Six faculty projects that involve innovative approaches to improving student learning will be honored next month with Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prizes. In this extraordinary year there were two focus areas:…
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April 21, 2021
Ross receives over $1M for Business+Impact Initiative, thanks to Applebaum Family Philanthropy
The University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business has received more than $1 million as a result of a gift from the Applebaum Family Philanthropy to support its…
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April 20, 2021
U-M, Activision Blizzard CEO develop next generation of esports leaders with premier collegiate program
A multimillion dollar gift from Robert “Bobby” Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, will establish a multidisciplinary esports program at the University of Michigan School of Information. Kotick’s $4 million gift will fund a professor to lead the development of the program, combining best-in-class research and instruction in computer science, sports management and user experience, among other disciplines.
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April 20, 2021
U-M venture fund makes first investment after reaching $2M first-close fundraising milestone
The Accelerate Blue Fund at the University of Michigan has made its first investment in a U-M tech startup.
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April 19, 2021
LSA Collegiate Fellow’s research on the global banana industry will create positive and environmental social change.
LSA Collegiate Fellow Alyssa Paredes talked with LSA about the banana export trade and how she hopes her research will lead to positive social and environmental change.
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April 13, 2021
U-M’s undergraduate student research spring symposium goes virtual
DATE: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, April 22 EVENT: University of Michigan students will present their research findings at the annual Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Spring Symposium. The event provides a unique window…
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April 8, 2021
Rackham Program in Public Scholarship Marks 10 Years
Program helps students advance knowledge and share ideas that enrich higher education and the broader community.
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April 6, 2021
U-M Arts Initiative to launch collaborative project with Yo-Yo Ma, regional artists
A new residency with international performing artist Yo-Yo Ma, launched by the University of Michigan Arts Initiative in partnership with the University Musical Society, bring together Ma and a newly formed steering committee composed of six U-M students and three Michigan-based artists from Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn—representing all three campuses—who will be charged with the development of new variations of maps that will express what the U-M community has experienced in the past year.
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April 1, 2021
Wallenberg Fellow set to investigate health care experiences, outcomes among minority groups
Darius Moore—winner of the $25,000 Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship Award for 2021—to accomplish an independent project to investigate the impacts of intersectional stigma on health care access among minoritized groups in the Dominican Republic.
