Tag Archives: sociology

UM-Flint receives $495K Mellon Grant to explore "Cracks in the Pavement"

January 27, 2025 2:04 pm Kat Oak

The Institute of Dancers performing on stage at the inaugural Dancing in the Streets Festival in September 2023

The grant will explore how democracy is enacted in unexpected places, often in parallel with traditional institutions.

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

May 18, 2023 10:56 am Madeline Campbell

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 faculty receive $18,000 grant to support "Unlocking the Arts in Flint" program

October 3, 2022 10:17 am Madeline Campbell

UM-Flint students and faculty came together for a workshop focused on the Youth Arts: Unlocked program and to talk about the "Unlocking the Arts in Flint" grant.

An $18,000 grant from the U-M Arts Initiative will assist three University of Michigan-Flint faculty members in helping to foster social change in Flint and Genesee County. The grant will support and strengthen a program titled "Unlocking the Arts in Flint," a joint venture between the Flint-area nonprofit Youth Arts: Unlocked and the UM-Flint Arts[…]

UM-Flint helped Mallory get accepted to law school

April 27, 2022 9:37 am Logan McGrady

Mallory Lucas is headed to Wayne State Law School – and the University of Michigan-Flint helped her to get there. A 2021 criminal justice and sociology graduate, Mallory took advantage of the experiences available to her as a UM-Flint student to help her application stand out. She built her credentials as a tether agent with[…]

Recognizing Juneteenth: 5 Courses to Take This Fall

June 19, 2021 8:16 am Logan McGrady

Today is Juneteenth, our newest national holiday and the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the abolishment of slavery in the United States. The day memorializes the events of June 19, 1865, in which Major General Gordan Granger of the Union Army announced the emancipation of slaves in Texas, freeing the final remaining enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy.[…]

UM-Flint students celebrate Pride Month

June 15, 2021 9:39 am Lindsay Knake

Pride Month, which is June each year, a month of events to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and the freedom of LGBTQ+ people to be themselves.

UM-Flint offers education, survivor support during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 14, 2021 9:27 am Lindsay Knake

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), and the University of Michigan-Flint students and staff are here to support survivors and continue to build a campus culture that is free of sexual violence.

Sociology professor explores the impact of urban planning in new book

August 4, 2020 8:14 am Logan McGrady

In his recently published book, Chasing World-Class Urbanism: Global Policy versus Everyday Survival in Buenos Aires, Lederman explores how the city's goal of becoming "world class" has created differing outcomes for its residents.

UM-Flint students share what pride means to them

June 29, 2020 8:32 am Lindsay Knake

June is Pride Month, a time to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and the freedom of LGBTQ+ people to be themselves.

$600K grant allows UM-Flint students to explore global questions

January 9, 2020 8:13 am Logan McGrady

Daniel Birchok (left) and Jacob Lederman discuss plans for "Borders and Crossings," a series of courses that engage students in global problem-solving.

Thanks to a $600,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a program titled "Borders and Crossings: Exploring Global Questions at the University of Michigan-Flint" will help exponentially more students gain the tools they need to solve grand questions on a global scale.