• Students Present 2016 Symposium at FIA

    UM-Flint Visual Arts students are presenting the 5th Annual Art & Art History Student Symposium at the Flint Institute of Arts on Sunday, April 10, 2016. The celebration of research and creative scholarship in the…

  • AstroNite at UM-Flint: April 16, 2016

    Visit UM-Flint and enjoy a family-oriented open house that’s out of this world! As part of the International Day of Astronomy sponsored by the Astronomical League, UM-Flint Physics and Longway Planetarium have joined for a…

  • Exploring Education in Israel

    What would you find if you traveled around the world and met with your professional counterparts? Would you expect to see a greater number of similarities or differences in the work they do? Stephanie Gelderloos, the developmental…

  • Opera Outreach Brings “Jack and the Beanstalk” to Area Schools

    The UM-Flint Department of Music is continuing its traveling opera outreach this spring. After the successful productions of The Three Little Pigs and Hansel and Gretel, the department has moved on to John Davies’ Jack and…

  • UM-Flint Guest Artist: Nihad Dukhan, Ph.D – April 4, 2016

    Dr. Nihad Dukhan – UM-Flint Guest Artist “Blessed Among the Arts: Arabic/Islamic Calligraphy, Its History and Development” This lecture covers the historical progression of this art and its major artistic leaps starting from the seventh century until modern times. Techniques…

  • Joe Reinsel to be Artist in Residence in Baltimore, Maryland

    Joe Reinsel of our Visual Arts Program has been selected as an Artist in Residence for the Neighborhood Lights program in Baltimore, Maryland. He’ll partner with his selected neighborhood, Little Italy, to “create an…

  • UM-Flint Communication Student Invited to White House

    A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT “I always knew a Communication major from UM-Flint would make it to the White House. I didn’t think it would happen before they graduated though!” said department chair Marcus…

  • Bendle High School Students Visit UM-Flint, Downtown to Better Understand Water Crisis

    UM-Flint’s Secondary Teacher Certificate Program (TCP) has been undergoing a change in focus, moving away from more traditional models to one focused on place-based education. In this new approach, TCP students are spending more time connecting…

  • 2016 Visiting African Artist is Poet Niyi Osundare

    The Visiting African/African Diaspora Artist Series is a partnership between the University of Michigan-Flint and the Flint Public Library, funded in part by the Ruth Mott Foundation. The Series brings authors, poets, playwrights, and journalists of African…

  • UM-Flint’s First Full-Scale Opera, Hansel & Gretel, on Stage February 19 & 21, 2016

    Dr. Joshua May of the UM-Flint Department of Music had a vision of bringing opera to his students and the Flint community. He began with small, portable productions of The Three Little Pigs and Jack and the Beanstalk,…