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UM-Flint associate professor awarded NIH grant to research parental violence against children

Julie Ma, associate professor of social work, will examine the associations between physical abuse from parents and the social-emotional well-being and development of children in the context of gender inequality.

Whether its taking away privileges, grounding or spanking, there are probably as many opinions about how to discipline children as there are parents and kids across the country. But regardless of the means of punishment, the question remains: what are the consequences of this discipline for children as they grow up? One person working diligently[…]

UM-Flint partners with local school districts to provide direct admission program

UM-Flint Provost Sonja Feist-Price signs the UM-Flint Direct Admission Pathway agreements with participating GISD superintendents, allowing qualified students from six school districts to be admitted to UM-Flint without first applying.

The University of Michigan-Flint today announced the launch of a direct admission program for graduating area high school seniors. The program, dubbed the UM-Flint Direct Admission Pathway, allows qualified students from the six participating school districts – Beecher, Bendle, Carman-Ainsworth, Flint, Grand Blanc, and Westwood Heights – to be admitted to UM-Flint without first applying.[…]

UM-Flint announces launch of Institute for Data Engineering, Analytics, and Science

IDEAS serves as a campuswide data science resource center, including student support services, data analysis and management, and a point of contact for the campus with external partners.

The University of Michigan-Flint has announced the establishment of the Institute for Data Engineering, Analytics and Science, also known as IDEAS. Housed in the university's Murchie Science Building, IDEAS will coordinate the teaching, research and use of data-related concepts, pairing UM-Flint faculty expertise and student energy with community partners and industry needs. "We realized that[…]

UM-Flint CIT students build 'Techtopia' to teach kids urban safety

Students in the Innovators & Makers Club built a model city to help teach kids about safely navigating an urban environment.

Melissa Sreckovic, associate professor of education at the University of Michigan-Flint's School of Education and Human Services, reached out to the College of Innovation & Technology with an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of area youth. Sreckovic connected with faculty and students from CIT's Innovators & Makers Club to help build what[…]

UM-Flint associate professors named 2023 Global Health Commercialization Competition winners

A pair of associate professors from the University of Michigan-Flint, Lyn Behnke (left) and Marilyn Filter (right), have designed a new, patient-friendly device for use in cervical cancer screenings.

Editor's note: This article is reprinted partly courtesy of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. More than 70% of women worldwide have not been screened for cervical cancer, and part of the reason is access to, and comfort with, the current medical tools required for those screenings. Currently, the exam for[…]

UM-Flint student studying trauma-informed programming on campus

Maeko McGovern is conducting research that could have an impact on how students receive support services on campus.

A University of Michigan-Flint student is conducting research that could have an impact on how students receive support services on campus.  Maeko McGovern, a senior public health major and political science minor from Flint, has been working on a study titled "Trauma-Informed Programming to Support and Retain Academically and Economically Disadvantaged Students" along with John Girdwood,[…]

UM-Flint's College of Innovation & Technology Offering Creative Summer Camp Options

Students participate in building a wind turbine at the Innovation & Technology Scholars Camp

Building on the success of its inaugural summer camp offering from one year ago, the University of Michigan-Flint's College of Innovation & Technology will host unique and expanded learning opportunities for middle and high school students next month. Last year's single camp, which featured projects in physics, sustainability, engineering, and others, brought students from more[…]

UM-Flint first-year student to participate in overseas research study

The Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, located in the center of Banda Aceh city, Aceh Province, Indonesia, is a symbol of religion, culture, spirit, strength, struggle and nationalism of the Acehnese people. (Photo/Dan Birchok)

One University of Michigan-Flint student will spend his summer overseas after being selected to be part of the "Trusted Faces, Familiar Places" study.  Keaton Reese, a first-year student working towards dual degrees in anthropology and computer science from Grand Blanc, along with other researchers from all three University of Michigan campuses as well as the[…]

UM-Flint graduates its first group of Accelerated Online Degree Completion students

Roy Barnes, AODC program director, joined inaugural program graduates Michael Bernal, D'Mya Mason and Alizia Hamilton at commencement.

While the Spring 2023 Commencement at the University of Michigan-Flint marked the end of the typical college student experience, it also highlighted a major milestone for three nontraditional students: overcoming obstacles and obtaining their bachelor's degrees. All three students were enrolled in the Accelerated Online Degree Completion program, which was launched last fall with the[…]