University of Michigan students fight off mosquitos, survive harrowing rides on dirt roads and live off rice and beans as they work to provide engineering solutions for clean drinking waters…
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July 22, 2013
Beyond Business—Social Entrepreneurship
Ask Michael Gordon what he’s trying to accomplish by exposing undergraduates to an up-and-coming focus in business curriculum called social entrepreneurship and the answer probably will go something like this:…
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July 11, 2013
Building a Better World
Ross School course encourages students to create mini businesses like one that makes glass coasters and provides jobs. Daniel Williams leans over, putting his face within inches of a sheet…
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June 6, 2013
First Global Challenges receive funding
Nadine Naber’s digital archive will record stories from women in Egypt.
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June 5, 2013
UM-Flint Professor Receives Top Honor
Mojtaba Vaziri, professor of physics and engineering at University of Michigan-Flint, has been selected to receive a Distinguished Professor of the Year Award by President Council, State Universities of Michigan….
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June 5, 2013
Course Inspires Creativity
So there goes Beethoven. He’s walking in the woods. Suddenly, like a bolt of lightning – BAM! He gets the idea for his Sixth Symphony. “Because he’s cool and he’s…
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June 5, 2013
Teaching Academy Fosters Success Among New Faculty
New faculty members who participate in a program to enhance teaching report greater confidence in their abilities in the classroom and more involvement in professional development activities. Student evaluations of…
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June 5, 2013
Initiative Promotes Global Learning and Engagement
The Michigan International Seminars for Undergraduates program brings together students from different disciplines to read, hear about and discuss issues of global importance.
