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January 22, 2018
LSA professor to explain why the brain wants what it wants
In his upcoming Distinguished University Professor lecture, LSA professor Kent Berridge will take listeners on a journey through the brain’s reward system.
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November 7, 2017
$10M gift to fund expansion of U-M’s Barger Leadership Institute
The Barger Leadership Institute is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a $10 million gift from U-M alumnus and retired JetBlue Airways CEO Dave Barger to expand and sustain the institute’s work.
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October 30, 2017
Newman will detail history, developments in network theory
Mark Newman will explore the “Small Number Effect” when he delivers his lecture as the Anatol Rapoport Distinguished University Professor of Physics.
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October 19, 2017
Leinweber Foundation gives $8M for physics center in LSA
An $8 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation will help students and faculty from the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics study fundamental questions in particle physics and the evolution of our universe.
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October 16, 2017
Course promotes search for political common ground, solutions
Can Republicans and Democrats agree on anything at all? That’s one of the questions being explored in a new undergraduate course at LSA.
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October 11, 2017
Two U-M faculty members awarded prestigious MacArthur Fellowships
U-M anthropologist Jason De León and historian Derek Peterson have been named 2017 MacArthur Fellows by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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October 10, 2017
U-M nominates four for prestigious Rhodes, Marshall scholarships
The university has nominated three recent alumni and one current senior for the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships, two of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships.
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September 14, 2017
Chemists discover molecular iodine in Arctic atmosphere
For the first time, scientists have measured molecular iodine in the atmosphere of the Arctic and discovered that it is being released by the Arctic’s snowpack in the changing polar climate, according to research led by the University of Michigan Department of Chemistry.
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September 7, 2017
LSA’s Michigan Horizons theme semester looks to future
LSA is looking to the future with its fall 2017 theme semester, Michigan Horizons. Five symposia, exhibits and other special events will address the future of everything — from the climate to this nation’s democracy.
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April 26, 2017
New LSA postdoc program selects scholars committed to DE&I
The university has announced the first seven members of the LSA Collegiate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, which is part of LSA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Plan.
