LSA

  1. January 16, 2025

    Eight researchers from U-M win PECASE awards

    Eight U-M researchers have received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, a high honor the U.S. government bestows on scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers.

  2. January 10, 2025

    Monica Dus to direct new Office of National Laboratories

    U-M has created a new office to support its partnerships with U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, with Monica Dus, associate professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, to be the office’s director.

  3. December 13, 2024

    Kelsey Museum receives $1.15M gift from alum Steve Klinsky

    The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology has received a $1.15 million gift from New York City-based businessman and U-M alum Steve Klinsky.

  4. December 12, 2024

    U-M, Mellon Foundation announce Environmental Justice + Humanities Hub

    The Mellon Foundation has awarded nearly $4 million in a first-of-its kind grant to create the Environmental Justice + Humanities Hub at U-M, bolstering the university’s work in environmental justice.

  5. December 12, 2024

    Study looks at impact of ethnic studies on high school students

    High school students enrolled in ethnic studies develop the ability to think analytically about the causes of social inequalities, a U-M study suggests.

  6. December 9, 2024

    Study: Living near relatives makes us heroic and harsh

    New research from U-M and the University of California, Irvine suggests that living and being around family more often affects our psychology in some surprising ways.

  7. December 4, 2024

    Teams aim to protect frogs, bats, bees in innovative ways

    Thanks in part to LSA’s Meet the Moment Research Initiative grants, two research teams are working toward a better future for humans and Earth’s critters alike.

  8. December 3, 2024

    LSA professor studies anti-aging interventions, diseases

    An LSA professor is studying how to extend the healthy years of human life by building biological resistance against the many diseases that we face as we get older.

  9. November 25, 2024

    Staffer’s creations delight visitors, celebrate co-workers

    Linda Garcia finds inspiration in the scientists she works among in LSA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and uses her creativity with quilting and Barbies to show it.

  10. November 14, 2024

    $3M gift establishes Samir and Puja Kaul directorship at MICDE

    Business leaders and philanthropists Samir and Puja Kaul have donated $3 million to support the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering. The institute’s directorship will be named for them.