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A win-win: Working together to increase the impact
A jointly sponsored UM-Dearborn – UM-Flint Collaborative Research Funding Program awarded up to $160,000 for four collaborative research projects. Detroit residents are reclaiming and repurposing underused spaces for neighborhood use. They've removed tires and trash from alleyways, organized meetings to discuss community space needs, helped install rain barrels in alley-facing garage downspouts and more. And[…]
Research and engineering converge at UM-Flint to help Parkinson's diagnoses
University of Michigan-Flint professors Nathan Miller, Linda Zhu, and Charlotte Tang utilized their research in cognitive neuroscience, bioengineering, and computer engineering to develop a mobile application that can help Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients and doctors measure the severity of tremors and other symptoms remotely. The app guides patients through measurements of tremors in a variety[…]
Find your community with these student clubs in the Department of Natural Sciences
No matter what path a UM-Flint student takes, there's an organization that offers community and development related to their interests. Students in the Department of Natural Sciences are no exception. Comprised of Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Physics, one might imagine this department to be all about long days in the lab and late nights[…]
Green Chemistry's creative approach turns hard science into social impact
Now in its fourth year, UM-Flint's Green Chemistry program is helping students prepare for cutting-edge careers in rapidly changing industries like pharmaceutical and plastics manufacturing, hazardous waste management, and environmental remediation. Nick Wills (Green Chemistry BS '20) was one of the program's first graduates. Now a chemistry Ph.D. student at Michigan State University, Wills is[…]
Henthorn Honored as Michigan Humanities Champion
Thomas Henthorn, Dorothea E Wyatt Professor of United States History and Associate Professor of History, has a history of being an engaged faculty member, both in and out of the classroom. From forming a baseball team to creating a partnership with the Factory Two maker space, Henthorn never hesitates to think and teach in innovative[…]
A Neighbor's Guide to the COVID Vaccine
University of Michigan-Flint students are not just devoted to their studies, but also to the health and well-being of their community. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, UM-Flint students have been hard at work finding solutions to emerging problems. Students from the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, the Department of Public Health and Health Sciences (PHHS),[…]
WPA Federal Writers' Project team begins guide to mid-Michigan
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Writers' Project first assisted in providing jobs for unemployed writers, editors, and research workers during the Great Depression in 1941. Now in 2021, the WPA Federal Writers' Project is getting a fresh purpose in lower mid-Michigan. A team of 46 writers, composed of UM-Flint students, alumni, faculty, and professional[…]
El Ballet Folklórico— Community Mariachi Band to Travel Abroad in order to Gain Experience and Knowledge for UM-Flint
Although the music program has gone through a few changes recently, nothing stops the passion of its ensembles. Alphonse Buclay, a recent graduate with a major in music education and a minor in psychology, is a member of the community-based mariachi band El Ballet Folklórico Estudiantil. Buclay and 10 other members of the group will[…]
Picturing the Performance: UM-Flint Students, Alumni and Faculty featured in Flint Mural Plays
Standing in front of the Flint Public Art Project mural in front of Hoffman's Deco Deli & Café, UM-Flint sophomore Olivia Maxwell-Cook watched as a group of audience members listened to her original micro audio play, "Resting Garden," using headphones. Not wearing headphones herself, all Maxwell-Cook could do was watch how the crowd was impacted.[…]
Occupational Therapy and Theatre Collaboration takes Center Stage at UM-Flint
What happens when the Theatre program and Occupational Therapy department join forces? The result is the use of standardized patients in a high-fidelity experiential learning experience at UM-Flint. Standardized patients are people trained to take on characteristics of a real patient, affording the student the opportunity to learn and to be evaluated in a simulated[…]