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Fulbright finalist and filmmaker Gretchen Andrews. Producing “La Otra Manera” (short documentary) on set in Tankarparta, Peru in 2017. Image credit: Meredith Dolan

U-M tops public universities for Fulbrights

02/28/2022

Source: Michigan News

University of Michigan students and faculty scholars were offered 25 Fulbright grants for the 2021-22 academic year. The university is among the top-producing institutions in the country. The grants,…

Students in the Master of Arts with Elementary Teacher Certification program work with elementary school students at Ann Arbor Open School in July 2021. Image credit: Leisa Thompson

New U-M center will help reshape K-12 teaching for…

02/08/2022

Source: Michigan News

With a $14.7 million gift, University of Michigan alumna Eileen Lappin Weiser will establish a new center at the U-M School of Education to make learning accessible to all youth. Her gift,…

The Bay Port Fish Co. pulls in the fresh catch in its whitefish nets in Saginaw Bay. Photo credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography.

Pass the whitefish: U-M chef builds a sustainable food…

02/01/2022

Source: Michigan News

The customer had been coming to Lakon and Tod Williams’ Eastern Market stall for a few weeks, buying whitefish they caught in the Saginaw Bay for his family. The Williamses own the Bay Port Fish Co.…

Wen Zhengming (1470 - 1559), Twelve Poems (detail), Ming dynasty, album of twenty-six leaves, ink on paper, 9 ¼ x 6 ⅛ inches (each page), Gift of Jiu-Fong Lo Chang and Kuei-sheng Chang, University of Michigan Museum of Art

$12M gift of Chinese calligraphy transforms Asian art…

01/26/2022

Source: Michigan News

The University of Michigan Museum of Art has received a gift of Chinese calligraphy from the family of Lo Chia-Lun valued at more than $12 million—the largest gift of art in the university’s history.

2021 AAS Fellows. Image credit: Michigan Research

20 U-M scientists, engineers named 2021 AAAS Fellows

01/26/2022

Source: Michigan News

The University of Michigan led the nation with 20 faculty members elected as 2021 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The U-M researchers are among 564 scientists,…

U-M forms collaboration to advance quantum science and…

01/06/2022

Source: Michigan News

The University of Michigan has formed a collaboration with Michigan State University and Purdue University to study quantum science and technology, drawing together expertise and resources to advance…

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U-M tops public universities for Fulbrights

New U-M center will help reshape K-12 teaching for…

Pass the whitefish: U-M chef builds a sustainable food…

$12M gift of Chinese calligraphy transforms Asian art…

20 U-M scientists, engineers named 2021 AAAS Fellows

U-M forms collaboration to advance quantum science and…

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