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On this inaugural episode of the Down to Business podcast, host Sharon F. Matusik, Edward J. Frey Dean of the Ross School of Business, is joined by Robert Isom, MBA ’91, to discuss his path to Michigan Ross, his career as a Ross MBA, his journey to becoming CEO and president of American Airlines, and his advice for current and prospective Ross students who are interested in leadership careers.

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Discover how Guardian Scholars and similar programs empower foster youth to achieve their dreams of earning a college degree.

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The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory is hosting a free webinar at noon PST on Feb. 7 to detail available metabolomics technologies that the scientific community can access for studying biological systems.

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A new therapeutic for stroke based on University of Georgia research will soon enter clinical trials.

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Argonne researchers address challenges scientists face in developing lifelong learning models for autonomous devices, such as self-driving cars, and recommends design principles going forward.

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A surgeon’s hands could stretch 250 miles above Earth, should an upcoming test of a miniaturized surgical robot aboard the International Space Station prove successful.

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The 2024 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancers Symposium will take place February 29 to March 2 in Phoenix and via livestream for virtual attendees.

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Os riscos de desenvolver câncer de mama aumentam com a idade, especialmente após a menopausa. Cerca de 8 entre 10 casos de câncer de mama acontecem entre as mulheres acima dos 50 anos. 

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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, together with RWJBarnabas Health, has joined a select number of institutions nationwide that offer a specialized chemotherapy delivery system called hepatic artery infusion (HAI) therapy for patients with liver tumors.

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Like the rest of the country, Los Angeles County has experienced a dramatic upswing in overdoses from fentanyl, an opiate that is 100 times stronger than heroin.

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Researchers develop the first AI-powered job mapping tool to track the creation of AI jobs.

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Edward Schmitt is supporting Argonne’s efforts at the lab’s quantum materials foundry.

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World-renowned urologic surgeon Joseph Smith Jr., MD, remembers doing global humanitarian work in the eastern Congo many years ago with world-renowned gynecologist and human rights activist Denis Mukwege, MD, PhD, who was awarded The Nobel Peace Prize in 2018.

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There has been a lack of basic research centered on women’s health. But times are changing, says Kristin Myers. And it’s about time.

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A new initiative in Saint Louis University’s Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship will offer students and young alumni an opportunity to launch their businesses with financial support, resources, and mentoring from SLU experts.

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The research team led by Senior Researcher Dong-kyu Lee of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) has succeeded in developing the technology for customized sensor modules capable of measuring the extremely low flow rate of analgesic drug infusion pumps as well as the existence of bubbles in these pumps.

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Valentine’s Day is around the corner. If the person you love has allergies or asthma, you’ll want to make sure to keep them safe from symptom flares in order to up the “passion quotient.”

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Raeanna Sharp-Geiger will leverage her experience as chief operations officer for Argonne National Laboratory.

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Joëlle Rollo-Koster, a history professor at the University of Rhode Island and a renowned medieval scholar, has been elected a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a medievalist.

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For scientists to probe materials with electron beams, they require software, such as the finite element for software called Computational Fluid Dynamics, used by Silviu Covrig Dusa to make precision measurements at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

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Disfruto cocinar, pero prefiero hacerlo con los ingredientes más frescos. Cultivo mis propias frutas y verduras en un huerto pequeño y compro otros productos frescos en un mercado agrícola local.

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Gosto de cozinhar, mas prefiro preparar a comida com os ingredientes mais frescos. Cultivo as minhas próprias frutas e verduras em uma pequena horta e compro os outros produtos frescos em um mercado de agricultores locais.

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February is Cancer Prevention Month. While cancer can feel inevitable, random or out of our control, there are things we can do to reduce cancer risk, from exercise and nutrition to annual screenings.

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Julian Martinez-Rincon, a quantum scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been elected vice chair of the Standards & Performance Metrics Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C).

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Astronomers have long planned to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to obtain the highest resolution near- and mid-infrared images ever taken of nearby spiral galaxies, and today they are publicly available.

