Distinguished University Professors

November 13, 2018
Pharmacy professor to address carbon dioxide’s bad image

In his Distinguished University Professor lecture, Gordon L. Amidon will explore carbon dioxide from many angles in his talk, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.”
November 12, 2018
LSA’s Herbert to detail archeological excavation in northern Israel

Sharon Herbert will present her Distinguished University Professor lecture, “Snowflakes and Quicksand: A Survey of Hellenistic Sealing Practices,” at 4 p.m. today in Rackham Amphitheatre.
October 29, 2018
LSA professor to examine the early history of ‘normality’

Valerie J. Traub, the Adrienne Rich Distinguished University Professor of English and Women’s Studies, will deliver her Distinguished University Professor lecture.
June 21, 2018
Five faculty members appointed Distinguished University Professors

Five faculty members from LSA, the College of Engineering and the Medical School have received one of the university’s top honors as Distinguished University Professors.
February 19, 2018
Thomas to address Detroit’s experience planning the ‘good city’

June Manning Thomas will speak on “Critical Needs in Planning the ‘Good City’: Lessons from Detroit,” in her Distinguished University Professor lecture.
February 5, 2018
Hero will illustrate common thread of complex networks

Just as we can better understand a complex, historical event through multiple points of view, the relationships between signals at nodes of a network can be used to create a clearer picture of a complicated network.
January 31, 2018
2018 lectures set for seven Distinguished University Professors

Seven faculty members who have received one of the university’s top honors will offer Distinguished University Professor lectures this year about their work, starting Thursday.
January 22, 2018
LSA professor to explain why the brain wants what it wants

In his upcoming Distinguished University Professor lecture, LSA professor Kent Berridge will take listeners on a journey through the brain’s reward system.
November 13, 2017
Robert Griess to discuss mathematics, sporadic simple groups

Robert Griess, professor of mathematics, will deliver his Distinguished University Professorship lecture, “The sporadic simple groups: 26 characters in search of an oracle.”
November 6, 2017
Sarah Thomason will speak on world’s vanishing languages

Sarah Thomason will discuss endangered languages around the world, and the potential impact of their loss, during her Distinguished University Professorship lecture Tuesday.