11/5/2025

A PhD student is helping next-generation batteries take a critical step

Alongside Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Lei Chen, second-year PhD student Jinrong Su is creating a pathway for advanced lithium batteries to finally break through....
10/22/2025

Summer course will take place on two continents — and two wheels

Associate Professor of Sociology Carmel Price and Professor of Public Health Natalie Sampson will lead a summer study abroad exploring cycling infrastructure in Scandinavia — then bring what they learn back home....
10/1/2025

Connecting yesterday, today and tomorrow with sweetgrass

UM-Dearborn’s 2025-26 Community Read, “Braiding Sweetgrass,” helps weave together Indigenous knowledge and university life....
9/8/2025

SURE students examine uncertainty, misinformation

Researchers in the College of Business and the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters explored how government-related actions affect the public in two Summer Undergraduate Research Experience projects....
8/25/2025

Facilities teams seize the summer to knock out a big list of campus updates

Highlights include major progress on the Administration Building renovation and a rooftop solar array on the Tony England Engineering Lab Building....
6/23/2025

Onsite composting is coming to UM-Dearborn

A pilot with Picasso Restaurant Group is paving the way for a new campus composting site, which will reduce the university’s climate-warming emissions and help students learn about soil science....
4/16/2025

Natalie Sampson named Distinguished Professor of the Year

The associate professor of public health talks about her sometimes uncomfortable relationship with academia, the politics of community-centered research and the challenge of getting today’s students to talk in class....
3/31/2025

How postdocs help faculty take research to another level

Postdoctoral researchers on campus are another sign of UM-Dearborn’s growing research culture. But what exactly do postdocs do, and why can they be a game changer for university research?...
2/24/2025

For a UM-Dearborn student and professor, the influence goes both ways

Unlikely collaborators who met through a job posting, first-year PhD student LaRico Andres and Professor Wencong Su have forged a partnership that’s left a lasting mark on both men. ...
2/10/2025

Researchers prep for landmark field test of ‘second-life’ EV batteries

Connecting millions of used electric vehicle batteries to the grid is an idea that holds tons of promise. But how well will this strategy work in the real world?...