Why Do We Like Sad Movies?

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Why Do We Like Sad Movies?

December 18, 2024 —
We asked Brenda Austin-Smith in the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media to explain our love of tearjerkers

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Why Are Pollinators Key to Year-Round Food Security?

October 22, 2024 —
Indigenous scholar Kyle Bobiwash explains how a dip in pollinator populations from climate change affects farmers’ crops worldwide

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What Makes the Perfect Ice Cream?

June 19, 2024 —
We asked research technician Denise Aminot-Gilchrist at UM’s dairy sciences pilot plant

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Will AI heal our medical system?

April 1, 2024 —
We asked alum Dr. Denise Koh, co-author of a new book about the barriers and boon of machine learning

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What Happens When We Donate our Body to Science?

November 17, 2023 —
What happens when we donate our body to science? We posed the question to Alexa Hryniuk, assistant professor in UM’s department of human anatomy and cell science.

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