myumi.ch/qZyMN
Hamilton Project webinar: K-12 education - accountability and performance on the 10th anniversary of ESSA
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Report and webinar: New nuclear requires strong governance to avoid making old mistakes

#UMich researchers call for policies to ensure that small modular reactors serve the public interest without creating and worsening familiar problems. myumi.ch/z9kbr
Report and webinar: New nuclear requires strong governance to avoid making old mistakes
Nuclear energy has long been considered essential for meeting growing global energy demands, but the potential expansion of advanced nuclear energy systems, like small modular reactors, creates—and in...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Ambuj Tewari, professor of statistics #UMich for @us.theconversation.com. He discusses how synthetic data can be a good thing when training AI.

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"But AI has no sense of what is real or true. The desire to stay in touch with reality and to seek truth belongs to people, not machines. Human judgment and oversight in the use of synthetic data will remain essential for the future." Ambuj Tewari, professor of statistics
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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New findings from #UMich Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy show an alarming drop in how much local leaders in Michigan trust residents to participate responsibly in policymaking. Full report: myumi.ch/P3Z7g
Infographic showing declining trust between Michigan local leaders and residents. Trust in residents drops to 40% in 2025 (down from 65% in 2020). Constructive policy discussions also decline across residents and officials. A separate chart shows slight improvement in leaders’ ratings of “high functioning” local democracy, rising to 82% in 2025. CLOSUP branding included.
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Research by Michelle Meade, professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation @umichmedicine, found that only 18% of participants over 65 saw themselves as having a disability — even though half the 65-to-74 group reported disabilities, as did about two-thirds of those over 75. myumi.ch/G2ZZE
Identifying as a person with a disability provides benefits, can mean avoiding isolation and “being part of a community of people who are good problem-solvers, who figure things out and work in partnership to do things better,” she said. Michelle Meade, professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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@umfordschool.bsky.social and the Trotter Center are hosting CPS affiliates @maraceci.bsky.social and Jowei Chen Thursday for a teach-in panel, "Unpacking Election Policy: How is it Shaping Our Democracy?" Details and registration: myumi.ch/5kbbA
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November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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New #UMich & #UCLA research finds that when chimpanzee communities kill neighboring groups and expand their territory, they also gain striking reproductive advantages. myumi.ch/4mE5n #Science
Chimps that use lethal aggression to expand their territory gain reproductive advantages
Fifteen years ago, researchers led by John Mitani of the University of Michigan witnessed the Ngogo chimpanzees in Uganda kill its neighbors and overtake their territory. But the question remained why the Ngogo chimps were driven to expand their territo...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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More than half of remote-capable jobs are now hybrid—and yet leaders still talk about a “return to work.”

#UMich prof Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks calls it what it is: a paradox. https://news.umich.edu/rethinking-work-why-human-centered-collaboration-beats-return-to-office-mandates/
Rethinking work: Why human-centered collaboration beats return-to-office mandates
When University of Michigan professor Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks hears the phrase "return to work," he recognizes a paradox: In the post-pandemic era, business leaders seek to "return" to a place that neve...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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From MBoC... Lois Weisman ( @umichnews.bsky.social ) reveals how one protein’s teamwork — or lack of it — could hold clues to treating childhood neurodegenerative disease.

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November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have gathered in Brazil for #COP30—in an effort to advance global climate solutions. #UMich experts comment. https://news.umich.edu/cop30-climate-conference-in-brazil-u-m-experts-available-to-comment/
COP30 climate conference in Brazil: U-M experts available to comment
Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have gathered in Belém, Brazil, for the annual international climate change conference--known this year as COP30--in an effort to advance global climate solutions. University of Michigan experts are available to com...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Who influences whom? A #UMich study finds that on China’s Weibo, celebrity nationalism often follows fan sentiment—not the other way around. Fans drive the tone of patriotism online, even shaping what stars post.https://news.umich.edu/fans-not-celebrities-drive-nationalism-on-chinese-social-media/
Fans, not celebrities, drive nationalism on Chinese social media
In China's social media universe, celebrities are often assumed to set the tone for millions of adoring followers. But a new study led by the University of Michigan shows the dynamic works the other way around: When it comes to online nationalism, fans ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Luke Shaefer, faculty director of Poverty Solutions & prof at @umfordschool.bsky.social, discusses what may happen w/prolonged shutdown of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. via @cbsdetroit.bsky.social myumi.ch/JPQNV
"Maybe they're going to shift some of the money they spend on rent to food. So for some families, it's going to show up as them falling behind on their rent. If it goes for a long time, I think we might see an increase in evictions. It's going to ripple through whole communities," said Luke Shaefer, faculty director of Poverty Solutions and professor of public policy and social work
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Critters consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way.

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Animals that eat poisons and don’t die
Critters consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way
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November 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Over 75 years, Michigan’s inland lake fish have been shrinking. 🐠
A new #UMich study found that both young and old fish are smaller today than they were in 1945 — a visible sign of climate change in our lakes. myumi.ch/g3wg3 #Science
Fishes, young and old, are shrinking in Michigan's inland lakes
A new study led by the University of Michigan shows that changes in climate are also changing the size of fishes in Michigan's inland lakes.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM