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Campus & Community

Miriam Mutambudzi Chosen as 2024-26 Lender Center Faculty Fellow

Friday, August 16, 2024, By Diane Stirling

A public health professor whose research focuses on social determinants of health has been selected as the 2024-26 Lender Center for Social Justice faculty fellow. Miriam Mutambudzi will explore how Black adults who reside in historically redlined neighborhoods can experience…

Campus & Community

Undergraduate Students Celebrate the Fruits of Their Summer Research

Wednesday, August 7, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This summer, undergraduates Xuezhu (Stephanie) Hua ’25, Kaniya Ross ’25 and Edward Lu ’26 have been deeply engaged in research. Hua, a nutrition science major in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, has investigated the effects of fish…

Media, Law & Policy

‘I Can’t Wait to Get Started’: Q&A With New College of Law Dean Terence Lau

Monday, August 5, 2024, By Wendy S. Loughlin

After graduating from the College of Law in 1998, Terence Lau embarked on a legal career that took him from Detroit to France to Thailand to the U.S. Supreme Court. He worked in the Office of the General Counsel at…

Health & Society

What Does It Take to Keep the Olympic Games Safe?: Q&A With Emergency Management Instructor Tony Callisto

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, By Keith Kobland

As more than 10,000 athletes have prepared to take part in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, so too have the security personnel tasked with keeping the Olympic Village and athletic venues safe. Tony Callisto, College of Professional Studies…

STEM

Scientists Spin Up a New Way to Unlock Black Hole Mysteries

Friday, July 5, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Black holes are among the most studied but least understood cosmic phenomena for astrophysicists. While not technically a “hole,” these objects derive their name from the fact that nothing, including light, can escape the grasp of their immense gravitational field….

Campus & Community

University Remembers Silicon Chip Pioneer, Trans Activist Lynn Conway H’24

Monday, July 1, 2024, By News Staff

Lynn Conway H’24, a renowned computer scientist who received an honorary degree during the University’s Commencement in May, died June 9 in Michigan. She was 86. Conway, who revolutionized global information technology by inventing methods for designing Very Large Scale…

STEM

Physicist Awarded NASA Grant to Model One of the Cosmos’ Most Extreme Events

Wednesday, June 26, 2024, By Dan Bernardi

Eric Coughlin, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently awarded a grant from NASA for his project entitled, “Extragalactic Outbursts and Repeating Nuclear Flares From Tidal Disruption Events.” The three-year, $346,000 award will support his…

Media Tip Sheets

Paris Olympics ‘Green’ Policies Risk Backlash & Higher Emissions

Tuesday, June 25, 2024, By Vanessa Marquette

Paris is gearing up to go green for the 2024 Olympics, but some of their initiatives might face challenges. For instance, the lack of available air conditioning for athletes is causing some disruption to their plans. Matthew Huber, professor of…

Arts & Culture

Stand-Out Graduation Dress? You’ve Got to Hand It to Rory Livingston ’24

Thursday, June 20, 2024, By Martin Walls

When Dean Kelly Chandler-Olcott learned about the special dress Rory Livingston ’24 wore to the School of Education Convocation on May 11, she wanted to know more about it. Making the dress was a handful—but not in a bad way. Livingston,…

STEM

Julia Fancher Named a 2024-25 Astronaut Scholar

Wednesday, May 29, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Julia Fancher, a rising junior majoring in physics and mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, has been named a 2024-25 Astronaut Scholar by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF)….