Faculty Spotlight
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.