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Friday, February 15, 2013  Central Michigan University plans to expand its presence in the state with a site in Detroit.

Monday, July 23, 2012  The University of Michigan has made it four wins in a row at the 2012 American Solar Challenge vehicle competition.

Saturday, April 21, 2012  Six guys from Kettering University’s Phi Delta Theta chapter covered 65 miles running from Detroit to Flint in a philanthropic effort to raise money for Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Friday, July 01, 2011  University of Michigan clears air with outdoor smoking ban

Friday, November 19, 2010  Regents at the University of Michigan have extended the contract of the Ann Arbor school's current president through July 2014.

Wednesday, October 06, 2010  Elections officials in Washington have decided to scale back for now an online voting system after University of Michigan students testing the system managed to hack the system and get the site to play the school's fight song

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  A hearing on a personal protection order request by the openly gay student assembly president at the University of Michigan has been pushed back three weeks.

Friday, July 16, 2010  U.S. Census Director Robert M. Groves is returning to the University of Michigan to give a report on the status of the 2010 national population count.

Friday, June 18, 2010  The University of Michigan is raising undergraduate tuition by 1.5 percent at its Ann Arbor campus next fall, its smallest increase in 26 years.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010  Michigan State University fans have shown all week they didn't want basketball coach Tom Izzo to leave for the NBA.

Thursday, February 25, 2010  A new project will make driving easier for people heading to Kettering University.

Thursday, February 25, 2010  An affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers says a majority of non-tenure track faculty members at Central Michigan University have filed for a vote on unionizing

Monday, January 04, 2010  Seven-hundred pounds of books, lab equipment and other science materials are in the hands of children in seven schools in Ghana, thanks to the efforts of Central Michigan University.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009  Central Michigan University's planned medical school has an affiliation deal with a hospital in Mount Pleasant.

Friday, September 04, 2009  Classes at Oakland University remain canceled indefinitely. Professors at the suburban Detroit university will continue picketing Friday, a day after fall semester classes were expected to start.