Scientists used to think acids in our bodies were mostly for building things up or breaking things down. But new research from UM-Dearborn faculty Kalyan Kondapalli and Suvranta Tripathy is pointing to a new fundamental role for pH in our cells.

This commencement season, select students across the university are recognized with UM-Dearborn’s top honors.

Learn about the awardees, who will be honored at the Dec. 21 ceremony — including the Chancellor’s Medallion winner, who’s an engineering major.

With an Inclusive History Project grant, the education lecturer is challenging his students to reckon with the nearly forgotten life story of a 1911 African American U-M grad who became an accomplished Detroit civil engineer.