Ask an Expert News Archive
What Does it Take to Grow Vegetables that Fight Disease?
September 19, 2025 —
UM nutrition scientist Miyoung Suh tells us about supercharged greens
What Will Vaccines of the Future Look Like?
September 17, 2025 —
Peter Pelka, a professor in UM's Department of Microbiology, weighs in
What Are the Risks and Opportunities of a Changing Arctic?
September 17, 2025 —
We asked Feiyue Wang, Canada Research Chair in Arctic Environmental Chemistry at UM
How Will Connectivity Change Life in the North?
September 17, 2025 —
We asked Phi Ferguson, who leads UM’s Space Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Lab
What Does Scrolling Do to Us?
May 8, 2025 —
Why we should take a vacation from our smartphones this summer
What Creates the Colours in Northern Lights?
March 14, 2025 —
We asked UM instructor Danielle Pahud, in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
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
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
What Makes the Perfect Ice Cream?
June 19, 2024 —
We asked research technician Denise Aminot-Gilchrist at UM’s dairy sciences pilot plant
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