7/12/2021
Bike safety research is going ‘high-res’ with this new technology
A UM-Dearborn professor has developed a bike-mounted lidar system that could help researchers and engineers design new strategies for safer streets....
7/19/2021
How a Detroit neighborhood is creating change one alley at a time
UM-Dearborn professors land a U-M Graham Sustainability Institute catalyst grant to work with Detroit residents on how overlooked alleys can be re-imagined to reflect local history and needs, while also addressing multiple sustainability goals....
9/8/2021
Using gardens to teach young people about social issues and social change
Recent work by UM-Dearborn education faculty takes a look at the power of a unique learning garden project that’s Detroit-grown....
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 ...
3/18/2022
UM-Dearborn’s Fred Feng lands NSF CAREER Award to advance bicycle safety research
With dangerous driver-cyclist interactions on the rise, Feng’s work is laying the groundwork for safer streets....
2/2/2022
Paying for net-zero
We break down some of the ways the University of Michigan is planning to foot the bill for wiping out its carbon footprint, including on the Dearborn campus....
1/19/2022
How two UM-Dearborn students are advancing their activism
Senior Amanda Saleh and recent grad Daniel Arini reflect on how a recent United Nations Millennium Fellowship experience is helping focus and sustain their work as organizers....
12/8/2021
UM-Dearborn charges ahead on energy efficiency projects
The campus is moving quickly to implement improvements to lighting and building systems that will help us meet our carbon neutrality goals, with even bigger projects on the horizon. ...
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....
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....