LSA
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December 13, 2023
$3M gift establishes John H. Mitchell Professorship in Entertainment
A $3 million gift, given by the Patricia W. Mitchell Trust, will establish the John H. Mitchell Professorship in Entertainment in LSA’s Department of Film, Television, and Media.
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November 27, 2023
Angela Dillard named first vice provost for undergraduate education
Angela D. Dillard, a longtime professor known for her dedication to undergraduate student success, has been appointed U-M’s inaugural vice provost for undergraduate education.
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November 17, 2023
Expanded new multidisciplinary program welcomes 13 fellows
U-M has welcomed 13 postdoctoral researchers as new Michigan Pioneer Fellows for a postdoctoral program that recruits and prepares early-career scientists for independent careers.
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November 14, 2023
Advisory committee named to assist search for next LSA dean
Provost Laurie K. McCauley has named a 19-member advisory committee to assist the search for the next dean of LSA to succeed Anne Curzan, who is not seeking another five-year term.
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November 13, 2023
LSA international studies graduate named 2024 Rhodes Scholar
LSA graduate Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos has been named a 2024 Rhodes Scholar, one of 32 Americans chosen to win scholarships to Oxford University.
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November 6, 2023
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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November 3, 2023
Five from U-M named American Physical Society fellows
Four physics researchers and one biophysicist from LSA have been elected to the American Physical Society, each from a different field within physics.
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November 2, 2023
Grant to help measure public investments in emerging industries
The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science has received a $4.5 million federal grant to study how public investments in emerging industries can impact economic development in key technological areas.
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October 25, 2023
U-M study focuses on emotional expression and cultural bias
A new study by U-M researcher Shinobu Kitayama and colleagues focuses on the emotional expression of Latin Americans, U.S. residents and Japanese.
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October 17, 2023
LSA welcomes sixth cohort of LSA Collegiate Fellows
Three new scholars have joined U-M as LSA Collegiate Fellows, part of an initiative that aims to increase faculty members’ capacity to engage in diversity, equity and inclusion scholarship.