9/9/2020

How COVID-19 disrupts the transition to adulthood

Sociology Professor Pamela Aronson — using research findings as a guide — breaks down the challenges hitting today’s emerging adults the hardest and gives actions to take and changes to make....
9/30/2020

Is Michigan’s election system ready for 2020?

A UM-Dearborn political science professor breaks down why this election won’t be like any other and our prospects for surviving it....
7/18/2022

A Win-Win: Working together to increase the impact

A jointly sponsored UM-Dearborn – UM-Flint Collaborative Research Funding Program awarded up to $160,000 for four faculty-driven projects. ...
10/26/2020

How a research project on the Milky Way's center will help unlock the universe's secrets

As part of a leading research team, Associate Professor Will Clarkson spent much of the last decade working to assemble an extensive map of the inner regions of the Milky Way galaxy....
11/4/2020

A newsroom view on election night

Associate Professor Tim Kiska and 20 of his journalism students spent Tuesday night in the Detroit Free Press newsroom assisting with election news coverage and gathering voting results for the too-close-to-call presidential race....
12/9/2020

Teaching through five decades of political change

With nearly 50 years at UM-Dearborn and 12 U.S. presidential elections during his time on campus, Political Science Professor Ronald Stockton heads into retirement after witnessing a milestone year for student political involvement....
12/21/2020

'It's great to be a Michigan Wolverine.'

Saturday was a big day for the UM-Dearborn community — more than 1000 students from August and December graduated. Although there wasn’t a physical ceremony due to the pandemic, the community rallied to recognize the achievements of these 2020 graduates....
7/12/2022

Archaeology that empowers

Recently finishing a research experience at Amache Japanese American incarceration camp in Colorado, Anthropology senior William Smith shares how his UM-Dearborn archaeological experiences prepared him for that field study and for his future. ...
3/3/2021

Beyond the wall

No matter which side you are on, walls are divisive. Looking throughout history, CASL faculty member Kristin Poling says it’s important to understand that walls don’t hold power; it’s the people who do....
4/12/2021

Glass ceilings and plastic barriers: Will COVID’s impacts pave a path to pay parity?

The pandemic highlighted a fundamental contradiction of our economic system today: The caring labor that’s assigned the lowest value, and is often performed by women, is also essential. Feminist economist Professor Suzanne Bergeron says people in power hav...