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April 15, 2015

IRWG announces 23 graduate student fellowships

The Institute for Research on Women and Gender has awarded 23 graduate students funding to support wide-ranging projects related to women, gender, and sexuality. The awards…

April 14, 2015

Disability studies prize honors the late Tobin Siebers

The University of Michigan Press and Department of English Language and Literature have established The Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies in the Humanities, which includes…

April 13, 2015

Seven receive Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards

Seven faculty members who have shown dedication to developing cultural and ethnic diversity at the University of Michigan have received the 2015 Harold R. Johnson Diversity…

April 3, 2015

IRWG announces Faculty Seed Grants

The University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender has awarded 12 Faculty Seed Grants for projects on women, gender and sexuality, which may…

April 3, 2015

Championing women: Karen Holland and Deborah Kennedy to receive Susan B. Anthony Awards

University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Commission for Women will honor Karen Holland and Deborah Kennedy during the organization’s annual Susan B. Anthony Awards Dinner Wednesday, April 15. The…

April 2, 2015

Detroiters buck odds of dying of heart disease by walking

Statistics show Detroit residents are 1.65 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than other Americans. But a group of 603 Detroiters challenged those odds…

April 1, 2015

Jon Lockard, DAAS lecturer and co-founder, dies at 83

Jon Onye Lockard, 83, lecturer and a founding faculty member of the Department of Afromerican and African Studies, died March 25 in Ann Arbor. Lockard, a…

March 25, 2015

Grant helps U-M dental students treat underserved women

University of Michigan dental students will provide free dental care for underserved women in Wayne County with the help of a $5,000 grant from the Delta…

March 19, 2015

U-M selects Sphinx Organization’s founder as dean of SMTD

Aaron Dworkin, an accomplished violinist recognized internationally for his leadership and advocacy of diversity in the performing arts, will serve as dean of the School of…