1/16/2020
In the renewable energy era, the ‘smart grid’ is going to have to be unbelievably smart
Associate Professor Wencong Su explains why retrofitting the electric grid to accommodate electric vehicles and wind and solar power is such a complex challenge....
1/9/2020
-Dearborn research prompts Detroit to review link between housing instability and tax auctions
Assistant Professor Joshua Akers' working paper outlines the housing policies and other factors that have allowed speculative buyers to contribute to neighborhood instability and blight in Detroit....
1/7/2020
Could having chronic health conditions put you at greater risk for Alzheimer’s?
-Dearborn researcher Anda Botoseneanu is digging into whether combinations of common conditions like diabetes, heart disease and depression could leave people vulnerable to dementia later in life....
12/19/2019
Managing a community: Political Science faculty Rusi Sun’s research explores the city manager v. city council struggle.
Conflict is in every job and it’s not always a bad thing. But at the public level — for a community to thrive — it needs to be managed effectively....
12/10/2019
Trio of -Dearborn faculty lands $650K research grant
The big award from the Department of Energy goes to support “high risk, high reward” research in the area of energy innovation. Here’s an overview of what the team from -Dearborn plans to tackle....
11/7/2019
Voices of Arab Detroit
Adding to the burgeoning field of Arab American literature, Assistant Professor Ghassan Abou-Zeineddine is gathering creative nonfiction essays to share what it's like to live in the local Arab American community...
11/4/2019
A dispatch from the cybersecurity 'arms race'
-Dearborn professor Birhanu Eshete is working in some of cybersecurity's darkest frontiers, which are getting darker all the time....
10/15/2019
The promise of virtual reality for students with disabilities
A new MCubed project is recasting VR as assistive technology....
9/18/2019
How researchers can help win the long game on public health
A partnership between Delray residents, community leaders, University of Michigan researchers and students could be a template for advancing campaigns for environmental justice....
7/19/2019
Professor Aaron Ahuvia receives international lifetime achievement award for pioneering research on brand love
In the marketing world, the College of Business Professor is as recognizable as the big-name brands that he studies. ...