UM-Dearborn embraces 'metropolitan vision'

"The University of Michigan-Dearborn delivers the academic excellence of the University of Michigan in leadership and service to metropolitan Detroit," according to Chancellor Daniel Little. Full Story...

College of Engineering and Computer Science hosts industry on 'Tech Day'

Research projects that have been conducted by University of Michigan-Dearborn College of Engineering and Computer Science faculty members along with industry partners will be highlighted at Technology Day 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, June 6 in the Engineering Complex and Engineering Laboratory Building. Full Story...

Gospel music talk set at new Arab American National Museum

Humanities Prof. Deborah Smith Pollard, director of the African and African American Studies Program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, will present "Gospel Music: A Changing Beat, A Constant Theology" from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn. Full Story...

UM-Dearborn partners with Macomb Community College to make transfers easier for early childhood education students

A new articulation agreement between the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Macomb Community College will allow Macomb students who earn an associate degree in early childhood education to transfer credits toward a bachelor's degree at UM-Dearborn. Full Story...

'Designated hitter' rule doesn't lead to more beanballs, according to analysis by UM-Dearborn management professor

Since the American League introduced the designated hitter rule in 1973, most baseball fans have assumed that it has led to more AL batters being hit by pitches because the pitchers don't face retribution since they almost never come to the plate. Full Story...

UM-Dearborn will provide environmental programs for children and parents in urbanized schools beginning this fall, with support from the McGregor Fund

Hundreds of schoolchildren from underserved schools and environmentally challenged neighborhoods in Detroit and western Wayne county will learn more about the natural world and their own neighborhood environment in the next three years through a program developed at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The parents of the children also will have multiple opportunities to participate. Full Story...