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UM-Flint grad Culinski awarded 2024 Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation

Thanks to her extensive research experience as an undergraduate, the National Science Foundation has awarded Taylor Culinski a Graduate Research Fellowship.

Taylor Culinski wasted no time stacking up accomplishments so early in her academic and professional careers. The April 2024 graduate, who majored in psychology, was part of the University of Michigan-Flint's Honors program and Urban Institute of Racial, Economic, and Environmental Justice. She immersed herself in research that delves into the resources and support available[…]

UM-Flint's Albin overcomes traumatic brain injury to earn Maize & Blue Scholar Award

Eleven days before Nicole Albin, a senior University of Michigan-Flint elementary education major, was set to graduate from Chesaning Union High School, she was involved in a severe car accident. She sustained a traumatic brain injury, among other life-threatening injuries. Albin had previously been accepted to Wayne State University, had merit scholarships lined up, and[…]

UM-Flint's Officer Friendly Day promotes positive interactions between autistic people and law enforcement, May 4

Staff, student volunteers, and law enforcement officers who took part in Officer Friendly Day 2023.

Free food, police vehicle tours, story time with officers and the opportunity to build an understanding community between individuals with autism, their families, and law enforcement – not a bad way to spend a Saturday.   Now in its third year, Officer Friendly Day will offer local law enforcement officers yet another opportunity to enhance their[…]

UM-Flint earns accolades from US News & World Report

A pair of UM-Flint graduate programs were recognized by U.S. News & World Report's “2024 Best Graduate School” rankings.

The University of Michigan-Flint has earned a pair of honors via the new U.S. News & World Report "2024 Best Graduate School" rankings. Making the lists were the School of Management's part-time MBA program and the College of Arts, Sciences & Education was named one of the country's best education schools. "This recognition of our[…]

"Proof" plays at the UM-Flint Theatre, March 22-30 (Video)

Performances of "Proof" happen March 22-24 and 29-30 at the UM-Flint Theatre. Photo by Jake Cessna, Office of Marketing & Communications.

"Proof" is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play centered on Catherine, a young woman caring for her brilliant and mentally unstable father, Robert. After his death, a groundbreaking mathematical proof is found in his notebooks, leading to questions about its authorship and authenticity. Catherine grapples with her own mathematical talent and the weight of her father's legacy[…]

UM-Flint's Wyneken named MI-AMTE service award winner

Matt Wyneken recently retired after close to 40 years of service to the university.

Matt Wyneken, associate professor emeritus of education at the University of Michigan-Flint, has been named the 2024 Rheta Rubenstein Service Award winner by the Michigan Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. The award was created to honor members who have exhibited exemplary service to MI-AMTE, the state, the mathematics teacher education community, and the profession. Winners[…]

Revolution and Resilience: UM-Flint students can travel to Cuba for (essentially) free

UM-Flint faculty members Stephanie Vidaillet Gelderloos (front) and Thomas Henthorn (rear) will be leading students on a funded trip to Cuba in 2025. They are pictured here near a mural in Viñales, Cuba, approximately 114 miles southwest of Havana.

Despite being just 100 miles off of Key West, Florida, it can seem that Cuba is a world away. Since the U.S. embargo against the island country first began in 1960, the Caribbean nation has been largely isolated – politically and economically – from its neighbor to the north. But despite the embargo and restricted[…]

Brevity is The Soul of Wit (Shakespeare Theatre Photo Gallery)

"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" plays at the UM-Flint Theatre Feb. 2-4 and Feb. 9-11.

The University of Michigan-Flint is mounting a theatre production that will surely please all audience members, whether they are lifelong Shakespeare fans or have avoided the English playwright since high school graduation. "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" plays at the UM-Flint Theatre Feb. 2-4 and Feb. 9-11. As the title suggests, "The Complete[…]