Can we reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease? This UM biomedical engineer and advocate—and daughter of a mother who forgot—is determined to find a way.
By Katie Chalmers-Brooks
Facebook developer Vincent Cheung tells us about bringing Portal into the world and why we shouldn’t be afraid robots will take over. “AI is really, really dumb.”
COVID-19 pulled us together in chaos, stumped infectious disease experts and catapulted their field to newfound fame. Why did this particular coronavirus get so out of hand? And what do we do now?
By Kerry Banks
Introducing our 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients—those who don’t just talk about challenging the status quo, they make things happen.
By Sean Moore
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From the President
Michael Benarroch on how our UM community came through when we needed it most
Publisher’s Note
Let’s be intentional about bringing together diverse voices
Teachable Moment
Assistant professor Lori Blondeau talks vulnerability and walks us through her award-winning portfolio
Insight
Will this innocuous everyday item be key in solving our climate crisis? Faculty of Science researcher Christian Kuss thinks so
Profile
Exploring sunken ships and boarding fishing vessels hiding drugs for terrorists—an anthropology grad shares his unconventional path
Alumni POV
Meet two alumni—one 90 and one 21—who have something to say about aging with a bold voice, and using AI to detect disease way faster
Emerging
What do Elders have to say about climate change? Student and film buff Justin Langan finds out
Archive
A look back at early iterations of our UM alumni publication
On the 40th anniversary of the HIV epidemic, L.A.-based Dahn Hiuni recalls those first mysterious cases
Candid
Why the moon has a whole bunch of potential to engineering student Sahar Azizkhani
Campus News
Check out the latest: funding for Arctic oil spill research in Churchill, an enrolment first for medicine, and construction of a campus Concert Hall
Class Notes
From a nail-biting Olympic win to the breakthrough that’s got the tech industry so excited
