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UM-Flint to host Student Research Conference

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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.

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

Center on Aging hosts alumnus for NIA grantmaking presentation

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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.

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

Posted by & filed under Computer science, Faculty Profiles, Flint community, Research Matters, UM-Flint Research.

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

Informational Benefits of Social Media in our community

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Daba Coura Mbow Jeyoung Oh, assistant professor of communication at the University of Michigan Flint, first moved to the United States during her high school years.  During her undergraduate years at college, working as public relations and marketing assistant in a student organization, she became interested in the relationship between social media and the public. 

Student Research Conference

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Daba Coura Mbow After canceling the event in 2020 and two years of holding the event virtually, the tri-campus Flint Student Research Conference (SRC) is back this year with an in-person event scheduled for  Friday, May 12, 2023, at the Riverfront Conference Center. The return of an in-person event offers an opportunity to student researchers

Student Research Spotlight: Luis Martinez

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How do rational people discuss the economy, inflation, de-industrialization, labor unions, and profits today? “While we can each form our own opinions from reading and consuming the literature from the experts, it seems there are many experts defending positions that are unique and contradict one another,” according to UM-Flint undergraduate student Luís Martinez. They are

Racism, the psychology behind it: Jennifer LaCosse

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Daba Coura Mbow Dr. Jennifer LaCosse grew up in the small farming town of Fowlerville, Michigan. In a majority White community,  Dr. LaCosse, a White woman, witnessed how widespread prejudice toward Black people still is.  Seeing members of her community display such hostility sparked her interest in psychology and led her to pursue the study

Jeffrey Yackley: Active learning, a way for students to gain soft skills.

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By Daba Coura Mbow Originally from Farmington Hills, Michigan, Jeffrey Yackley graduated from the University of Michigan in Dearborn with a doctorate in Computer Science.  In the new College of Innovation and Technology, Yackley begins an academic career at the University of Michigan Flint with an opportunity to dig more into his passion for computer