UMich reports high return rate on endowment after increased investments in AI and crypto
The Michigan Daily, the University of Michigan’s independent student newspaper, featured MPI’s Transparency Lab analysis in a December 2, 2025 article on U-M’s 15.5% FY25 endowment return. The story highlights MPI’s finding that Michigan posted the highest return among major U.S. university endowments in MPI’s study and links that performance to the endowment’s AI and crypto investments, including MPI’s estimates of the endowment’s crypto and AI exposure within its alternatives portfolio.