In the News

  1. Student researches chronic arsenic poisoning

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2z9PwCEnlU&feature=youtu.be Although faced with monsoon rains, lunging dogs, and getting lost on winding dirt roads on long days during which she might only see five people, School of Public Health…

  2. Doing away with lectures, exams, graded homework

    The students sit at small tables of four to five, separated by white boards. They wait for questions to come up on their electronic devices, which are tapped into a…

  3. Teaching transformation grants awarded

    The U-M has awarded three faculty groups funding under the first round of Transformation grants of the university’s Transforming Learning for a Third Century (TLTC) program. Two years ago, the…

  4. Symposium challenges participants to imagine the future of engaged learning

    With 100 funded projects at various stages of development across campus, leaders of the Transforming Learning for a Third Century (TLTC) Initiative brought a number of faculty trailblazers together Tuesday…

  5. Project repurposes a burned-out house as a geothermal greenhouse

    In a Detroit neighborhood shared by Bangladeshi, Polish immigrants, longtime African-American residents and young artists, something is happening. Neighbors come out of their houses to watch, and even to help….

  6. New graduate program teaches real-world design

    A new two-year graduate program in integrative design at the University of Michigan represents a paradigm shift as designers address unpredictable and fast-changing real-world problems and situations in society. The…

  7. MCubed program impact revealed

    In a one-of-a-kind funding program designed to spark innovative research without traditional peer review, University of Michigan professors spun their MCubed seed money into millions more. MCubed, which launched in…

  8. “Into the Wind” draws upon the expertise, creativity of many

    U-M Dance Professor Jessica Fogel is no stranger to multifaceted, multidisciplinary collaborations, but when she first proposed her latest project called “Into the Wind,” even she did not anticipate it…

  9. Students get up-close, hands-on look at history

    The students were like detectives, lining both sides of a narrow room in the basement of the Kelsey Museum, gloves on, gingerly examining ancient objects. They created sketches and drew…