Spotlights

Faculty Receive Prestigious Humanities Grants

Two College of arts and sciences faculty, Amie Thomasson, professor of philosophy and Parodi Senior Scholar in Aesthetics, and Ashli White, associate professor of history, won National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships in 2013-2014.    Learn More

Three A&S Professors Honored for Scholarly Activity

Michelle Wachs Galloway, J. Tomás López, and Harvey Siegel, all faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences, are recipients of the 2013 Provost’s Award for Scholarly Activity, which recognizes demonstrated excellence in research by either a single unique achievement or several years of stellar scholarly productivity.    Learn More

UM Physicist’s research contributes to "Baby Picture" of the Universe

The Planck space mission recently released the most detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe, revealing new information about its age, contents and origins. The satellite, a European Space Agency (ESA) mission with enabling technology contributed by NASA, has been scanning the skies since 2009 to map out fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the radiation afterglow from the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago.    Learn More

Faculty Books Published

The College of Arts and Sciences congratulates faculty on the recent publication of their books.    Learn More

Dean’s Student Ambassadors promote A&S

The Dean’s Student Ambassadors have been hard at work throughout the Fall semester representing the college, advocating for undergraduates, and encouraging students, alumni and friends to get active in Arts and Sciences.    Learn More

Kontsevich awarded Shaw Prize in the Mathematical Sciences

Maxim Kontsevich, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the Shaw Prize in the Mathematical Sciences, an international award to honor excellence in the field.    Learn More