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Recent News

Keep up with the latest happenings at UM-Dearborn, from student achievements and experiences to standout academic programs on our campus. Go Blue — Go Dearborn!

Recent News

Photo of the Andes Mountains' Vilcanota Range — Natural splendor of Cordillera Vilcanota, which is part of the Andes Mountains, includes lakes, glaciers and snow-capped peaks. Photo by Serge Kruppa.

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 on Oct. 28.

Photo of Belle Isle in the fall — Photo of Belle Isle , Detroit's island park, in the fall.

10/18/2021

Creating pathways to nature

The Office of Metropolitan Impact is instrumental in organizing SEMI Wild and its career and education pathway program that connects underrepresented youth to organizations like UM-Dearborn, the Detroit Zoological Society, Belle Isle Nature Center and others.

Students lounge inside one of the informal gathering spaces in the new Engineering Lab Building. — One of the informal gathering spaces in the new Engineering Lab Building. Credit: Jason Robinson Photography

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.

Graphic illustrating the STEM Scholars program — Graphic by Violet Dashi.

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 bridge a gap that exists in science fields.

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Why UM-Dearborn?

Best Regional University in the Midwest Badge for the year 2022

U.S. News & World Report has consistently named UM-Dearborn one of the best regional universities in the Midwest. This year the university was ranked one of the top regional public universities in Michigan and 5th in the Midwest.