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Education experts at the University of South Australia are calling for a national childhood workforce strategy to encourage more men into early learning and childcare professions.

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A trip to the deep floor of the ocean is somewhat akin to going to the moon. Like the landers on the moon, a benthic lander can make it happen, just a little closer to home.At the University of Rhode Island, a fleet of these observational systems is now taking shape, all being built at the University’s Narragansett Bay Campus, in preparation for their journey nearly two miles deep.

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Argonne collaborates with Purdue University on new research aimed at lowering the cost of developing small nuclear reactors.

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Visitors to the Bronx Zoo can view three newly acquired Sunda gharial in the World of Reptiles. The three male siblings, about five years old, that were hatched at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans will be raised at the Bronx Zoo to support the propagation efforts of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) Sunda Gharial Species Survival Plan (SSP).

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Artificial intelligence (AI) shows promise as a valuable support tool for delivery of mental health services, educational guidance and career counseling.

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In a letter to Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) voiced strong opposition to the erroneously named “Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023,” emphasizing the potential negative impact the bill could have on veterans' health and their continuity of care.

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Sal Rodriguez, a nuclear engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, is forging a rocket revolution with the help of the University of New Mexico and student Graham Monroe.

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La galaxia lenticular NGC 4753 es un objeto realmente extraordinario. Su prominente y compleja red de bandas de polvo que se tuercen alrededor de su núcleo galáctico, define su “peculiar” clasificación y probablemente sea el resultado de una fusión galáctica con una cercana galaxia enana hace unos 1.300 millones de años atrás.

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The lenticular galaxy NGC 4753, captured by the Gemini South telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, is a truly remarkable object.

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Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death for men and women in the United States. Eating a healthy diet and exercising help keep the heart healthy along with regular checkups with a doctor.

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Under the direction of principal engineer Yuhu Zhai, PPPL is building its new High-Field Magnet Test Facility, which will provide powerful magnets for scientific experiments to researchers at both PPPL and Princeton University, as well as private companies along the mid-Atlantic coast.

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A West Virginia University engineer is creating powerful, unconventional artificial intelligence tools that can reimagine the sustainability of chemical manufacturing.

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For the first time in two decades, Idaho National Laboratory, the nation’s nuclear energy laboratory, has received a shipment of used next-generation light water reactor fuel from a commercial nuclear power plant to support research and testing.

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Después de inventar el primer sostén deportivo comercial en la década de 1970, Lisa Lindahl aprovechó su perspectiva única como líder empresarial con epilepsia para aumentar la financiación de la investigación y la concienciación sobre los problemas relacionados con la epilepsia en las mujeres.

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Wah-Keat Lee, Lijuan Ruan, and Alistair Rogers—all researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory—explored the complexities, challenges, and opportunities facing the national lab system and DOE as 2023 Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program (OSELP) fellows.

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A team of researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has established the Synthetic Biology Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Research Center to work across disciplines to find nature-inspired alternatives to plastics.

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Argonne provides graduate students with high-level mentorship and first-hand experience on their theses and STEM journeys

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As an engineer of high-performance molecular qubits, Q-NEXT collaborator and UChicago grad student Chloe Washabaugh takes on the erudite, the everyday and everything in between.

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Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek T. Muller discusses the Supreme Court case that will determine whether the Colorado Supreme Court erred in its order to exclude former president Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential primary ballot.

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Plenty of misinformation circulates about what causes birth defects in unborn babies. A Penn State Health expert helps separate the myths from the realities.

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Orthopaedic surgeons with the American College of Surgeons offer their top tips for preventing slips and falls during the winter season.

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You may not know Carol Barr, but in the future, she could save your life. Barr’s death at 39 from sudden cardiac arrest was caused by mitral valve prolapse—a heart valve defect that can affect the heart’s ability to pump blood. It can, in some cases, lead to death.

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Mannon Gallegly, a West Virginia University plant pathology professor emeritus who has spent more than 70 years developing hearty tomato varieties for home gardeners, has created his fourth and final tomato — the West Virginia ’23, dubbed “Mannon’s Majesty.”