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12/1/2021

Campus Colleagues: Finding inspiration in history, writing and the Block M

Get to know Executive Writer Carl Paulus, a Michigan alumnus, persuasive writer and civic-minded communicator, who works to inspire the leaders and best....
11/19/2021

'Students know they can count on you'

Nearly 70 staff members were recognized for outstanding acts and achievements at the 2021 Chancellor’s Staff Recognition Awards....
11/15/2021

Pushing your best work beyond academia

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....
11/1/2021

Campus Colleagues: Kristine Day

Student Affairs Assistant Director Kristine Day shares lessons she’s learned from family, colleagues and experience....
10/13/2021

A philosophy of learning where learners come first

UM-Dearborn professor and educational reformer Seong Hong has dedicated her career to constructivism, a dynamic theory of learning that’s long been the antidote to the “factory” model of PreK-12 education....
10/11/2021

How the pandemic experience is pushing teaching into the future

A UM-Dearborn statistics professor shares how the sudden shift to remote education pushed him to make his statistics classes more relevant to students....
10/6/2021

The future’s best robots may not have arms, faces or talk. But they’ll still change how we live.

UM-Dearborn’s robotics faculty talk about how public expectations for robots are often out of sync with realities of the technology. But that shouldn’t stunt our optimism about the field’s future....
10/4/2021

Campus Colleagues: Anthony DeLaRosa

CECS Engineering Experiential Learning Assistant Director Tony DeLaRosa shares personal and professional stories that show the importance of encouragement, the role of recognition (he’s co-chair for the Chancellor's Staff Recognition Awards) and how life ...
10/4/2021

A UM-Dearborn lecturer’s latest project will change the way you think about textbooks

Benjamin Wielechowski’s newly published “Introduction to Narrative Journalism” shows off the exciting capabilities of the new generation of open educational resources....
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....