LSA

  1. October 12, 2020

    Professor rolls with changes in the digital media world

    Lisa Nakamura, who began teaching courses about digital media in 2001 and at U-M in 2012, helped create a digital studies minor to provide recognition for students who had spent so much time researching it.

  2. October 1, 2020

    More than $260K awarded for research on confronting, combating racism

    More than $260,000 total will be awarded to six action-based research projects as part of the inaugural “Confronting and Combating Racism” grants.

  3. September 17, 2020

    Watkins-Hayes named University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor

    Celeste Watkins-Hayes, professor of sociology in LSA and of public policy in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, has been appointed a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor.

  4. September 14, 2020

    Obituary: James S. Jackson

    James S. Jackson, the Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Psychology and professor emeritus of psychology in LSA, and research professor emeritus in ISR’s Research Center for Group Dynamics, died Sept. 1.

  5. September 8, 2020

    Seven honored with Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards

    Seven faculty members who have contributed to the development of a culturally and ethnically diverse U-M community received 2020 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards from the Office of the Provost.

  6. September 8, 2020

    Meet some of the new faculty and staff at U-M this year

    Recently hired faculty and staff members — and some longtime staffers who switched jobs — are settling into their new roles as the fall semester gets underway at U-M. 

  7. August 31, 2020

    Schools, colleges share goals and hopes for 2020-21 school year

    The University of Michigan is preparing to welcome back students for a fall semester unlike any other, creating never-before-seen challenges and opportunities for Ann Arbor’s 19 schools and colleges as well as at Dearborn and Flint.

  8. July 21, 2020

    Four U-M projects aim to advance computational discovery

    The Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering recently awarded $240,000 in funding to four research projects as part of its Catalyst Grants program.

  9. July 16, 2020

    Susan Gelman named 2021 Henry Russel Lecturer

    Susan A. Gelman, a psychology and linguistics professor who is a world leader in the field of psychological science, has been named U-M’s 2021 Henry Russel Lecturer, and four junior faculty members will receive Henry Russel Awards.

  10. July 16, 2020

    Regents approve five Distinguished University Professors

    Faculty members Nicholas Kotov, Arthur Lupia, Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar, Lutgarde M. Raskin and Donald R. Zak have received one of U-M’s top honors as Distinguished University Professors.