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6/22/2020

University of Michigan-Dearborn announces plans for a public health informed fall 2020 semester

Plans include a hybrid semester with many classes in a remote format, a shift in the academic calendar and a continued focus on remote engagement opportunities for students....
6/22/2020

UM-Dearborn team takes the top prize in statewide energy efficiency competition

A 53-member team of students, faculty and staff put together a huge energy savings plan that could save the university $200,000 a year....
 College of Engineering and Computer Science graduate students who participated in the E-Challenge competition gather for a photo in the IAVS High Bay back in early March. In all, 53 faculty, staff and students participated on the universitywide team
6/15/2020

What can we do about the extinction crisis?

College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters faculty and American Society of Primatologists colleagues form action network for primate conservation....
 Associate Professor Francine Dolins with a common brown lemur
6/15/2020

Can we beat cheating through better teaching?

Instructors are finding that many of today’s en vogue pedagogical reforms may also be the key to reducing academic integrity violations....
 A graphic representing techniques used for cheating, showing a student's hand with mathematical formulas written on his wrist and a cell phone screen displaying mathematical formulas.
6/8/2020

With safety protocols in place, UM-Dearborn begins a phased reopening of research labs

Some researchers and their grad students are getting the green light to return to campus labs. ...
 An overhead view of a UM-Dearborn graduate student wearing a white lab coat, working in a bioengineering lab.
6/8/2020

Students take a top spot in global business competition

The 4flow Case Study Competition, which expanded to North America this year, awarded third place to a UM-Dearborn graduate student team....
6/8/2020

What an obscure invention of Nikola Tesla’s could teach us about diabetes

Bioengineering professor Joe Lo’s latest project is using a hundred-year-old technology to unravel the mysteries of how Type II diabetes exacts its toll on the body....
Professor Jo is a middle-aged Chinese man with black side-parted hair and thin rectangular wire glasses. He is wearing a light purple button down tucked into a pair of gray denim and a black blazer over top. He is facing the camera and standing next to a 3D printer.
6/4/2020

UM-Dearborn certified as a veteran-friendly school

The campus is recognized by the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency for having the highest level of veteran-centric services and programming. ...
6/1/2020

What it will take to make a remote K-12 school year work

A UM-Dearborn educational technology professor breaks down why remote education is a particularly tough challenge for public schools and how far our adaptation strategies can take us....
6/1/2020

What to expect from the fiscal year ‘21 budget

Here’s a quick breakdown of the knowns and unknowns that will shape UM-Dearborn’s fall finances....
Chancellor's Pond