February 27, 2015
Lightning round participants and projects
• Caren Stalburg: Instructional Methods in Health Professions Education MOOC
Academics
February 27, 2015
Faculty, students share digital education insights at DEI event
"Incredibly gratifying."
"I will not try to teach anything that can't be Googled."
"I look forward to seeing where it's going to go."
February 16, 2015
Course encourages students to impact campus sustainability
When Michaela Zint revamped the course Environ 211: Social Sciences and Environmental Problems a few years back, she decided the way to motivate students was to appeal to their desire to make a difference.
February 16, 2015
Lecture to offer a planetary scientist's tour through the solar system
The son of Hungarian Holocaust survivors, Tamas Gombosi took an unlikely path to his post as an eminent space scientist at U-M.
February 12, 2015
Health care project gets $1.4M Third Century Initiative grant
David Burke describes a scenario that could be one outcome of the work he and colleagues are doing with their project, Deep Monitoring, which just received a large second infusion of funding from the Third Century Initiative.
"Is that pen from U-M?" he asked an interviewer furiously scribbling his comments. The answer is affirmative.
February 12, 2015
U-M funds another round of engaged-learning projects
The university has awarded funding for another 18 projects under the Transforming Learning for a Third Century portion of the Third Century Initiative.
The latest Quick Wins and Discovery grants will be among the last, as the university plans only one more round of funding at this level.
February 6, 2015
Exhibit, events this semester draw attention to engaged learning
A library exhibit and a talk by a national advocate for faculty who practice engaged scholarship are among the ways the university will spotlight engaged learning this semester.
February 4, 2015
U-M to help lead $5M 'VIP' program in STEM education
In an effort to drive systemic reform of education in science, technology, engineering and math, the College of Engineering is co-leading a national program that will give more undergraduates and master's students deep experience in faculty research.
February 2, 2015
Saturday Morning Physics returns with focus on planet, star formation
The popular Saturday Morning Physics series opens its winter program with sessions that explore the formation of planets, gravitational wave packets and what we're learning from analytics.
February 2, 2015
MHIRT celebrates 20th anniversary aiding health disparities groups
Camels and horses run free on the plains of Umnugobi province, Mongolia. That's where graduate student Elise Tolbert learned to tolerate the dust and air pollution, as she asked people to join her research study to assess arsenic and uranium exposure in their drinking water.
January 26, 2015
Program helping young children learn to be makers
A list on a whiteboard tells the children what they can do this day. Among the options: LEGOs, K'Nex, LittleBits, stencils on clothing, poster or card creation, stop-motion animation and Snap Circuits.
January 23, 2015
First residential MOOC for U-M students focuses on health care
The university's first U-M-only massive open online course had about 400 enrollees just prior to kickoff Jan. 12.
December 15, 2014
Internship to research chronic arsenic poisoning yields great lessons
Although faced with monsoon rains, lunging dogs and getting lost on winding dirt roads on long days during which she might only see five people, School of Public Health master's student Kate Helmick just can't say enough about her summer experience gathering toenail and saliva samples in Ronphibun, Thailand.
December 11, 2014
New minor in naval engineering now available
The College of Engineering has begun offering a minor in naval engineering, administered by the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME).
December 8, 2014
Doing away with lectures, exams, graded homework
The students sit at small tables of four to five, separated by whiteboards, waiting for questions to come up on their electronic devices, which are tapped into a program that knows which student is sitting in what seat.
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 that aims to attract students from diverse areas of study.
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.
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 for research in modern foreign languages and area studies abroad for the 2014-15 academic year, the International Institute has announced.
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.
November 17, 2014
Digital Education and Innovation leaders address office goals
The Office of the Provost announced a new Office of Digital Education and Innovation at the beginning of the academic year, saying it was created to "bolster personalized, engaged and lifelong learning by helping faculty explore creative ways to use technology and digital programs."
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