A young woman in a dress and work boots sits on a riding lawmower, flanked by an older man who is explaining how to use it.
Products, like riding lawnmowers, often contain engineering quirks that bias them toward a target demographic. In this photo, Nichole Becker gets ready to take hers for a spin with some helpful tips from neighbor Mike Pemberton.
College of Engineering and Computer Science

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.
Graphic showing the variety of resources available in the Office of Academic Success
Graphic by Jeffrey Knudsen/Michigan Creative
Center for Mathematics Education

Taking Academic Success to the Next Level

The Office of Academic Success, which launched on July 1, brings together student-focused academic resources and coordinates them under one UM-Dearborn office.
The Alley Activation team cleans up an alley in a Northwest Detroit neighborhood
College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters

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.
A collage graphic representing online learning, featuring a male college professor teaching from "inside" a laptop screen surrounded by students in "bubbles.""
Hub for Teaching and Learning Resources

How students felt about their year-plus of pandemic learning

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Credit: Portland Bureau of Transportation via Flickr/Creative Commons
College of Engineering and Computer Science

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.

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A young woman in a dress and work boots sits on a riding lawmower, flanked by an older man who is explaining how to use it.
Products, like riding lawnmowers, often contain engineering quirks that bias them toward a target demographic. In this photo, Nichole Becker gets ready to take hers for a spin with some helpful tips from neighbor Mike Pemberton.
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.
Graphic showing the variety of resources available in the Office of Academic Success
Graphic by Jeffrey Knudsen/Michigan Creative
7/25/2021
Taking Academic Success to the Next Level
The Office of Academic Success, which launched on July 1, brings together student-focused academic resources and coordinates them under one UM-Dearborn office.
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Doing the Math: Research opportunity adds to campus
The eight-week mathematics research experience took place from May 24 to July 16. With pandemic restrictions easing, students, who initially met over Zoom, came to campus during the program’s final week.
The Alley Activation team cleans up an alley in a Northwest Detroit neighborhood
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.
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