Office of Research & Economic Development

Stories of support, collaboration, research and community engagement

Institute for Data Engineering, Analytics, and Science

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Daba Coura Mbow Cam Mcleman, associate professor of mathematics, is the incoming director of the new Institute for Data Engineering, Analytics, and Science (IDEAS) at the University of Michigan-Flint.  As an undergrad at Harvey Mudd College, McLeman’s interests varied widely and he alternatingly pursued computer science, math, and physics. Dr. McLeman’s love of mathematics eventually

Arts Initiative Award for festival, Dancing in the Streets

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Emma Davis, theatre and dance lecturer, and Jason Kosnoski, associate professor of political science, recently received a $25,000 U-M Arts Initiative award to engage with Flint-native musical artist Tunde Olaniran for the creation of a public performance festival in Flint this Summer.  The collaborators will work to bring together a variety of performance artists from

Profile of the Riverfront building as seen through the alley between the University Pavilion and the State of Michigan building. Riverfront sign is visible underneath the University Pavilion Archway.

2023 Student Research Conference held at UM-Flint: a Recap

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On May 12, 2023, the Riverfront Conference Center was a bustle of interdisciplinary conversations as UM-Flint hosted the return of an in-person annual Student Research Conference. Forty-six student researchers from UM-Flint, Kettering, and Mott Community College delivered oral and poster presentations to faculty, friends, and family. Opening Remarks Randall Duncan, veteran researcher and executive director

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Center on Aging Research Cluster: Year in Review

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Founded with generous support from the Ben Breyer Foundation and supported by Office of Research and Economic Development funds, the CoARC has made a strong case for interdisciplinary research to address challenges and opportunities associated with an aging population. The cluster is co-directed by Sheryl Groden and Allon Goldberg, who have facilitated a new conversation

Young woman stands in creme suit to the left of a large poster. She has blonde hair and a black facemask on. Behind is a brick wall.

UM-Flint to host Student Research Conference

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This Friday, May 12, 2023 University of Michigan-Flint will host a return to an in-person student research symposium known as the Student Research Conference.  Students from UM-Flint, Mott Community College, and Kettering University will showcase the research projects they’re working on at the Riverfront Conference Center. There will be 30 posters spread across two morning

Black Hole: A Mystery for Our Scientist

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Daba Coura Mbow Born in California and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Rajib Ganguly did his undergraduate studies at the University of Arizona, earning a double major in astronomy and physics.  His love for physics and astronomy continued to grow and he decided to pursue a PhD at Penn State University. After earning his doctorate degree

Desks are set up in a u-formation with UM-Flint researchers seated and facing the center, where a man in a suit stands before dual monitors presenting.

Center on Aging hosts alumnus for NIA grantmaking presentation

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On Thursday, April 27th, 2023, University of Michigan-Flint alumnus, Dallas Anderson visited his Baccalaureate alma mater. It wasn’t just a trip down memory lane, though; Anderson came as a representative of the National Institute of Aging, a division of the National Institute of Health, where he works as a program director for the Division of

Robotics and AI: A new era of technology

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Daba Coura Mbow Mark Allison, associate professor of computer science, earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in computer science at CUNY in New York. After working in industry, he opted to return to graduate school at Florida International University to pursue a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and software engineering.  Recently, after years of teaching and

Jan Furman, director of the Urban Institute stands in front of a large presentation screen that has the Civilla logo in the top-left, which is a multi-colored ribbon and says the company name. The title screen for the presentation says 'designing better futures using human-centered design.' Furman stands with her hands across her trunk and looks at the crowd.

Urban Institute invites Civilla for Human-Centered Design Talks

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On April 5, 2023, dozens of attendees converged on a lecture hall in the White building on University of Michigan-Flint’s campus for a presentation on how a focus on human-centered design can help us to have more equitable access to government and community resources. Researchers and designers, Kristen Uroda and Maki Nakagawa from Civilla were

Zachary Jasper and Professor Alsup are in a lab classroom in a research session with Kedree Proffit and Stephen Vitek attending via zoom. Alsup is screen-sharing the graphs of the equations they are running and his screen is adding his stylus activity on a tablet.

UM-Flint Students Tackle the Quantum Realm

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James Alsup, professor of physics at UM-Flint guides undergraduate students in a research project to gain understanding of how quantum computing models can help further our understanding of the shape of molecules. These students are gaining hands-on experience with state-of-the-art computational and collaborative tools.