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/

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. 🔗 www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....

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/

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/

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

Critters consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way. Read more @knowablemag.bsky.social: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

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

Matt Blaszczyk, research fellow at @umichlaw.bsky.social discusses tech companies' use of copyrighted material from Hollywood studios and other creative work to train models to build AI products. via @businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com/grok-workers...

The WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association are still at loggerheads over contract negotiations as today's deadline looms, w/revenue sharing & pay the major sources of contention. #UMich prof Ron Wade discusses. myumi.ch/VV23g

International swimming superstar Gustavo Borges was determined to explore the world beyond São Paulo, Brazil, when he became a Michigan Wolverine in the '90s. In the decades that followed, his children upheld his legacy at #UMich #MichiganToday myumi.ch/dgeWX

Millions stand to lose #SNAP benefits starting Nov. 1, forcing impossible choices about rent, food, and utilities. #UMich’s Luke Shaefer says the effects won’t stop at the dinner table — they’ll ripple through grocery stores, schools, and local economies. myumi.ch/79my3

@rebquintana.bsky.social, clinical associate professor of education at #UMich Education, discusses how ed-tech companies are putting AI before educator expertise: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/learning-innovation/2025/10/23/ed-tech-companies-are-putting-ai-educator-expertise#

Money stress doesn’t stop at the bills—it seeps into how parents talk, cooperate, and connect with their kids. New #UMich research traces how family hardship today can shape a child’s social confidence years later. myumi.ch/3RGwn

SNAP is "the most effective strategy we have to reduce poverty f/children & families," & a pause in benefits will have far-reaching effects" say @umichsph.bsky.social profs via @freep.com

#UMich math prof Charlotte Chan, is one of 20 early-career scientists & engineers named a 2025 #PackardFellows. “I’m overwhelmed and very honored,” said Chan, who works in an area of math known as representation theory. “I still can’t believe it.”https://myumi.ch/P35bk

Trump has illegally threatened to deny federal workers back pay. It would also violate the 2019 law that Trump signed. @umichlaw.bsky.social prof Samuel Bagenstos discusses w/MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-shutdown-back-pay-federal-employees-rcna236163

As people embrace ChatGPT and other AI tools and resources, #UMich anthropologist Webb Keane says it's easy for people to grant moral authority over to AI but may find that AI is simply a mirror of the people and corporations who have built it. myumi.ch/jJx74

When it comes to medicine timing matters. #UMich researchers modeled how syncing drug doses with circadian rhythms could make treatments—from depression to Parkinson's—more effective. #Science myumi.ch/D8ZJQ

Researchers with @nilswalterlab.bsky.social have developed an AI model that discovers unique molecule behaviors in fluorescence microscopy. The model could soon be scaled to follow particles, wild animals or even the trajectory of asteroids through our solar system. myumi.ch/pVPZq #Science

Marriage linked to better health & happiness: A #UMich and SMU study of 5,000 adults in the U.S. & Japan shows singles report worse physical health and lower life satisfaction. Family support matters—especially in the U.S. myumi.ch/pVP8Z

#UMich researchers are available to share their insights on a federal government shutdown at the end of the day Tuesday, unless lawmakers break the impasse and make a deal before then. https://news.umich.edu/likelihood-potential-impacts-of-federal-shutdown-u-m-experts-can-comment/

Beyond sneezing & itchy eyes, high pollen seasons are now linked to significant rise in suicide risk. #UMich researchers found 7.4% increase in deaths, suggesting the physical discomfort of allergies may trigger deeper more dangerous despair, an overlooked factor in suicide prevention.myumi.ch/e3peA

Thanks to @thebeat.msnbc.com for having me on to talk Trump's power grab over law enforcement - and how that's been facilitated by the Supreme Court's fetishization of the unitary executive theory: www.msnbc.com/the-beat-wit...

Michigan’s local officials are growing more pessimistic about their ability to maintain—let alone expand—services under the current local government funding system, according to @umfordschool.bsky.social study. myumi.ch/mR36N

The USDA just canceled its annual Household Food Security Report—the nation’s main measure of hunger. #UMich experts warn this leaves the U.S. “flying blind” on how policies affect families’ ability to eat. https://news.umich.edu/key-us-hunger-report-canceled-u-m-experts-can-comment/

The off-again, on-again Kimmel saga has more plot twists to come, but one thing is certain as it unfolds: The host's removal & restoration "is a testament to the power of cultural consumption as a combatant to the sway of the political bully pulpit," accd to #UMich prof Marcus Collins myumi.ch/y1ZmQ

Missed some Michigan news? We’ve got you covered. Catch up on this week’s top research and stories, and subscribe for more: myumi.ch/Qwzxq

Women earned 85% of men’s hourly pay in 2024 — up from 65% in the mid-1980s, but progress has stalled. A new study finds part of the narrowing gap came from women having fewer children. Parenthood still affects wages unequally according to #UMich sociology prof Learn more myumi.ch/8qkX6

