Distinguished University Professors
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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October 30, 2017
Newman will detail history, developments in network theory
Mark Newman will explore the “Small Number Effect” when he delivers his lecture as the Anatol Rapoport Distinguished University Professor of Physics.
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May 18, 2017
Seven faculty members named Distinguished University Professors
Gordon Amidon Charles Brooks John Carethers Mark Hunter Martin Katz Sidonie Smith Ralph Yang Seven faculty members have received one of the University of Michigan’s top honors as Distinguished University Professors. The Board of Regents approved the appointments on Thursday. They are effective Sept. 1. Recently appointed DUPs are invited to give an inaugural… -
April 10, 2017
Joel Blum will consider the two faces of mercury in lecture
LSA Professor Joel D. Blum will explore various aspects of the toxic metal mercury in his inaugural Distinguished University Professor lecture, “Mesmerized by Mercury: From History to Health.”
