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Featured Stories
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* Celebrating a milestone CT scan
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For seven years, a CT scanner has been whirring away nearly around the clock, tucked inside of a lab at the University of Michigan Research Museums Center. Now, the U-M MicroCT Scanning Laboratory has recently completed its 10,000th scan: a 3D scan of a wolverine skull, collected in British Columbia in 1948.
[Learn more about this research tool](https://news.umich.edu/u-m-microct-lab-celebrates-milestone-with-scan-of-a-wolverine-skull/)
* Civic Librarian Project
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Library professionals have long been community problem-solvers. The Civic Librarian Project, created by faculty at the University of Michigan School of Information, builds on this tradition by equipping public librarians with the tools and resources to address civic challenges using 21st century technology.
[Learn more about this project](https://si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/umsis-civic-librarian-project-empowers-librarians-create-civic-technology)
* Looking to Kenya’s Lake Victoria
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To try to understand how harmful algal blooms might evolve in Lake Erie in a warming climate, University of Michigan scientists helped conduct a survey of cyanobacteria in a gulf of Kenya’s Lake Victoria.
[Learn more about this study](https://news.umich.edu/looking-to-kenyas-lake-victoria-for-what-may-come-for-lake-erie/)
* U-M astronomy will lead its first satellite mission
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The first space mission led by the University of Michigan Department of Astronomy is scheduled to launch in 2029. The mission is called STARI—STarlight Acquisition and Reflection toward Interferometry—and will showcase the viability of a new technique for studying exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system.
[Learn more about this mission](https://news.umich.edu/u-m-astronomy-will-lead-its-first-satellite-mission-with-nasa-grant/)
* Celebrating a milestone CT scan
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For seven years, a CT scanner has been whirring away nearly around the clock, tucked inside of a lab at the University of Michigan Research Museums Center. Now, the U-M MicroCT Scanning Laboratory has recently completed its 10,000th scan: a 3D scan of a wolverine skull, collected in British Columbia in 1948.
[Learn more about this research tool](https://news.umich.edu/u-m-microct-lab-celebrates-milestone-with-scan-of-a-wolverine-skull/)
* Civic Librarian Project
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Library professionals have long been community problem-solvers. The Civic Librarian Project, created by faculty at the University of Michigan School of Information, builds on this tradition by equipping public librarians with the tools and resources to address civic challenges using 21st century technology.
[Learn more about this project](https://si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/umsis-civic-librarian-project-empowers-librarians-create-civic-technology)
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### News
* [Small, faint and 'unexpected in a lot of different ways': U-M astronomers make galactic discovery](https://news.umich.edu/small-faint-and-unexpected-in-a-lot-of-different-ways-u-m-astronomers-make-galactic-discovery/)
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* [The Conversation See you in the funny papers: How superhero comics tell the story of Jewish America](https://theconversation.com/see-you-in-the-funny-papers-how-superhero-comics-tell-the-story-of-jewish-america-248218)
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* [Inside Higher Ed Students at HBCUs have better mental health than other college students](https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/physical-mental-health/2025/03/13/study-shows-positive-mental-health-hbcu-students)
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### President Ono's Monthly Message – December 2024
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### Events
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* [Mar 17 ASC Film Screening and Fireside Chat: \*The People's Uncle\* by Kavena Hambira](http://events.umich.edu/event/132623)
* [Mar 18 2025 AI in Science and Engineering Symposium](http://events.umich.edu/event/132037)
* [Mar 17 "Let's Talk": Informal, Drop-In Mental Health Counseling](http://events.umich.edu/event/131469)
* [Mar 19 2025 AI in Science and Engineering Symposium](http://events.umich.edu/event/132037)
* [Mar 21 Customize the U-M Student Experience with MiMaizey and the Go Blue App](http://events.umich.edu/event/132818)
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