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2/19/2024

Regents Roundup for February 2024

Get details from the February U-M Board of Regents meeting, including the renaming of the Engineering Lab Building, a new department structure in the College of Business and personnel appointments....
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2/15/2024

Campus building to be renamed for pioneering dean

At its Feb. 15 meeting, the U-M Board of Regents approved Chancellor Grasso’s recommendation to rename the ELB as the Tony England Engineering Lab Building....
In full academic regalia, Tony England, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at UM-Dearborn, gives a commencement address in 2019.
2/14/2024

Takeaways from the 2024 State of the University

Why is it so tricky to put together the university’s annual budget? How are some of our new enrollment and retention efforts going so far? This year’s SOTU event featured some candid insights on these and other topics — plus a surprise appearance by the co...
CASL Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology Marie Waung, Director of Undergraduate Enrollment Management Urana Pridemore and Director of Enrollment Management Communication and Events Kevin Lewtschanyn discuss new recruitment and retention strategies during the State of University Event, Feburary 8, 2024.
2/12/2024

Campus Colleagues: Rick Morrone

You may know Rick Morrone as an instructional learning assistant in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters. But outside of work, he has an eclectic creative life that includes collaborating with a local hip hop artist and playing a supporting role for ...
Rick Marrone poses for a portrait in a studio with lots of computer screens and equipment in the background
2/12/2024

We met at UM-Dearborn

Move aside red and pink, it’s a maize and blue Valentine’s Day this year as we celebrate love stories that started right here on campus....
A collage graphic showing a dozen photos of couples who met at UM-Dearborn
2/7/2024

COB, CECS online programs among top in the country

U.S. News & World Report’s rankings include UM-Dearborn’s outstanding online programs and ranks campus’ MBA as a top graduate program for veterans....
Set against a backdrop of stock tickers and business data displaying on two large LED screens, a graduate student speaks to a class in the Bloomberg Lab on the UM-Dearborn campus.
2/7/2024

This professor is preparing for a busy election season of political deepfake detection

UM-Dearborn Professor Hafiz Malik has become a go-to resource for journalists debunking fake audio and video....
Professor Hafiz Malik explains a concept to half a dozen graduate students, who look on smiling, in his lab at UM-Dearborn lab
2/5/2024

Breaking the ‘cold chain’

Materials scientist Pravansu Mohanty has developed a way to eliminate the need for cold storage of vaccines and biopharmaceuticals. Could his startup be a game changer for bringing advanced medicines to lower-income countries?...
Wearing his signature black flat cap, UM-Dearborn Professor Pravansu Mohanty sits for a portrait in his UM-Dearborn mechanical engineering lab
2/5/2024

Office of Research update for February 2024

There are a lot of new things happening in the UM-Dearborn research world. There's a new cycle of campus grants, information about the next round of Bold Challenge grants, research resources, events and more....
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1/31/2024

Closing the loop on EV battery fires

Assistant Professor Lei Chen is trying to understand the root cause of EV battery malfunctions. A new NSF-funded lab will advance his research — and could help improve the manufacturing process, too....
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Lei Chen stands for a portrait in his lab