9/23/2026

Campus Colleagues: Leaving campus a brighter place

After nearly 40 years, custodian Vanessa Maxwell steps into retirement. ...
9/21/2026

UM-Dearborn named one of state’s top schools

U.S. News and World Report ranks the university No. 5 among Michigan’s public institutions. Both USNWR and Time gave high marks for affordability, outcomes and social mobility....
8/25/2026

CASL microbiologist leads international collaboration on urban watershed microbiology

Microbiology professor, Sonia Tiquia-Arashiro, is the lead editor of Urban Watershed Microbiology....
4/13/2026

‘His presence brought joy to others’

El’Verson Mitchell, a Counseling and Psychological Services clinician, became a therapist to help college students. He died Dec. 29....
3/31/2026

Campus Colleagues: Christine Dunning

Christine Dunning keeps things running smoothly in COB — much as if she’s running her own enterprise. The assistant to the dean relies on lessons from her parents, who owned Standard Paper Company for 50 years....
3/23/2026

‘They are not standing at the edge of discovery — they are inside it’

Associate Professor of Biochemistry Besa Xhabija, a cancer researcher, explores ways to inhibit cancer cell growth. She’s training undergraduates to assist her in making new discoveries....
2/23/2026

‘A scholarship changed my life’

Financial Aid Director Kevin Towns has led financial aid offices at major universities, including Johns Hopkins University and The Ohio State University. Towns knows the transformative power of financial aid because he’s lived it....
2/16/2026

Creating wins on and off the field

The UM-Dearborn Lacrosse team’s 2026 season just started, but Head Coach Jason Watts has been helping the team grow since 2002. He played on the university’s inaugural team....
2/11/2026

A decades-old portrait and a student film crew bring a Michigan history maker to campus

The documentary “Best in Class: Blenda J. Wilson, Jon Onye Lockard and the Portrait that Connected Them” premiered at UM-Dearborn on Feb. 11....
2/2/2026

Faculty and staff have made big progress on digital accessibility goals

With just a few months to go before new federal digital accessibility standards kick in, UM-Dearborn is making strong progress. Here’s a look at some of the work that’s been done and the road ahead....