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10/27/2021
Spiders in the house? Put that blowtorch away
Spiders are all over your home and in your yard. Associate Professor Anne Danielson-Francois, a renowned spider expert, says that’s a good thing. Hear her out....
10/20/2021
‘There is so much beauty in nature that needs our protection’
Professor Ulrich Kamp is using 90 years of images to visually show how the glaciers in the Andes of Southern Peru are rapidly melting — and hopes seeing is believing. His research is one of nine faculty projects highlighted in CASL's Faculty Research Slam ...
10/18/2021
This energy efficiency project will turn the new ELB into a building-sized laboratory
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....
10/13/2021
How a new program plans to connect underserved populations to STEM futures
The National Science Foundation awards campus faculty with $1.44 million to create a STEM Scholars program that tailors impactful education practices — like research, cohorts, professional development and more — for lower-income, high talent students to b...
10/11/2021
How the pandemic experience is pushing teaching into the future
A UM-Dearborn statistics professor shares how the sudden shift to remote education pushed him to make his statistics classes more relevant to students....
10/4/2021
Giving kids safe routes to school
To encourage physical activities and healthy habits for elementary and middle school students, UM-Dearborn helped land a $100,000 grant to implement the Safe Routes to School Program....
10/4/2021
A UM-Dearborn lecturer’s latest project will change the way you think about textbooks
Benjamin Wielechowski’s newly published “Introduction to Narrative Journalism” shows off the exciting capabilities of the new generation of open educational resources....
9/27/2021
Adventures in labor-based grading
Associate Professor of Composition and Rhetoric Mike MacDonald gives us a tour of his recent experiments with reimagining letter grades....
9/22/2021
Professor honored for decades of advocacy work
U-M recognizes Professor Marilee Benore’s mentorship and inclusive practices by honoring her with the Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change....
9/22/2021
Two UM-Dearborn students named UN Millennium Fellows
Amanda Saleh and Daniel Arini will spend the semester working on two projects that advance the UN’s sustainability goals. ...