University of Michigan-Dearborn

The changing nature of corporate social responsibility

3/28/2022

With record inflation, a lingering pandemic, supply chain concerns and sanctions on Russia, can business leaders still focus on corporate social responsibility when so much is threatening their bottom lines? Assistant Professor Justin Ames weighs in.

An update from the Office of Research, March 2022

2/28/2022

The Office of Research is excited to announce flexible relief funds that support research-focused faculty, the launch of the new UM-Dearborn Research section on the campus website, professors receiving nearly $500,000 in funding, and more.

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Better curbscapes, brought to you by math

2/21/2022

Assistant Professor Armagan Bayram hopes her mathematical modeling can bring order to a notoriously contested city environment.

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Confronting special education’s race problem

2/7/2022

Students of color are disproportionately misidentified with learning disabilities and behavioral disorders, often altering the course of their lives. A UM-Dearborn professor is trying to help teachers be part of the solution.

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Wait for it...your flying car may still be coming

1/26/2022

They could still be decades away, but a UM-Dearborn professor says urban congestion has sparked a new wave of interest in the most famous unrealized technology of all.

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Where virtual reality is taking us next

1/24/2022

Whether or not the metaverse ever materializes, virtual reality is poised to change the way we live and learn.

Office of Research Update: January 2022

1/10/2022

Learn about external grants that your colleagues received and tools that can help enhance your research — like the University of Michigan Library’s 2022 Research Impact Challenge and a UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint Collaborative Research Series.

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The challenges of nurturing interdisciplinary research

1/10/2022

Bringing together specialists from different disciplines is increasingly where the action is in academia. But that kind of collaboration doesn’t happen all by itself.

A historic photograph of Native American students standing outside Holy Childhood, an Indian Boarding School in Harbor Springs, Michigan that was one of the last to close in the United States.

Helping teachers help indigenous students affected by intergenerational trauma

12/6/2021

A UM-Dearborn student’s doctoral research is helping educators be more capable advocates for Native American students impacted by the legacy of Indian Boarding Schools.

An Update from the Office of Research, December 2021

12/3/2021

Learn about external grants that your colleagues received and services that you can use for your own grant work.

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How UM-Dearborn’s new strategic plan is reshaping the university

11/22/2021

Changing times in higher education call for new approaches. We break down how ideas from our strategic planning process are creating a new chapter at UM-Dearborn.

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Helping scientists become better coders

11/17/2021

A new NSF-funded project from two UM-Dearborn computer scientists is taking aim at an often overlooked challenge in scientific research.

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Pushing your best work beyond academia

11/15/2021

Associate Professor Dara Hill recently made a short documentary based on her research to reach audiences other than her fellow academics. It’s also helped renew her enthusiasm for the work.

A CNC-machine based robot that uses real paints and paintbrushes

UM-Dearborn students built an art robot that uses your eyes to paint

11/3/2021

The assistive technology demonstrates the potential of lower-cost eye tracking technology for helping artists with disabilities.

Selected Solicitations Lists, Week of November 1

11/1/2021

The Office of Research publishes a list of selected funding opportunities, organized by college, every month. View the November selection of upcoming funding opportunities and contact the UM-Dearborn Office of Research if you would like more information about submitting a proposal.

Students lounge inside one of the informal gathering spaces in the new Engineering Lab Building.

This energy efficiency project will turn the new ELB into a building-sized laboratory

10/18/2021

For this year’s DTE E-Challenge, an interdisciplinary team of faculty and students will leverage everything from artificial intelligence to “shaming” to reduce our energy footprint.

Small Planning Grants Offered by Detroit URC

10/13/2021

Apply for Funding through the Small Planning Grants Program

Selected Solicitations Lists, Week of October 1

10/1/2021

Check out the most recent select funding opportunities, grouped by college:

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The looming security threat posed by the cyber ‘supply chain’

9/29/2021

Complex information and communication systems are often made up of hundreds of hardware and software components from a hodgepodge of manufacturers. UM-Dearborn’s Junaid Farooq says that makes them a cyber-physical battleground.