What is an Indian? Students in the course Archives and Oral Histories thought this must be a loaded question when they were asked to write an essay on it the…
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November 17, 2015
Projects receive engaged learning Transformation grants, new program announced
The university has awarded $5 million to three projects designed to transform the educational experience for U-M students, and has created a new program that encourages faculty to form networks…
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October 22, 2015
Students engage with the American South as they live the blues
Student Adrian Koch shows off a souvenir from the South: one of those metal bottle openers, the kind that with one upward motion would snap a crimped metal cap off…
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August 13, 2015
Researching lizards in Mexican coffee fields
As an undergraduate, Ivan Monagan started out as a pre-med student. But during his first year in college, he was offered a scholarship to study desert lizard ecology in Arizona….
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August 11, 2015
A campus tour leads to a partnership in Africa
Janis Miller was in the middle of a busy fall semester when a colleague knocked on her office door and asked if she could escort a visiting physician from Africa…
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July 29, 2015
The rat catchers: Researching animal migration in Mexico
Most people wouldn’t dare step off the trail and climb several feet down a steep ravine covered in thick foliage – excellent cover for the poisonous snakes common in the…
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July 22, 2015
Nearly $1M awarded in last call for smaller Third Century grants
The latest and final round of Third Century Initiative Quick Win/Discovery grants will go to more than 20 projects, including a technology-based design solution for children with autism, one that…
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June 11, 2015
U-M class teaches Detroiters how to buy, fix homes
Peter Allen, who’s shared his real estate investing strategies with more than 3,500 University of Michigan students since 1981, turns his attention to Detroit, which he calls “one of the…
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June 3, 2015
Getting to know you: unique scientific illustration class explores zoology museum collections
How would you like to spend 16 weeks getting intimately acquainted with a dung beetle? The undergraduate students of the Stamps School of Art and Design class, Making Science Visible,…
