Academics
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February 22, 2016
Sparling to explore the moving body on stage, screen and canvas
Peter Sparling will use his inaugural lecture Tuesday as the Rudolf Arnheim Distinguished University Professor of Dance to show his evolution as a dancer, educator, choreographer and multimedia artist.
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December 8, 2015
University designates $90,000 to program for Ethiopian scholars
The offices of the president and the provost have designated $90,000 for the African Studies Center’s U-M African Presidential Scholars program in support of rising Ethiopian academics.
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November 18, 2015
Projects receive engaged learning grants; new program announced
U-M has awarded $5 million to three projects designed to transform its students’ educational experience, and has created a new program encouraging faculty to form networks around engaged learning.
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November 18, 2015
TeachingWorks gets $6.8M grant to establish teacher prep center
TeachingWorks, a national program based at the School of Education, has received $6.8 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a Teacher Preparation Transformation Center.
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October 29, 2015
SI partners with Ann Arbor library on makerspace project
An innovative community-campus partnership will provide School of Information students with access to a unique new space in which to develop their skills.
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October 19, 2015
Chemistry, Sweetland get $1M from NSF to aid S.T.E.M. learning
The Sweetland Writing Center and Department of Chemistry are partnering on a $1 million grant to implement writing-to-learn strategies for students in S.T.E.M. disciplines.
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September 28, 2015
U-M launching major humanities initiative focused on collaboration
Humanities faculty at U-M will be given the resources to experiment with a collaborative, team-based approach under a new initiative launched by the Office of the Provost.
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September 23, 2015
Panel says cultural, structural changes needed to transform U-M biosciences
U-M must transform its “bioscience ecosystem” if it is to attract the best biosciences faculty, postdoctoral researchers and students, according to a faculty panel convened by President Mark Schlissel.
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July 21, 2015
Jeffrey Veidlinger named director of the Frankel Center
Jeffrey Veidlinger, Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies, has been named director of the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.
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July 16, 2015
Center for Interprofessional Education celebrates launch
Leaders of a major effort to transform health sciences education at U-M have launched a new center that brings together the seven health science schools.
