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(Two student members of the U-M solar car team discuss the upcoming North American Solar Challenge and compare it to the World Solar Challenge, which took place in October. Spencer Bailey, who was in the car when it crashed in 2007, discusses the crash.)

(Sports fans know the story of Jackie Robinson, whose debut in 1947 ended an era of Jim Crow in the major leagues. As the Brooklyn Dodgers' president, U-M Law School graduate Branch Rickey signed Robinson.)

(Mothers relive traumatic experience of sexual abuse during their childbearing years.)

(Fifteen students will find ways to build bridges between the intellectual pursuits of an academic life and the mystic forces that for millennia shaped everyday life in India.)

(U-M Vice President for Research Steve Forrest, an expert on energy research, discusses the opportunities to developing alternative energy research.)

(Elliot Soloway has developed educational software for cell phones that allows them to be used in the classroom as personal computers. He discusses technology in the classroom.)

(Conventions no longer accomplish what they used to, such as shaping key messages and policies. They have turned out to be extravagant parties still covered by the media. U-M professor Michael Traugott talks about what is accomplished at conventions today and the significant moments that can define the remaining months until the November elections.)

(The environment is playing a much larger role in everyday diseases. What are environmental toxicants and why do we know they contribute to health problems? University of Michigan professor Howard Hu explains.)

(Anxious college freshmen can relax. No matter who will be sharing their dorm room, they have the power to make the relationship better, say U-M researchers.)

(Elizabeth Moje has spent years following and studying adolescents in southwest Detroit, to discover why many low income students struggle with reading. She's found many answers on how they read and interact and how to better teach the teachers.)