Opinion

• How words could end a war: Scott Atran on a possible path to Mideast peace. (NY Times, Jan. 24, 2009)

Money and the economy

• The Real Reason People Don’t Save (US News and World Report, Feb. 4, 2009)
• The Drive to Go From the Factory to the Classroom: U-M Dearborn grad goes from assembly line to professor of technology. (Wall Street Journal, Feb. 3, 2009)
• Energy funding push is coming (Detroit Free Press, Feb. 9, 2009)

Health

• New way found to judge prostate cancer severity (Reuters, Feb. 11, 2009)

Society

• New Efforts Focus on Exonerating Prisoners in Cases Without DNA Evidence (NY Times, Feb. 7, 2009)
• Remembering troubled roots, a healer reaches back (CNN.com, Feb. 2009)

Sports

• Ann Arbor named best college sports town in the United States (..and no, Columbus did not make the list) (Forbes, Feb. 12, 2009)
• Quarterback Steven Threet will transfer (Detroit Free Press, Feb. 15, 2009)