![At a summer coding camp for girls, participant Lola Makanjuola reviews plans for an app she built with coding instructor Josh Rychlicki.](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_carousel/public/2023-07/page8-girls-golf-gadgets-feature-header.jpg?h=ddc58dd3&itok=imwLvAyK)
Feature Stories
![Through an Mcubed research project, Assistant Professor Zhi “Elena” Zhang (third from left), shows students (from left) Samiha Ishrat, Carissa Root and Kanika Karmaker how to use the lab’s cryostat machine, which thinly slices tissue so it can be examined under a microscope.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-07/page12-mcubed-feature-header-2.jpg?h=ddc58dd3&itok=EQMPe3W-)
The New Faces of Research
What’s the Dearborn difference? Our students — starting as undergraduates — are involved with consequential research and industry-connected faculty mentors. It’s something you might expect from a school with foundational roots in business and engineering.
![Heyam Alcodray, principal of Dearborn’s Fordson High School](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-07/_dsc2144cmyk.jpg?h=9ea880af&itok=1Dy0JRYy)
Reimagining High School
A UM-Dearborn alumna is leading a bold experiment that recasts high school as career prep.
In This Issue
In This Issue
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News Briefs
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Center Honors Watercolor Artist, Long-loved Faculty Member
New Gallery Center named for former Lecturer
![Susan E. Alcock](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-07/page4-susan-alcock-header.jpg?h=e9ddc18f&itok=IAQu6QkJ)
Acclaimed Scholar and Teacher to Join UM-Dearborn as Next Provost
Susan E. Alcock, whose appointment begins Jan. 1, 2020, currently serves as UM-Flint’s interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.
![Brahim Medjahed](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-07/page5-brahim-medjahed-header.jpg?h=e9ddc18f&itok=w1jOkHvq)
Brahim Medjahed: MASU Distinguished Professor of the Year
The veteran computer science professor is carving out creative new approaches in education.
![Crystal Scott, Natalie Sampson, Julie Roddy](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/group-library/341/composite_research.jpg?h=ecc7bca9&itok=rug4Xi4V)
Research Briefs
The veteran computer science professor is carving out creative new approaches in education.
![Graphic of information sources going through a funnel into the brain](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-07/page7-fake-news-header.jpg?h=e9ddc18f&itok=nuvXn-BE)
Eye on Research: Battling the Future of Fake News
Technology is taking political disinformation to scary new extremes. Could real-time debunking be one way to fight back?
![Heyam Alcodray, principal of Dearborn’s Fordson High School](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-07/_dsc2144cmyk.jpg?h=9ea880af&itok=1Dy0JRYy)
Reimagining High School
A UM-Dearborn alumna is leading a bold experiment that recasts high school as career prep.
![At a summer coding camp for girls, participant Lola Makanjuola reviews plans for an app she built with coding instructor Josh Rychlicki.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-07/page8-girls-golf-gadgets-feature-header.jpg?h=ddc58dd3&itok=iaQ9o1xM)
Girls, Golf and Gadgets
Can pairing sports and technology keep young women dreaming big about STEM?
![Through an Mcubed research project, Assistant Professor Zhi “Elena” Zhang (third from left), shows students (from left) Samiha Ishrat, Carissa Root and Kanika Karmaker how to use the lab’s cryostat machine, which thinly slices tissue so it can be examined under a microscope.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-07/page12-mcubed-feature-header-2.jpg?h=ddc58dd3&itok=EQMPe3W-)
The New Faces of Research
Our students — starting as undergraduates — are involved with consequential research and industry-connected faculty mentors. It’s something you might expect from a school with foundational roots in business and engineering.
![Graphic of someone being video recorded and someone looking through virtual reality glasses. Illustration by: Melissa McFeeters](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-07/page17-mcubed-sidebar-image.jpg?h=e9ddc18f&itok=U7_fYgRo)
The Power of Collaboration
The Mcubed program scraps the cumbersome formalities and red tape in the startup process and allows researchers to work collaboratively across the U-M system and do what they do best: Discover effective solutions to today’s problems.
![Alumna Amal Berry (second from right) speaks to a large crowd at DTE Energy about upcoming diversity and inclusion initiatives. Photo by Mark Houston](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-07/page22-amal-berry-header.jpg?h=e9ddc18f&itok=hbuihRs3)
Embracing Diversity to Create Innovation
Alumna Amal Berry talks about why diversity matters in the workplace.
![Bob and Colleen Picchi created an endowed College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters scholarship Photo by: Tracy Brewer](/sites/default/files/styles/card_large/public/2023-07/page23-bob-colleen-picchi-header.jpg?h=e9ddc18f&itok=Zt84-dz1)
Why I Give: A Path Forward
Alumna Amal Berry talks about why diversity matters in the workplace.