Stories of support, collaboration, research and community engagement
The phrase ‘Publish or Perish’ is commonly used by researchers, and their work greatly impacts their evaluations. Stanford University professor John Ionnaidis has worked diligently for years to improve the system used to standardize the evaluation process by looking at how often researchers’ work is used as a reference, cited by other researchers. He has
Daba Coura Mbow As the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) celebrates its 20th anniversary, a new opportunity for student research is launching that includes community engagement. Building trust between the university and the community is a major goal of any higher education institution. Many community partners in Flint have been asking the university to
In January 2020, the Mellon Foundation made a $600,000 award to University of Michigan – Flint professors Daniel Birchok and Jacob Lederman, just before the emergence of the COVID pandemic. The project, entitled ‘Borders and Crossings: Exploring Global Questions at the University of Michigan-Flint,’ began with the premise that community-engaged humanities courses needed to be
The University of Michigan – Flint’s Promise Scholar Program is a grant-funded project that has a long history of helping students achieve success. Students whose high school GPA falls below UM-Flint admission requirements can enter the program and be a part of a tight group of around 30 students who get a bunch of extra
Most students use their first year in college to take care of the basics, like exploring student clubs or learning how to find their way around campus. For Taylor Culinski, a junior psychology major from Swartz Creek, Michigan, her first year was the perfect time to begin conducting research alongside her professors. And it was
Matthew Thelen likes to get right to the root of a problem. And as a molecular biology major, that shouldn’t come as a surprise. Why deal with things on the surface when the truth lies beneath? It’s that curiosity to reveal the origin of an issue that has led the junior from Metamora to pursue
Nathaniel Cordova is a full-time undergraduate student at the University of Michigan-Flint slated to graduate with a Bachelor’s in Psychology in December 2022. Shortly after he transferred from Youngstown State University in Ohio, he asked psychology professor Thomas Wrobel what he should do to better prepare for a PhD or Master’s program. Wrobel told him