2/7/2022

Confronting special education’s race problem

Students of color are disproportionately misidentified with learning disabilities and behavioral disorders, often altering the course of their lives. A UM-Dearborn professor is trying to help teachers be part of the solution....
1/17/2022

'Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope'

For the 29th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, 300-plus people gathered remotely and in-person to do more than 10 projects that included knitting hats and scarves to keep people in our community warm, assembling meals for the hungry and more....
1/12/2022

When it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion, what are campus community needs?

UM-Dearborn's DEI Climate Survey for the campus community launches Wednesday, Jan. 19....
1/12/2022

The Office of Equity, Civil Rights, and Title IX has online resources available

The UM-Dearborn ECRT website has tools available to answer questions and to provide available resources regarding instances of sexual and gender-based misconduct, as well as other forms of discrimination and discriminatory harassment....
11/22/2021

How UM-Dearborn’s new strategic plan is reshaping the university

Changing times in higher education call for new approaches. We break down how ideas from our strategic planning process are creating a new chapter at UM-Dearborn....
11/17/2021

Going forward with Pride

The student organization Pride works to create welcoming inclusive spaces — and has expanded outreach efforts to create hybrid connection opportunities. Their goals include promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity and equality of people, especially thos...
11/5/2021

In their own words

The new Seen Jeem podcast highlights Arab and Arab American authors by providing a dedicated space to discuss their writing and to read excerpts from their work. The 15-episode podcast features a range of creative writing mediums and includes many award-w...
9/13/2021

When student research leads to deep personal transformation

Yahaira Vega now considers herself an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, a subject she knew little about before her undergraduate research project....
9/1/2021

How can we support Black students in the early stages of their STEM journeys?

DeLean Tolbert Smith’s latest research is digging into the role families and non-classroom experiences can play in tackling STEM’s equity problems....
7/26/2021

How everyday products are shaped by social bias

Two UM-Dearborn human-centered design experts break down why designing products that don’t leave some people on the sidelines takes a more empathetic approach to engineering....