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UM-Dearborn | CASL Overview

I think what makes CASL really special is the breadth and diversity of the courses and the curriculum that we offer the students.

Martin Hershock, Dean

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CASL's varied undergraduate and graduate academic programs reflect our commitment to leadership, learning and student success.

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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.

10/18/2021

Spotlight on CASL Staff Member Belinda Soliz

Enjoy the following Q&A with Belinda Soliz, Administrative Specialist, Department of Social Sciences.

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.

10/14/2021

Faculty spotlight on Assistant Professor of Anthropology Rose Wellman

Enjoy the following Q&A with Prof. Wellman as she talks about the publication of her book and her current research.

Events

Oct

Take Back The Night

Wednesday, October 27

6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

Online/Virtual

Oct

CASL Faculty Research Slam

Thursday, October 28

3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Online/Virtual

Nov

Policy Pitch Competition

Wednesday, November 17

3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.

CASL Building