Faculty Spotlight
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March 24, 2025
Taubman professor co-creates game using digital media
Cyrus Peñarroyo, assistant professor at the Taubman College, co-founded Holding Pattern, an interactive board game that uses augmented reality to teach players about urban redevelopment.
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March 17, 2025
U-M lecturer, staffer win Grammy with reed quintet
Akropolis, a reed quintet, traces its roots to when its five members were undergraduate students at U-M. Sixteen years later, a piece the quintet recorded won a Grammy.
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January 27, 2025
U-M research fellow, LSA lecturer can bust a move
Elliot Ratzman, a research fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and a lecturer in LSA, has been breakdancing since junior high school.
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January 13, 2025
Kinesiology professor competing in aquathlon abroad
Sandra Hunter, professor of kinesiology in the School of Kinesiology, will compete in the 2025 World Triathlon Multisport Championships Pontevedra in Spain in the aquathlon.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.