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This summer, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students are stepping far beyond the classroom—into hospitals and research labs, startups and advocacy organizations, engineering firms and art studios. What unites their experiences is not ambition, but intention. From designing solutions for healthcar...

Before beginning graduate school, Regan Gee took a gap year to get to know her local community on a different level. To do that, she decided to participate in the AmeriCorps VISTA program, where she had the opportunity to teach at a primarily Indigenous-serving K-8 school near where she grew up in t...

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the summer 2025 edition of art/sci. Read more from this issue. When David Gerdes interviewed to be chair of the University of Michigan’s physics department, no one asked how he’d handle campus repercussions from a global crisis. But 13 months into ...

Jane Kessler (GRS ’51, psychology), a longtime ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty member who retired in the 1990s, passed away July 21 at the age of 104. Kessler, a leader in child psychology, was on the faculty for more than 40 years before retiring as the Lucy Adams Leffingwell Distinguished...

What can ancient moon rocks tell us about the origins of Earth, the future of space travel, and even the water we drink? At ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, professor and geochemist Jim Van Orman is digging into those questions—literally—by analyzing material brought back from the moon. His researc...

Editor’s note: Hero photo captured by Nicholas McLaughlin. This article originally appeared in the summer 2025 edition of art/sci. Read more from this issue. Cara Byrne has immersed herself in the world of children’s literature for the past decade, studying how stories shape perceptions of race, ag...

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researcher receives prestigious NSF Award for ‘programmable’ nanoparticles

As an 8th grade student in Gary, Indiana, Johnathon Taylor was captivated by the concept of equality in mathematics—how two sides of an equation that look completely different can hold the same value. That fascination proved so compelling it shaped the course of Taylor’s future, leading him now to ...

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers unveil new electronic polymer created without harmful ‘forever’ chemicals

When you picture the American Revolution, you probably see powdered wigs, crowded battlefields and bold declarations of freedom. But what’s often missing from that mental image? The women. From tending to wounded soldiers and hosting political salons to disguising themselves as men to join the figh...