Category: Culture and Community
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Rich Lesser returns to Michigan to accept alumni award
Rich Lesser has been Chief Executive Officer of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) since 2013. He is only the second engineer to lead BCG.
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Rishi Narayan, co-founder of Underground Printing (UGP)
Narayan and a childhood friend started the company in 2001 when they were sophomores at the University.
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Levi Thompson returns to his alma mater as dean of engineering
Levi T. Thompson, the Richard E. Balzhiser Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering, was appointed dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Engineering last fall.
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Choosing a hard question in soft matter
Mike Solomon is an AAAS fellow for his contributions in colloids and is the new dean of Rackham Graduate School.
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Revealing the demise of native American dogs
Around 15,000 years ago, man’s best friend followed humans—most likely from Siberia—into North America, according to new findings from an international team of researchers.
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Michael J. Solomon named dean of Rackham
He has been appointed dean of the University of Michigan’s Rackham Graduate School and vice provost for academic affairs-graduate studies.
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New fund would provide support for College and ChemE department
Since 2007, he has endowed three funds to support the College’s students and faculty
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Findings in mice show pill for breast cancer diagnosis may outperform mammograms
A new kind of imaging could distinguish aggressive tumors from benign, preventing unnecessary breast cancer treatments.
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Thomas G. DeJonghe Chemical Engineering Fund established
The fund will be used to provide need-based support for undergraduate students in the department.
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Nightmare bacteria: Michigan Engineers discuss how to combat antibiotic resistance
Drug-resistant bugs are on the rise and new approaches are needed.
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Nicholas Kotov receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
He is one of 11 faculty scientists and engineers nationwide selected for the 2018 fellow class
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Four ChE students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Two graduate and two undergraduate students are National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship recipients.