The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that 2,033 people in Michigan died of overdose deaths involving opioids in 2017, a rate of 21.2 deaths per 100,000 persons, higher than the national rate of 14.6 deaths per 100,000. Michigan now ranks in the top third nationally for drug-related deaths, with over half due to synthetic …

The President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality is pushing ahead with efforts on methane leakage, indirect carbon emissions and other initiatives in its ongoing effort to guide the University of Michigan toward carbon neutrality.

While working as a journalist and filmmaker in Yemen, Safa Al Ahmad met a woman whose sons were playing outside when a missile struck. Afterward, the woman went out to look for her children – and found only an earlobe. She wrapped it in a napkin and put it in her pocket. That harrowing story …

For more than a century, India and the University of Michigan have shared a commitment to quality education and mutual prosperity. Now our future has even more potential for success because of our shared commitment to innovation and technology.

The University of Michigan has made great strides in its effort to become more welcoming and inclusive but still has work to do. That was the key message as Robert Sellers, vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, provided an update Oct. 16 on U-M’s five-year Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan.

President Mark Schlissel has appointed a 17-member advisory committee and launched the search for the University of Michigan’s next vice president for student life. The committee, chaired by Alec Gallimore, dean of the College of Engineering and professor of engineering and aerospace engineering, will welcome input from the campus community in the search for the …