Faculty/Staff Spotlights
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March 14, 2022
“I got interested in other things going on in Detroit related to urban farming and greenspace and how to creatively reimagine neighborhoods.”
— Paul Draus, professor of sociology at UM-Dearborn who has engaged with communities crafting environmental and sustainable solutions in Detroit
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March 7, 2022
“Reading the books is fascinating because the language is different, the content is so different, it almost feels like a time capsule of the era.”
— Devin Berghorst, senior case manager for student support services in the Dean of Students Office who has amassed a collection of between 400 and 500 Captain America comic books as well as other memorabilia
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February 21, 2022
“If I didn’t start playing hockey, I wouldn’t have been there. If the whole reason I started playing hockey was for this one night, it’s worth it.”
— Jeff Zampi, a pediatric cardiologist at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital who helped save the life of a family friend who collapsed during a hockey game
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February 14, 2022
“I felt the goal of having a marathon coming up held me accountable to getting out there every day and running.”
— Nancy Ambrose King, professor of oboe in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, has run marathons in all 50 states and the District of Columbia
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February 7, 2022
“All my creative instincts are to go for simplicity. I like to do more with less. It’s just a principle that I’m very obsessed with.”
— Roland Graf, associate professor of art and design in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design who built a table out of seven planks of wood that is now manufactured in Germany
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January 31, 2022
“I’m tremendously grateful and humbled and frankly amazed at the fact that it’s worked as well as it has for so many meets.”
— Debotri Dhar, lecturer II in women’s and gender studies in LSA who launched the Hummingbird Global Writers’ Circle in 2016
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January 24, 2022
“I think of percussion as a comprehensive approach to music making rather than only acquiring specific skills for specific instruments. It’s approaching instruments, objects, and situations with a musical mindset.”
— Ian Antonio, assistant professor of music in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance who has performed for more than two decades on four continents
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January 17, 2022
“What I like about filmmaking, it’s a different kind of palette of options. I can sort of bend time and space in ways I can’t do with dance.”
— Charli Brissey, assistant professor of dance in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, has worked at U-M since 2018 teaching film, composition and technique classes in the dance department
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January 10, 2022
“My most cherished time was playing live music. It was very cool. I hope to always have my toe in the musical waters.”
— Anne Kadrovich, purchasing associate supervisor in Michigan Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry who spent 17 years managing a recording studio in Los Angeles
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December 6, 2021
“I’m very appreciative that we have internal grants that allow folks to use their creativity and do research-based work that’s a little nontraditional.”
— Dara Hill, associate professor of reading and language arts in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services at UM-Dearborn who made a documentary about her research
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