ECoach, a personalized education tool developed at the University of Michigan, has been expanded this fall to serve all first-year U-M students. “The goal is to ease the transition to…
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October 7, 2016
Grand Valley joins U-M in pilot collaboration on Semester in Detroit program
For the first time since it began in Winter 2009 the Semester in Detroit program isn’t just for University of Michigan students. The fall cohort includes six students from Grand…
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September 20, 2016
U-M joins edX to announce three social innovation MicroMasters for online learners
Online learners interested in educational leadership, social work and the growing field of user experience research and design now can earn more comprehensive certification or complete work toward an advanced…
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September 18, 2016
LSA building to undergo significant renovation for Opportunity Hub
The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts building will undergo a significant renovation that will house the LSA Opportunity Hub, which includes the LSA Internship Program. The $35 million…
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September 8, 2016
Innovative courses offer U-M students unique learning experiences
From understanding our fascination with the Kardashians and cars, to rolling up sleeves to teach art to students in Detroit and create exhibition pieces for U-M’s upcoming Bicentennial, University of…
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August 26, 2016
CARt: Connecting people, transportation and supermarkets
Editor’s Note: CARt and the other members of this summer’s TechArb cohort will present at the TechArb Showcase on Monday, Aug. 29: 7-10 p.m. at the Ross Colloquium, Ross School…
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July 6, 2016
Co-learning project in Detroit launches Campus of the Future focus
A student hopes to find out how cities like Detroit that experience bankruptcy or other economic hardship “get made and unmade and remade anew.” Another wants to examine the geography…
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June 21, 2016
U-M data science projects explore connection between student achievement, well-being
Can Big Data analyses improve classroom achievement and well-being for college students or teaching effectiveness for professors? Researchers at the University of Michigan will explore these questions through two new…
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May 24, 2016
Not all who wander are lost
Fuvahmulah is a tiny speck of an island in the middle of the vast blue Laccadive Sea south of Sri Lanka. On this atoll, lush green areca palm trees sway…
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