Category: Culture and Community
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New program to combine STEM education with financial literacy and travel, starting in elementary school
Adding life skills to education in science, technology, engineering and math sets students up for success, through a partnership led and funded by a Michigan Engineering alum.
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Sasha Cai Lesher-Pérez to join U-M Chemical Engineering in 2022
Sasha Cai Lesher-Pérez will join U-M Chemical Engineering in Fall 2022 as an assistant professor.
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War and Professorship
U-M College of Engineering honors Suljo Linic on his amazing journey to the Martin Lewis Perl Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering.
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U-M ADVANCE works to improve faculty diversity through hiring
Jennifer Linderman has been spearheading an interdisciplinary effort to boost faculty diversity and excellence through recruitment efforts.
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Remembering H. Scott Fogler, 1939-2021
He changed the chemical engineering profession as a researcher, scholar, author, and, most importantly, a skilled and accomplished educator.
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One of Chemical Engineering’s newest alumni leaves behind an important legacy
As a student, Kizito Madu worked to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the department and surrounding communities.
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Lola Eniola-Adefeso named next ADGPE
“I am delighted to work with Michigan Engineering leadership to reimagine graduate education for a post-pandemic world.”
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In Memoriam- Barry Barkel
The former ChE lecturer, passed away on February 27, 2021 in Englewood, Florida. “He brought some real-life experience to the students and had a knack for relating to them.”
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Black biomedical scientists still lag in research funding – here’s why that matters to all Americans
In The Conversation, Omolola Eniola-Adefeso says “If science is to benefit all Americans, science first must be done by all Americans.”`
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In Memoriam: Tenho Connable, ChE alumna
Tenho Connable, one of the first female engineers to graduate from the College of Engineering and a highly respected member of the U-M ChE alumni community, died on January 17, 2020 at the age of 101.
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How to end discrimination in health research funding
Network of U.S. biomedical engineering researchers calls to end funding disparities between Black and white scientists.
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In Memoriam: James O. Wilkes
Long-time professor and mentor, department chair, assistant dean, and department historian passed away following heart surgery
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Scott Fogler honored as Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year
Award recognizes Fogler’s outstanding contributions to undergraduate education
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In Memoriam: Peter B. Lederman, ChE alumnus
Beloved member of the U-M ChE alumni community, Peter B. Lederman died on June 9, 2020, at the age of 88.
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In Memoriam: Mary Jane Northrop
ChE Technical Communication Lecturer passed away on July, 20, 2020.
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Welcome to our new ChE Faculty
The department will welcome two new assistant professors this year, Andrew Allman and Xiwen Gong; Allman will join the faculty in September 2020 and Gong in January 2021.
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Susan Montgomery retires from the department
Her colleagues and former students talk about the impact she has had on the department and thank her for her support and dedication to students and education.
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ChE stands united against racism
Sharon Glotzer, the Anthony C. Lembke Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, addresses the ChE community and shares support for the Black Lives Matter movement
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Dr. Susan Montgomery retires from Chemical Engineering after 27 years
Montgomery transitions to a three-year period of phased retirement during which she will serve the College of Engineering as an academic coach
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Grad students coping under COVID-19
Through vlogs, students share their frustrations and the silver linings they’ve found while self-isolating.