Academics
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December 11, 2014
New minor in naval engineering now available
The College of Engineering has begun offering a minor in naval engineering for engineering, LSA or NROTC students interested in the marine industry but not majoring in it.
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December 8, 2014
Doing away with lectures, exams, graded homework
Professor Steven Yalisove’s syllabus for his Materials Science and Engineering course says right up front: “No Lectures, no exams, and no graded homework — but you will learn much more …”
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December 3, 2014
New U-M minor in entrepreneurship to start in January
An entrepreneurial education will be available to all U-M students beginning in January with a new 15-credit minor in entrepreneurship.
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November 24, 2014
Faculty develop innovative teaching projects for U-M’s third century
The university has awarded three faculty groups funding under the first round of Transformation grants of the university’s Transforming Learning for a Third Century program.
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November 18, 2014
U-M awarded more than $112,000 in Fulbright-Hays grants
Four doctoral students have received U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grants totaling $112,539.
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November 17, 2014
Digital Education and Innovation leaders address office goals
In a Q&A interview, two leaders of the new Office of Digital Education and Innovation discuss the goals of the recently announced office.
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November 17, 2014
University launching new minor in intergroup relations education
A new minor in intergroup relations education, which starts next semester, will allow students to develop their abilities to relate to others in inclusive and socially conscious ways.
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October 30, 2014
STEM education reform a long-distance endeavor, not a sprint
Changing the face of STEM teaching at U-M will be a continuous journey, but it will alter “the relationship with students in important, fundamental ways,” a group of faculty were told Wednesday.
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October 21, 2014
New course promotes breaking down silos to optimize patient care
Health professions schools at U-M are taking a unique approach to educating future clinicians with an innovative course titled Team-Based Clinical Decision Making.
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October 15, 2014
Stamps School’s new graduate program teaches real-world design
A new, two-year graduate program in integrative design represents a paradigm shift as designers address unpredictable and fast-changing real-world problems and situations.