Current News
12/6/2021
A UM-Dearborn student’s doctoral research is helping educators be more capable advocates for Native American students impacted by the legacy of Indian Boarding Schools.
12/1/2021
Get to know Executive Writer Carl Paulus, a Michigan alumnus, persuasive writer and civic-minded communicator, who works to inspire the leaders and best.
12/1/2021
To acknowledge the number of strong medallion candidates among UM-Dearborn's top graduates, three medallion recipients were awarded per college. Here are the CECS and COB winners — along with the Class of Fall 2021 student speaker.
11/29/2021
UM-Dearborn student Penny Kane won campus’ first Policy Pitch Competition, where students presented public policy changes they'd like to see at the local level and beyond.
11/29/2021
To acknowledge the number of strong medallion candidates among UM-Dearborn’s top graduates, three medallions recipients are awarded per college starting with our Fall 2021 alumni — with one of those students receiving the top Chancellor’s Medallion.
11/22/2021
Commencement will take place at UM-Dearborn’s Fieldhouse with several small ceremonies occurring on Dec. 18 and 19. Get the details.
11/22/2021
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.
11/19/2021
Nearly 70 staff members were recognized for outstanding acts and achievements at the 2021 Chancellor’s Staff Recognition Awards.
11/17/2021
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 those who identify as queer.
11/17/2021
A new NSF-funded project from two UM-Dearborn computer scientists is taking aim at an often overlooked challenge in scientific research.
11/15/2021
Lecturer Patrick Keyes, who teaches UM-Dearborn’s Small Business Management course and is an entrepreneur, understands struggles associated with business ownership and has a few ideas on how to work through them.
11/15/2021
Associate Professor Dara Hill recently made a short documentary based on her research to reach audiences other than her fellow academics. It’s also helped renew her enthusiasm for the work.
11/10/2021
Leaders from the education department talk about why so many of our graduates are flocking to serve districts where it’s hardest to recruit teachers.
11/8/2021
Storing renewable energy is crucial to solving the climate crisis. A UM-Dearborn professor explains how alternative liquid fuels might address challenges batteries can’t.
11/5/2021
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-winning writers.
11/3/2021
Campus leaders created a whole new study abroad model — and made it open to all undergraduate students in a desirable location at an affordable cost.
11/3/2021
The assistive technology demonstrates the potential of lower-cost eye tracking technology for helping artists with disabilities.
11/1/2021
Student Affairs Assistant Director Kristine Day shares lessons she’s learned from family, colleagues and experience.
11/1/2021
A UM-Dearborn cybersecurity expert and international affairs expert talk about how nation state cyberattacks are confounding calculations in international affairs.
10/27/2021
Spiders are all over your home and in your yard. Associate Professor Anne Danielson-Francois, a renowned spider expert, says that’s a good thing. Hear her out.
10/25/2021
Content editors of the website, rejoice! An upgraded content management system is headed your way. Here’s why that matters (for all of us).
10/20/2021
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 on Oct. 28.
10/18/2021
The Office of Metropolitan Impact is instrumental in organizing SEMI Wild and its career and education pathway program that connects underrepresented youth to organizations like UM-Dearborn, the Detroit Zoological Society, Belle Isle Nature Center and others.
10/18/2021
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.