4/16/2025

Natalie Sampson named Distinguished Professor of the Year

The associate professor of public health talks about her sometimes uncomfortable relationship with academia, the politics of community-centered research and the challenge of getting today’s students to talk in class....
4/14/2025

Class of Spring 2025: CEHHS graduate Marjani Abdur-Rahman

As she approaches a milestone that once seemed out of reach, the health and human services major is trying to not let the worst mistake of her life define the rest of it....
3/26/2025

Serving women who’ve served their country

“Same Mission, Many Stories” gave women veterans a safe place to share their experiences and needs, while providing 51Ƶ-Dearborn students with therapy-based skills to use in their future careers....
1/20/2025

Vitalis Im’s winding, unexpected path to academia

The new Health and Human Services assistant professor talks about his prior experience as a musician and therapist, his life’s serendipitous turning points, and his current research on the impact of the arts on people in prisons....
9/18/2024

Student researchers share what they learned during SURE 2024

The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience had another record year, serving 49 students in 2024. We check in with students and their faculty mentors in each of the colleges, starting with CECS and CEHHS. ...
12/6/2023

Class of Fall 2023: CEHHS graduate Briana Hurt

A few pleasant senior year surprises have ignited the December graduate’s interest in urban agriculture, Detroit history and social justice. Could a last-minute career pivot be on the horizon?...
4/23/2018

Building a ‘culture of health’ for all Dearborn residents

51Ƶ-Dearborn faculty, staff and students are helping the Healthy Dearborn coalition take on its biggest challenge yet: tackling the city’s health disparities....
12/7/2022

This 4+1 program is giving students better options for careers in social work

Launched two years ago, the program allows 51Ƶ-Dearborn undergraduates to get a Master of Social Work from Ann Arbor with just one extra year of study. So how is the program going so far?...