U-M researcher @friedmanlab.bsky.social helps identify the first time fish evolved a toothy, tongue-like structure, an early innovation in the way fish eat. #Science Learn more: https://news.umich.edu/310-million-year-old-fossil-takes-a-bite-out-of-fish-evolutio

When tiny freshwater crustaceans called daphnia are infected w/a parasite, the mothers are able to shake off the disease. But many of their offspring died young. U-M researchers say if we only focus on how an infection affects a single organism, we may be missing its biggest impact. myumi.ch/kPJEz

New findings from a #UMich survey of Detroiters showing the top challenges households face in their daily lives and how they would like city leadership to respond have implications for Detroit’s mayoral election in November. myumi.ch/g3n5Q

The number of Michigan children whose parents died from overdose, suicide, homicide or substance-related causes has surged since 2000, accounting for 2 in 5 parental deaths, a new @umich.edu study found. https://news.umich.edu/more-michigan-children-are-losing-parents-to-overdose-suicide-homicide/

@umich.edu faculty can discuss the US Census Bureau 2024 report on poverty & income stats, to be released Sept. 9. The Supplemental Poverty Rate—preferred by most scholars—was 12.9% in 2023 w/42.8M people in poverty https://news.umich.edu/latest-national-poverty-statistics-u-m-experts-can-comment-2/

News this week: Galactic implications, a vibrant arts scene and jaw-dropping evolution Check out some of this week's top stories from around the @umich.edu research scene: myumi.ch/n1GbR

Does authoritarian legacy play into the calculus of when and why people abandon democratic values? Find #ISRNextGeneration @umisrcps.bsky.social scholar Hanna Lee at #APSA2025.

“Gray rocking” — a communication tool that involves responding to goading comments w/a blank expression & calm, neutral tone—can be effective in situations where you don’t feel unsafe but do have to interact w/a difficult person, says Sandra Graham-Bermann https://wapo.st/4m2DFie

Under Trump’s 2nd term, the signs of authoritarian rule are everywhere. This is competitive authoritarianism, not democracy, according to @donmoyn.bsky.social, @umich.edu professor of public policy donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...

Editor's blog from @umich.edu's #MichiganToday: In 1890, much of the annual move-in frenzy was confined to the Michigan Central Railroad station at 401 Depot St. Today we know it as the Gandy Dancer restaurant. https://michigantoday.umich.edu/2025/08/23/keep-it-moving/

Racing under reduced winter sunlight for the first time, the @umich.edu solar car was the leading North American car during the 2025 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge! Details: https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-finishes-as-top-north-american-solar-car-in-international-race/

🐟 Bite by bite: @umich.edu researchers traced how jaws fueled the rise of vertebrates. In the Devonian, lobe-finned fishes (ancestors of today’s coelacanths & lungfish) drove jaw innovation—before stalling out. #Science news.umich.edu/bite-by-bite...

Investors in “blank check” companies (SPACs) lose about 45% of their investment within 2 years, @umich.edu study finds—raising concerns as regulations loosen and retirement funds gain greater exposure to private equity. Learn more: myumi.ch/A1b9e

New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...

Some regions of the brain in people w/Alzheimer's reorganize more often while at rest than in people without the disease. In healthy people this frequent reshuffling sometimes predicts who will develop the condition later, per @umich.edu & @columbiauniversity.bsky.social study. More: myumi.ch/g369W

Black holes may be the engines driving the universe’s dark energy. That’s according to new research involving researchers at Durham and collaborators as part of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) mission. Discover more 👉 bit.ly/4lYJ6yZ #DUResearch #Universe @umich.edu

Media portrayals of disabled athletes that emphasize hardships overcome rather than achievements evoke pity and decrease perceived competency, contributing to a sense of “otherness” by reinforcing stereotypes, says @umich.edu researcher Dae Hee Kwak. Full story: myumi.ch/bVj7p

When asked to choose between bad outcomes from lockdowns, most Americans said they’d rather risk more COVID deaths than allow more child abuse, domestic violence or deaths caused by economic hardship, according to a new @umich.edu study. myumi.ch/4m4qP

The percente of young & midlife adults using nicotine pouches significantly increased last year, while cannabis use, vaping & psychedelic drugs are at or near all-time highs, according to the latest data from @umisr.bsky.social's Monitoring the Future. myumi.ch/VVn4x h/t @meganepatrick.bsky.social

Our newsletter this week features healing our waters, the positives and negatives of charging stations and changing dark energy. Read the full newsletter on Substack: umichnews.substack.com/p/news-this-...

Robin Brewer, an Associate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan, uncovers that older Americans are using AI through a new study. Read more via the Conversation: bit.ly/45wiKhj.

Anna Kirkland, a Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan, discusses how RFK Jr.’s plans to overhaul ‘vaccine court’ system would face legal and scientific challenges. Read more via the Conversation: bit.ly/4oF1GhR.