May 15, 2015
Six projects get major grants through Third Century Initiative
The University of Michigan has awarded nearly $6.4 million in Third Century Initiative funding to six faculty projects that show promise to transform learning for students.
Academics
May 15, 2015
Rebooting historical archives, expanding citizen engagement
Those who have been around campus for some time may be familiar with names like Alice Crocker Lloyd, Robert P. Briggs and Margaret Bell, but until recently none of these important figures in U-M history had biographies on the most popular contemporary list of who's who in the world: Wikipedia.
May 14, 2015
Institute for the Humanities names faculty, graduate student fellows
The Institute for the Humanities has awarded fellowships to nine faculty members and nine graduate students to support research projects they will pursue during 2015-16.
May 7, 2015
New MOOCs beginning; U-M leaders to support more courses
As a new round of massive open online courses gets underway during the next few weeks, university leaders have put out a call to encourage more faculty to come together in multi-unit teams to design and create additional MOOCs.
April 27, 2015
Five faculty projects honored for innovative teaching methods
Five University of Michigan faculty projects that demonstrate fresh approaches to advancing student learning will be recognized May 4 as winners of the seventh annual Provost's Teaching Innovation Prize.
April 21, 2015
Weinberg Institute to offer graduate certificate in cognitive science
Beginning with the fall 2015 semester, the Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science will offer a graduate certificate in cognitive science.
April 17, 2015
Students propose engaged learning experiences in new course
As the university continues to place emphasis on engaged learning experiences, one new course offered this winter has challenged students to think about how to design education for the future.
April 3, 2015
IRWG announces Faculty Seed Grants
The University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender has awarded 12 Faculty Seed Grants for projects on women, gender and sexuality, which may be structured creatively to produce the best possible end products, including publications, conferences, works of fine art, and novel research and scholarship.
April 3, 2015
IRWG announces Collaborative Planning Grants
The University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender has awarded four Collaborative Planning Grants for faculty projects on women, gender and sexuality. The IRWG grants generally support interdisciplinary teams working toward submission of an extramural grant application and publication.
April 3, 2015
FestiFools class teaches community engagement, visual literacy
Mark Tucker, art director and head puppeteer for the Lloyd Hall Scholars program, doesn't just throw parades for fun.
March 5, 2015
U-M gift establishes world's first endowed chair of Thai Buddhism
The university has received a gift of $2 million to establish the Thai Professorship of Theravada Buddhism, which will further enhance one of the largest Buddhist studies programs in North America.
This professorship, dedicated to the Thai tradition of Theravada Buddhism, is believed to be the first such chair in the world.
February 27, 2015
Lightning round participants and projects
• Caren Stalburg: Instructional Methods in Health Professions Education MOOC
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.
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