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  Art at work: Understanding America’s past, shaping public policy’s future

  As both the 2026 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School of Public Policy's Center for Racial Justice, Holly Bass has carved out a synergistic niche for her socially engaged art and practice.

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  Can you trust a robot in charge?

  From monitoring public spaces to responding to requests for help, security robots are beginning to take on roles once held by people. As they gain authority, researchers are asking what it might take for the public to trust them.

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  Treating life-threatening blood clots in minutes with swirling sound waves

  For a faster, safer way to treat pulmonary embolism—potentially deadly blood clots stuck in the lungs—engineers and vascular surgeons are joining forces to develop a minimally invasive "vortex ultrasound" device. 

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  Your chances of Alzheimer’s disease vary based on where you live. Why is that?

  A research team led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health will combine and standardize memory and thinking test data from older adults in 20 countries to better understand why dementia risk differs around the world. The harmonized data is needed to better understand why some countries have higher rates than others and will allow the researchers to make fair, apples-to-apples comparisons.

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  As voters weigh incumbents, U-M research complicates case for congressional term limits

  Most voters see Congress through floor debates, campaign promises and partisan conflict. Yet about half the work done by the average congressional office involves helping constituents, businesses, nonprofits, universities and local governments navigate federal agencies.

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  Small Michigan communities feel early voting strain

  Most Michigan city and township officials report positive or neutral impacts from recent state election administration reforms, but many cite the costs and staffing demands associated with nine days of early in-person voting as a concern, according to a new University of Michigan survey.

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  Polarized America obsesses over small voting problems—or sweeps issues under rug

  President Trump has alleged many times that the 2020 election was "rigged." Democrats have often repeated the statement by the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council Executive Committee that it was "the most secure in U.S. history."

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  Midterm elections: U-M experts available to discuss

  As voters prepare to head to the polls for the 2026 midterm elections, University of Michigan experts are available to navigate the issues, political dynamics and key questions shaping the race.

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  Abortion bans make healthcare more expensive

  Research finds abortion bans are associated with higher out-of-pocket health insurance premium costs for women, particularly among Black and Hispanic women.

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  Who will rural voters blame for harmful healthcare changes, policies this election?

  Inflation and affordability, immigration and international conflicts may be dominating much of the news—and voters' attention—but healthcare, as always, still matters at the ballot box—perhaps even more so for rural voters.

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  Brazil at the ballot box: A nation—and region—at a crossroads

  This Sunday, about 160 million Brazilians will head to the polls to elect a president, state governors, two-thirds of the Senate, federal and state deputies and, in the Federal District, district deputies.

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  Flu clues: Digging into 15 years of household data

  The grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund a team of the country's leading influenza researchers' efforts to analyze flu transmission data from hundreds of Michigan households. Through the establishment of the Michigan Center for Research on Influenza Transmission, or MiCRIT, the researchers will develop an even deeper understanding of how the virus spreads person to person and how to prevent it. They'll do that by scouring and applying data from 15 years worth of specimens collected from households that have participated in past studies. The research team will also continue enrollment of Michigan households for additional data collection moving forward.

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  Steering wheel communicates for better semi-autonomous driving performance

  A specialized steering wheel, enabling negotiation between drivers and an autonomous driving simulation, improved driving performance and trust between driver and autonomous vehicle features, researchers from University of Michigan Engineering and the Toyota Research Institute have found.

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