Faculty Spotlight

  1. April 14, 2025

    Assistant professor has visited 100-plus countries

    Ashley Cureton, assistant professor in the School of Social Work and the Marsal Family School of Education, is a member of The Travelers’ Century Club.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.