LSA

  1. February 12, 2024

    Accolades — February 2024

    Awards and honors for faculty and staff from around U-M.

  2. February 12, 2024

    Obituary — Daniel T. Longone

    Daniel (Dan) T. Longone, professor emeritus of chemistry and well known culinary and wine historian, died peacefully Jan. 28 in Ann Arbor at the age of 91.

  3. February 8, 2024

    Clements Library acquires rare American edition of poems

    U-M has acquired the first American edition of Phillis Wheatley Peters’ “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral,” widely regarded as the first book of poetry written by an African American woman.

  4. February 6, 2024

    Croft, Monts to be honored at Shirley Verrett Award ceremony

    The Women of Color in the Academy Project will honor Lester P. Monts and Clare Croft with its 12th Annual Shirley Verrett Awards.

  5. January 26, 2024

    U-M’s Semester in Detroit offers inclusive, immersive experiences

    U-M’s Semester in Detroit program brings undergraduate students from the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses together at the university’s Detroit Center.

  6. January 24, 2024

    Biological Station’s snowpack sensors help study changing winters

    Researchers at the U-M Biological Station in northern Michigan are strengthening their snow science with new technology to track snowpack at an hourly rate.

  7. January 23, 2024

    Five mid-career researchers receive Biosciences Initiative award

    U-M’s Biosciences Initiative has selected five accomplished scientists as the 2024 recipients of the Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award.

  8. January 22, 2024

    It Happened at Michigan — Racing to win a historic title

    Orval Wardel Johnson, a member of the U-M track team, faced All-American quarterback Pete Elliott in a bid to serve as president of the LSA Class of 1949.

  9. January 8, 2024

    Obituary — John R. Knott

    John Knott, 86, professor emeritus of English, died Jan. 2. At U-M, he developed a national reputation as a scholar of early modern literature.

  10. January 8, 2024

    Obituary — Xiaohong Xu

    Xiaohong Xu, assistant professor of sociology, died Dec. 12, 2023, at Angela Hospice near his home in Ann Arbor after a long struggle with cancer. He was 45 years old.