Faculty Spotlight

  1. October 28, 2024

    Assistant professor brings improv to UMSI

    Gabriela Marcu, assistant professor of information in the School of Information, discovered improv after starting a job at Drexel University and has brought her passion to UMSI.

  2. September 16, 2024

    Stamps professor seeks to create inspiring ‘interruptions’

    Nick Tobier, professor of art and design in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, aims to create art that brings about pleasant pauses in people’s otherwise methodical paths.

  3. September 3, 2024

    Ross professor learning science and art of winemaking

    Puneet Manchanda decided to take advantage of the pears and grapes growing at his home and turn them into wine, which he had always enjoyed and was eager to research.

  4. June 10, 2024

    UM-Dearborn professor brings toys to life through 3D printing

    UM-Dearborn associate professor Samir Rawashdeh 3D printed replicas of the “Star Wars” droids R2-D2 and D-O and engineered them into robotic toys for his kids.

  5. May 20, 2024

    Professor channels passion for history through blacksmithing

    Thomas Henthorn, professor of history at UM-Flint, was introduced to blacksmithing while exploring historic sites. He now considers it a hobby and began teaching classes on blacksmithing in Flint.

  6. April 8, 2024

    Campus squirrels have an ally in Ross librarian

    Corey Seeman, director of Kresge Library Services for the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, is a squirrel aficionado who serves that population as the eradicator of mange.

  7. March 25, 2024

    Lecturer crushing it as youth soccer coach

    Piotr Westwalewicz, a lecturer IV in Slavic languages and literatures in LSA, founded Ann Arbor CRUSH, a youth soccer club that started with 15 players in 2005 and has grown to hundreds.

  8. March 4, 2024

    Librarian sees beauty in tools of the trade

    Paul Schaffner manages the creation of electronic texts as well as the revision and upkeep of the university’s 90-year-old Middle English Dictionary.

  9. February 19, 2024

    Assistant professor loves small things in life

    Michaelanne Thomas, assistant professor of information, has a lifelong obsession with tiny things and it’s manifested in a wondrous practice that she shares with her two young sons.

  10. February 12, 2024

    Business professor scuba dives around the world

    Dana Muir, an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Robert L. Dixon Collegiate Professor of Business and professor of business law in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, is an avid scuba diver.