LSA

  1. February 17, 2022

    Regents honor five as Arthur F. Thurnau Professors for 2022

    Five U-M faculty members have been named Arthur F. Thurnau Professors in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education. 

  2. February 15, 2022

    LSA’s Chan wins Sloan Fellowship for representation theory work

    Charlotte Chan, assistant professor of mathematics in LSA, was awarded a 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship for her work in representation theory, the study of symmetries using linear algebra.

  3. February 1, 2022

    Mellon grant designed to help more students transfer to U-M

    LSA, in partnership with Henry Ford College, has announced its Transfer Bridges to the Humanities@Michigan program has received $3.4 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

  4. January 31, 2022

    Distinguished University Professor presentations set for Feb. 8

    Distinguished University Professors Nancy G. Love, Arthur Lupia and Donald R. Zak, recipients of one of U-M’s top honors, will talk about their work before a virtual and in-person audience Feb. 8.

  5. January 31, 2022

    Buzz starting to grow around lecturer’s writers’ circle

    Debotri Dhar, lecturer II in women’s and gender studies in LSA, suggested the idea for the Hummingbird Global Writers’ Circle in December 2016.

  6. January 26, 2022

    20 U-M scientists, engineers named AAAS fellows for 2021

    U-M led the nation with 20 faculty members elected as 2021 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.

  7. January 21, 2022

    Five named inaugural fellows in new anti-racism program

    The Anti-Racism Collaborative has named five faculty members from across the university as Research and Community Impact Fellows.

  8. December 15, 2021

    Two more anti-racism faculty hiring proposals approved

    Two proposals submitted in the second round of U-M’s Anti-Racism Hiring Initiative have been approved for funding. Seven faculty members will be recruited to LSA, the School of Social Work and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

  9. December 10, 2021

    In digital era, you are not alone even when you think you are

    As the world becomes increasingly mediated, we have to rethink what it is to be alone and reconceptualize it as “noncommunication,” according to a U-M researcher.

  10. November 22, 2021

    Zoom disrupts the rhythm of conversation, study shows

    The frustration from being involved in a Zoom video conference, in part, can be connected to trying to catch subtle cues during conversations over Zoom, in the face of internet lag time, according to a new U-M study.