Faculty Spotlight
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January 18, 2016
Atmospheric science professor researches hurricanes with NASA
Christopher Ruf has been working with NASA since he helped develop the technology for Hurricane Hunter airplanes in his graduate school days.
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January 11, 2016
RC lecturer lives by principles of beauty, truth and goodness
Professionally, Residential College Lecturer Sarah Messer’s work involves writing, mentoring students and uniting the local poetry community. But in her free time, she can be found milking goats and catching their kids as they’re birthed at the Buddhist farm and creamery, White Lotus Farms.
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November 23, 2015
ISIS threat in Middle East touches Kelsey researcher
Long before the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, the doubly devastating impact of ISIS in the Middle East was felt in Ann Arbor by U-M researcher Geoff Emberling.
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November 9, 2015
Associate professor studies extreme poverty in America
When living in extreme poverty, people make use of whatever assets they have as a means of survival, whether it means selling plasma, junk yard scrapping, food stamps or sex just to get by. “It’s both depressing and uplifting,” Luke Shaefer says of witnessing these efforts firsthand through his research.
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November 2, 2015
Stamps professor has designs on visual storytelling
On any given day, we halt for stoplights, yield to passing cars and follow street signs. Every day, we follow the rules set forth by society. This unconscious interaction between people and the built environment is what attracted Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo to the world of design and what ultimately brought him to the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
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October 26, 2015
Theatre professor introduces students to arts entrepreneurship
In 1990, Gregory Poggi was working with the Dallas Theater Center on a production of “All My Sons” — by U-M alumnus and renowned American playwright Arthur Miller — when Miller and his wife, Inge Morath, attended the show. “‘I really liked the show, kiddo,’” Poggi recalls Miller saying.
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October 12, 2015
Deaf pioneer’s parents demonstrated the value of asserting one’s self
Dr. Philip Zazove is the George A. Dean M.D. Chair of the U-M Health System’s Department of Family Medicine, and the third known deaf doctor in the United States.
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October 5, 2015
Spectrum Center coordinator combines education and social justice
Holding a uniquely rounded ceramic mug, hand-painted with strokes of brown hues, Tynishia Walker reflects on spending a great deal of time at the Portland Saturday Market during her undergraduate experience. She compares it to the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market, but on a much grander scale with many artisanal crafts for sale.
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September 28, 2015
Doctor intrigued by diabetes treatment challenges heads online journal
Dr. Meng Tan is professor of internal medicine in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes at the U-M Health System. His mission is to promote better care for people with diabetes and endocrine diseases.
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September 14, 2015
Information professor’s documentary premieres at Venice Film Festival
When Assistant Professor of Information Joyojeet Pal studied the use of computers in a rural school in southern India, he noticed something odd — most of the children he met wanted to be computer engineers, because they were fans of popular Indian actor Rajnikanth, who played the role of a computer engineer in one of his blockbuster action films.
