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Listen to this amazing collaboration between UM-Flint Music, local high schools
Close to 70 UM-Flint and area high school students have teamed up to create beautiful music, even when they couldn't be in the same room together. For the past 44 years, students from high school choirs have visited campus to collaborate with UM-Flint Chamber Singers and choir conductors during the Chamber Choir Invitational. After a[…]
UM-Flint student promotes COVID vaccines to "Save Summer 2021"
Students have big ideas at UM-Flint—and find the support to turn those ideas into reality. Freshman Biology major Christina El Zarka's big idea came after a conversation with friends. Many of them weren't planning on being vaccinated for COVID-19. She found that surprising (and upsetting), so she created an Instagram poll to survey more people[…]
"Going All the Way to the Top": Samantha Hunsinger's Journey as a UM-Flint Mechanical Engineering Student
At age 4, Samantha Hunsinger rode beside her Grampie in his Cessna 152 airplane and fell in love with aircraft, rockets, space, and mechanics. Now, Hunsinger is a mechanical engineering student at the University of Michigan-Flint, making these passions a reality. "I am always wanting to learn about the universe," Hunsinger said. "Engineering just seemed[…]
How Signature Assignments Empower UM-Flint Students
The undergraduate experience at UM-Flint culminates with a final "capstone" course. These classes challenge a student to connect broad learning offered by the general education program with the deep content knowledge they've gained in their chosen major. Students often regard capstone courses as among the most meaningful parts of their education, so why not embed[…]
How UM-Flint helped Da'Quan become an Anatomy PhD student
Da'Quan Craven's life was transformed during his time as a University of Michigan-Flint student. He wasn't an exemplary student in high school, but moving four times across three different cities would have an effect on anyone's studies. His goals were simple when he started college. "I didn't want to be poor anymore," Da'Quan says of[…]
Journey From the Edge of Darkness with a UM-Flint Astrophysicist
A UM-Flint astrophysicist will tell a story that spans 11.7 billion years, interweaving the formation and life of two stars, their transformation into a black hole, and our own human history and scientific advances. All that in an hour-long talk – not a bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Associate Professor of Physics Rajib[…]
In Pictures: The Murchie Science Building Expansion
The Murchie Science Building Expansion ribbon-cutting ceremony took place this Thursday, adding 61,000 sq. ft. of collaborative spaces, flexible classrooms, state-of-the-art laboratories, and student-centered design to a campus building that originally opened its doors in 1988.
New Murchie Science Building Wing Opens at the University of Michigan-Flint
A 33-year-old building on campus is transformed thanks to a significant expansion that is adding 61,000 square feet of academic space to UM-Flint.
Gift-giving unwrapped with a UM-Flint anthropologist
In theory, gift-giving seems like a simple way to spread holiday cheer: You think of the important people in your life, shop for what they would like, and present the perfect item to them, neatly wrapped. But as you probably know, things get much more difficult in the real world. Between all the lists, shopping,[…]
20 ways UM-Flint CAS innovated in 2020 (Part 2)
Despite the challenges presented by 2020, UM-Flint remains committed to keeping students safe while continuing to provide a world-class education. UM-Flint has developed a culture of innovation to meet that goal. Solutions that were once hard to imagine are now embraced to help create the best experiences for students and community members. This post is[…]