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                    <img width="745" height="522" src="https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ecuador-classroom-in-the-clouds-a-pedagogy-of-love-rewires-the-lesson-students-are-taking-note-044-1-745x522.jpeg" class="attachment-featured-large size-featured-large wp-post-image" alt="U-M students walk with local educators and Indigenous youth to see what a typical school day looks like near Otavalo. Image credit: Janis Carrion-Paute and Fernanda Pires" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ecuador-classroom-in-the-clouds-a-pedagogy-of-love-rewires-the-lesson-students-are-taking-note-044-1-745x522.jpeg 745w, https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ecuador-classroom-in-the-clouds-a-pedagogy-of-love-rewires-the-lesson-students-are-taking-note-044-1-505x354.jpeg 505w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px" />                </a>
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                    <p>Nearly two miles up in the Andes, a rural high school turns its surrounding forest and mountain ridges into a living classroom. Beside a volcano, University of Michigan students walk with local educators and Indigenous youth to see what a typical school day looks like in this remote community near Otavalo.</p>
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                    <p>Ekow Yankah is associate dean for faculty and research at the University of Michigan Law School, the Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law and a professor of philosophy. His work focuses on questions of political and criminal theory and, particularly, questions of political obligation and justifications of punishment.</p>
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                    <p>A protein found only in microscopic tardigrades, one that allows them to survive extreme conditions like dehydration, can convey similar durability in synthetic cells, according to new research from University of Michigan Engineering and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.</p>
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                    <p>In a time of economic volatility, relatively few local governments in Michigan report they are doing long-term financial planning—though many say they'd like to be doing more.</p>
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                    <img width="505" height="354" src="https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/can-a-tweet-become-a-job-offer-u-m-research-suggests-yes-505x354.jpg" class="attachment-featured size-featured wp-post-image" alt="Concept illustration of a social media post spreading through a network and leading to a job opportunity, with a person walking toward an open office door representing research on how online visibility can influence academic hiring outcomes. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/can-a-tweet-become-a-job-offer-u-m-research-suggests-yes-505x354.jpg 505w, https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/can-a-tweet-become-a-job-offer-u-m-research-suggests-yes-745x522.jpg 745w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px" />                </a>
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                    <p>Social media promotion can boost visibility and job outcomes for early-career scholars, especially women.</p>
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                    <img width="505" height="354" src="https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/application-of-florida-extreme-risk-firearm-law-varies-widely-across-counties-study-finds-505x354.jpg" class="attachment-featured size-featured wp-post-image" alt="A half opened steel handcuff in center on top of the US state flag of Florida. Image credit: Adobe Stock" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/application-of-florida-extreme-risk-firearm-law-varies-widely-across-counties-study-finds-505x354.jpg 505w, https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/application-of-florida-extreme-risk-firearm-law-varies-widely-across-counties-study-finds-745x522.jpg 745w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px" />                </a>
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                    <p>A Florida law designed to prevent gun violence by temporarily removing firearms from people at risk of harming themselves or others is used unevenly across the state, according to a new study.</p>
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                    <p>Archaeologists have identified the earliest sustained human occupation in Highland Southern Africa, and suggest it could not have existed without considerable collaboration at a time when we were becoming humans.</p>
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                    <img width="505" height="354" src="https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lockable-phone-pouches-in-schools-improve-student-well-being-over-time-not-test-scores-or-bullying-505x354.jpg" class="attachment-featured size-featured wp-post-image" alt="Student using a mobile phone and YONDR lockable phone case pouch. Image credit: Rafael Ben-Ari, Adobe Stock" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lockable-phone-pouches-in-schools-improve-student-well-being-over-time-not-test-scores-or-bullying-505x354.jpg 505w, https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lockable-phone-pouches-in-schools-improve-student-well-being-over-time-not-test-scores-or-bullying-745x522.jpg 745w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px" />                </a>
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                    <p>A popular device for restricting cell phone use in middle and high schools is effective at achieving that aim, leading to short-term disruption but ultimately positive effects on student well-being, new research finds.</p>
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                    <img width="505" height="354" src="https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/u-m-researchers-identify-new-kind-of-liver-cell-that-may-protect-against-common-liver-disease-Lin-graphic-May-1-2026-505x354.jpg" class="attachment-featured size-featured wp-post-image" alt="Illustration of a liver bisected by the scales of justice, often associated with the Greek goddess Themis. Researchers found that mouse livers lacking the protein THEMIS showed greater liver injury and inflammation (left side), while increased THEMIS led to improved protection from liver injury and MASH (right side). Image credit: Rajani Arora, U-M Life Sciences." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/u-m-researchers-identify-new-kind-of-liver-cell-that-may-protect-against-common-liver-disease-Lin-graphic-May-1-2026-505x354.jpg 505w, https://news.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/u-m-researchers-identify-new-kind-of-liver-cell-that-may-protect-against-common-liver-disease-Lin-graphic-May-1-2026-745x522.jpg 745w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px" />                </a>
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                    <p>A newly discovered type of liver cell may hold clues for treating severe liver disease, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute.</p>
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                    <p>The 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to Muon g-2 collaborators including several University of Michigan physicists.</p>
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                    <p>How would you spend an extra $528 each month? What if your answer was met with criticism? People who receive traditional public benefits are often met with scrutiny, distrust and suspicion from bureaucrats and the general public alike.</p>
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                    <p>Thousands of officer-worn camera recordings found evidence of underreported police stops, troubling racial disparities in officer interactions, and widespread use of unclear language during consent searches, a new study shows.</p>
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                    <p>University of Michigan student Thea Zellmer has been selected as a 2026 Truman Scholar—one of 55 new recipients nationwide to win the award for graduate studies.</p>
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