UM-Dearborn seminar series designed for new city and village council members

Helping new city and village council members learn the basic skills of successful council service is the focus of a series of workshops and presentations beginning this fall at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Full Story...

Campus Open House is Sunday, Oct. 2

The University of Michigan-Dearborn will roll out a welcome mat to the community during its annual Campus Open House from noon to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2. Full Story...

Alfred Berkowitz Gallery features Holocaust art and artifacts

The Alfred Berkowitz Gallery at the University of Michigan-Dearborn will host "Children of the Holocaust: Stories from the Voice/Vision Archives" through Friday, Oct. 14. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, highlights children's stories that exist in UM-Dearborn's Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, a collection of oral testimonies of those who survived the Holocaust, which are available to researchers, students and the general public. Full Story...

Freshman enrollment at UM-Dearborn will increase by more than 20 percent this fall

Freshman enrollment at the University of Michigan-Dearborn will increase this fall by more than 20 percent over last year's class. Enrollment of transfer students also is expected to increase significantly. Full Story...

UM-Dearborn Child Development Center to hold fundraising dinner and silent auction on Oct. 15

The Child Development Center at the University of Michigan-Dearborn will host a fundraising dinner and silent auction beginning at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 in the Fairlane Center South building, home of the campus's School of Education. Full Story...

Broadside Press to celebrate 40 years of publishing leading African American artists with a series of events in September

Broadside Press, which has published some of the most important works by African American authors since it was founded in Detroit in the 1960s, will celebrate its 40th anniversary this fall with a series of events, including "an intergenerational dialogue about poetry and cultural development" at the University of Michigan-Dearborn on Sept. 22. Full Story...

UM-Dearborn joins other institutions in offering to help university students in hurricane areas

The University of Michigan-Dearborn has joined other institutions in offering to help university students and faculty members whose lives and academic careers have been disrupted by Hurricane Katrina. Full Story...

Paul Zionts named dean at UM-Dearborn School of Education

Paul Zionts plans to be a very strong advocate for education in the metropolitan area as the new dean of the UM-Dearborn School of Education. Full Story...

"Jeopardy!" champion Ken Jennings to visit UM-Dearborn

Ken Jennings, the all-time champion of the syndicated game show "Jeopardy!," will visit the University of Michigan-Dearborn on Tuesday, Sept. 13 for a lecture, question-and-answer session, and to play "Quiz the Whiz" against a student and professor from the campus. Full Story...

Course on 'African Feminisms' offered

A new, one-time course on "African Feminisms" will be offered this fall by the Women's and Gender Studies program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Full Story...