Academics
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November 10, 2025
UM-Dearborn colleagues share a strong connection beyond campus
Graduate program coordinators Sherry Boyd and Rebekah Awood work together at UM-Dearborn’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, and they share a family bond. They’re mother and daughter.
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November 7, 2025
DMN speaker says protecting truth is antidote to authoritarianism
“Authoritarians have always gone after education systems and educators,” said NYU professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat, who delivered the 35th annual DMN Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom on Nov. 6.
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November 5, 2025
Wallenberg lecturer Kara-Murza delivers message of hope amid darkness
Russian opposition leader, journalist, and historian Vladimir Kara-Murza received the 2025 Wallenberg Medal on Tuesday, delivering a stirring lecture on the power of choosing not to be afraid, even in the face of tyranny.
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October 27, 2025
It Happened at Michigan: June Rose Colby was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. at U-M
Nearly 140 years ago, in 1886, June Rose Colby became the first woman to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Michigan.
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October 20, 2025
$10M fellows program to support engineering Ph.D. students
A new fellowship program aims to position U-M as a top destination for exceptional international Ph.D. students and provide them vital financial support in the Engineering doctoral program.
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October 20, 2025
CEW+ awards over $1M in scholarship and fellowship funds
iCEW+ has identified 102 new scholarship recipients, 13 continuing scholars, and 17 graduate fellows, awarding over $1 million in scholarship and fellowship funds.
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October 13, 2025
Grants to grow Life-Changing Education collaboration
Life-Changing Education, the 2025-26 Look to Michigan theme year, will offer grant programs in two tracks that will show — not just tell — how education changes lives. Grants will range from $2,000 to $20,000.
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October 6, 2025
Leaders and Best — Where it all began for so many
While U-M is heralded for the Big House, it’s often in much smaller Ann Arbor student homes and campus dorms where big dreams begin. This map plots where 42 notable alumni once hung their maize and blue hats.
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September 22, 2025
Academic Innovation seeks online education, gen AI proposals
The Center for Academic Innovation is seeking proposals that support life-changing education by creating non-credit and for-credit online courses and integrating online content and AI technologies.
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September 22, 2025
Distinguished University Professor presentations set for Sept. 25
Three recipients of one of the University of Michigan’s most prestigious honors, the Distinguished University Professorship, will share highlights of their careers Sept. 25 in Alexander G. Ruthven’s University Hall.
