Behavioral and Biological Sciences News
Read about the good work being done by our Behavioral and Biological Sciences faculty and students.
Professor Marilee Benore receives honor from American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
March 27, 2023
Biochemistry Professor Marilee Benore is among 20 scientists who’ve made outstanding contributions to the field. She's named along with faculty from institutions that include U-M Medical School, Yale and Rutgers.
Professor Francine Dolins
What are the great apes telling us?
February 8, 2023
After years of research and conservation work, along with winning millions in prestigious research awards, Psychology Associate Professor Francine Dolins’ cognitive ability research continues to point out the similarities between people and other primate species.
How a new program plans to connect underserved populations to STEM futures
October 13, 2021
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.
Professor honored for decades of advocacy work
September 22, 2021
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.
A successful lab experiment
February 17, 2021
Knowing the importance of hands-on learning to understand scientific processes, professors adjusted their lab lessons so students could continue to benefit from experiential learning wherever their locations. And students say it’s working.
Humans evolved from group hunters to civic rule creators: Do other primates have these capacities for cooperation?
November 30, 2020
CASL professor receives $1M grant for project looking to reverse engineer behavior to better understand humans, our primate cousins, and to prepare for future artificial intelligence development.
Francine Dolins
with a brown lemur
What can we do about the extinction crisis?
June 15, 2020
College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters faculty and American Society of Primatologists colleagues form action network for primate conservation.
Neurobiology Elena Zhang
With safety protocols in place, UM-Dearborn begins a phased reopening of research labs
June 8, 2020
Some researchers and their grad students are getting the green light to return to campus labs.
Assistant Professor Elena
Zhang
The New Faces of Research
Fall 2019
What’s the Dearborn difference? Our students — starting as undergraduates — are involved with consequential research and industry-connected faculty mentors.
Global Brigades’ students provide care to hundreds in Honduras
June 19, 2017
Nearly 20 students participated in the Global Brigades-UM-Dearborn chapter’s trip to Honduras, where they helped the international aid organization provide health screenings and demonstrate preventive care.
Assistant Professor John
Abramyan
Birds of a feather: Mutant hen studies could advance knowledge of body processes
February 13, 2017
Student Jennifer Byk and Assistant Professor John Abramyan examine the embryo of a white leghorn chicken. The two are part of a research team examining a flock of mutant hens, whose eggs will not hatch because of a missing vitamin.