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The Classroom and Beyond

• Inside Out:  UM-Dearborn students participate with prison inmates in a unique program
• First-year seminars boost retention
• UM-Dearborn hosts students for Alternative Spring Break
• The Campbell Family Tradition

Faculty at Work

• Professor Green named new Richard E. Czarnecki Collegiate Professor
• CIS Professor Shengquan Weng receives prestigious award from National Science Foundation
• Dr. Bolling Honored by Mardigian Library as Distinguished Faculty Library Friend
• U.S. DOE award of $1.1 million to School of Education makes an impact on local teachers

The Metropolitan Difference

• School of Management researchers develop index to monitor innovative economic activity
• SOE alum named Civic Education Teacher of the Year

The Perks

• The benefits of the Mardigian Library don’t stop when you graduate